The Transformative Power of a Birthday Slogan

Every year I get together with my closest friends. I’m lucky enough that my closest friends are my sister and cousins. Since we’re so close, we’ve been named by other friends as the sister-cousins. It’s so important to surround myself with motivating and powerful women that make me want to be a better person, and that’s what we all are to each other. Not only are they all extremely motivated and inspiring, they also like to enjoy the ride and make the most of every moment.

Each year for our birthdays, I ask my sister-cousins a now-notorious question, “What’s your birthday slogan?”

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016

Wellness Wednesday: EVOLUTION (+ Free Hand-Lettered Quote Graphics)

Leave it to Oprah to find a way to hold us accountable and inspire us at the same time! And it should also come as no surprise that Priya chose this quote for us to ponder for our last Wellness Wednesday in February, where our theme has been evolution for the entire month. So, ponder and meditate, I did, and it kept bringing me to two thoughts. According to some Native American tribes, we existed before we were born, and Plato’s Theory of Forms, basically saying that everything from the material world existed in the idea world.

Forgive me. I’m not a philosopher. I just play one on Wellness Wednesday…

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February 17, 2016February 16, 2016

Wellness Wednesday: EVOLUTION (Includes FREE Hand-Lettered Quote Graphics)

This month we’re doing the Mommy Makeover Contest here at Model Behaviors and I’m the Accountability Adviser for our participants and our Comeback Circle (for more info, click here). That coupled with my theme word, evolution, has put a strong focus on accountability—how I handle it, and what tools I can recommend for your journey.

In last week’s Wellness Wednesday post, I talked about how important an accountability partner (AP) is and that in lieu of a real live person there are a plethora of apps that can help as well! You all know how much I love my research, so I wanted to try and summarize what I found in the world of accountability apps.

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February 10, 2016February 16, 2016

Wellness Wednesday: EVOLUTION (+ FREE Hand-Lettered Quote Graphics)

For today’s Wellness Wednesday, I thought it would be beneficial to share a number of easy-to-use tips that will help you visualize realistic goals and then succeed at those goals. As I mentioned in last week’s post, I’m always striving to keep my life in a constant state of evolution which includes making small and real changes each month to improve myself as a person, rather than huge, sprawling goals for the entire year. With these monthly challenges, I keep in mind that sometimes my efforts will yield positive results and sometimes I may just need to go back to the drawing board.

February 3, 2016February 16, 2016

Wellness Wednesday: EVOLUTION (+ FREE Hand-Lettered Downloads)

Hello, MB readers! It’s your accountability partner calling! I’m back and I seriously missed you guys. No joke I did. I’ve been thinking about how everyone’s January went and how the New Year is beginning for you. If you’re anything like me—or a lot of us out there—you like to set some resolutions or goals for yourself at the beginning of the year.

This year versus previous years I decided to change my strategy a little bit and not only make my resolutions more specific (e.g., “I will cook 3-4 times per week” vs “I will cook more”) but to set them just for the month at hand so that I had some very real objectives to achieve and a timeline around achieving them. It’s part of my personal evolution that I hope you’ll be a part of, and in turn share yours with me!