"Discovering the Power of Mindfulness: 10 Practices for a Better YOU"

It's up to you to decide what habits and behaviors to practice on a daily basis. Your habits set the foundation of your overall wellbeing.

I sit here today drinking my morning coffee in a creative space to write. I have been having a really tough time lately with my mental, physical, nutritional, and spiritual health. I recently took a leap of faith to clear up some space and time to start pursuing my health and wellness business. With this change in routine, habits, behaviors, and environment- I have been feeling a lot of friction, fear, anxiety, and most recently imposter syndrome.

There are so many days recently with this change and shift towards pursuing my calling that I let my ego win and I tell myself I will never be good enough, that I will just embarrass myself, and I don't deserve to live the life I always envisioned. Some days I can recognize and break free from my perfectionist mindset, ego, and old thought patterns and belief systems. Other days I can't break free from these negative, self deprecating thought patterns, and I feel "lost."

I am sharing this to let you know you are not alone- if you have felt these feelings one time or another in your life- I have been there too. We all have dark days, and days where our ego and thoughts in our head talk awful to us.

In these dark days- I have recently found great success with implementing mindful practices into my daily routine. I will share the 10 below that have really helped me break through the chains of my old self, and find freedom, happiness, and peace with the person I'm working towards becoming everyday. Some days are better than others, but by implementing these mindful practices- you may find better peace, happiness, balance, and alignment with yourself just like I did!

Practice 1- Move

When I am feeling down it's easy to change into my favorite pair of PJs, fuzzy socks, pour myself a glass of dark red wine, and watch my favorite comfort show (it will always be friends or new girl for me). Although this is not necessarily an awful thing to do in moderation, it's not what your body is craving at the soul level. Our mind, body, and spirit thrives off movement when we are feeling down, but so many of us fail to prioritize movement into our daily routine.

The friction that most people feel when it comes to movement is that most people have not created a daily routine or habit involving movement, which feels foreign and frictional for the brain at first. A person who always turns to their TV and phones when they are down- makes a connection with their brain that being down and getting on their TV/phone will provide comfort.

So instead of craving a healthier habit like movement when a person is feeling down- their brain will relay signals that they don't want to move, or that movement won't help their mood since laying around and watching TV and scrolling through their phone is what the brain has practiced time and time again. The brain thrives and learns off repetition. So it will crave the habits, routines, and behaviors it always does on a daily basis. So don't be surprised if movement is not your first choice or frictional when you first start trying to implement it if you aren't moving very much to begin with.

What most people don't understand is that choosing tv and choosing to scroll on your iPhone over time and for years and years- will create negative deposits on your overall health. If you are always choosing your comfort foods, comfort show, and drinking as your vice to cope with the emotions of a bad day- it will negatively impact your long term health. When we can break free from our old habits, behaviors, and routines, and prioritize movement- your overall well being will improve.

Your brain releases feel good chemicals when you move. So next time you want to reach for your comfort food, that glass of wine, or the remote for your favorite TV show to escape reality- I challenge you to change your thought patterns and prioritize the one thing that has been clinically proven time and time again to improve your mental, spiritual, and physical health- and that is MOVEMENT. I encourage you to move more, move often, and definitely move when you are feeling down.

Practice 2- End the Day on a Win

End each day focusing on the positives. There are 24 hours in one day. Although we have days where it seems like the hours were filled with more negative than positive hours- we are already starting the day with a win, and that is that we are getting up breathing earth air, feeling our hearts beat within our chest walls, and getting another day to live out the human experience. Life is a daily present in itself, but sometimes the emotions and heaviness of a daunting and negative day can make us forget this.

So at the end of each night find a quiet space, a safe place, and a place of comfort where you can internalize your day, and find the good in it. My Fiance has been in my life the last two years, and we always tell each other to "Win the Day" before we leave every morning. Although a lot of days feel like I am losing miserably, if I can only focus on the fact that I was granted an amazing opportunity to live another day living, breathing, and feeling emotions through the human experience- I call that a win.

So I dare you to find the courage to end the day on a win.

Practice 3- Get out in Nature

The concept of nature in itself is so grounding and humbling to me. A greater power created our galaxy with all the planets that revolve around the sun. Here we are on planet earth having a good time, and given the opportunity to explore and see mother nature from the human perspective. I have recently found so much gratitude in all that nature has to offer after the pandemic. Spending so much time locked up inside, and feeling like I was a prisoner to my house made me grateful for any chance I get to be outside absorbing the rays of the sun, and breathing in the fresh earth air.

Just like the habit of movement telling yourself to get outside in nature will be frictional and hard initially if it is not part of your daily habits and routines to begin with- but the more you start building repetition and prioritizing movement and being outdoors in nature- the better your long term health, and overall wellbeing will be.

I would love to hit the fast forward button to show others how important it is to prioritize movement and getting outside. For me personally- working in the orthopedic clinic setting for the last 4 years has really opened my eyes to what negative deposit habits and behaviors can do for you as you age. So I encourage you to envision the daily habits and behaviors you are currently practicing. Iff you were to hit the fast forward button and jump into the timeline of you being older- like the movie "click" with Adam Sandler would you have regrets with the daily habits/behaviors you are currently practicing- or would you feel proud that you set your aged body up for success?

Practice 4- Say No to the Things That Take Away From Your Happiness

Boundaries... yikes...

Before I came to the point in my life where I was able to set healthy boundaries, I was full of resentment in others who did. Since I lacked healthy boundaries I was always repulsed or instantly offended by friends, acquaintances, and peers who would say no to me or set healthy boundaries for themselves.

It came with deep internal reflection that I was projecting my own insecurities and lack of my own boundaries onto them. I am not perfect by any means, and still struggle with setting healthy boundaries, and learning to respect other people for their boundaries- but these are vital for your long term health.

Saying no to something or someone that is not filling your cup, and in turn other peoples- is the perfect time to set a healthy boundary. Some of the richest and wealthiest people in the world talk about how money is not their biggest asset. The biggest asset is TIME. When you start looking at your daily activities, habits, behaviors, actions, and who you allow into your life- you will recognize why healthy boundaries are so important.

You don't get time back. If you are spending a lot of your time regretting and resentful for doing things you wish you would have said no to- you will spend a lot of your day feeling negative emotions and feeling drained. Healthy boundaries are a way to ensure your energy and time is being invested in things that truly bring you alignment with your highest, happiest, and healthiest self.

Practice 5- Journal Your Day

I have recently come to the realization that I spend a lot of my time venting to family members, friends, and my fiancé about things that could easily be shared confidentially in my journal. I have come to the point in my self growth journey that I have recognized that I am a pretty optimistic person, but highly sensitive. As a person who is highly sensitive- it is easy for my feelings to get hurt quickly, and to get easily agitated by others even if I don't always show it.

The old version of myself would react to any situation that disturbed my inner peace by venting out my frustrations and complaining. The new version of myself still does this at times (shout out to my work besties and fiancé)- but I have found such a great release in journaling. Rather than pouring this negative energy onto someone else and being selfish with their time, I have chosen to try to journal about it instead.

I currently work in healthcare. I miserably fail all the time at holding my frustrations in about how I get treated by patients, the roadblocks of the medical system, and so much more. With any fast paced environment (not just healthcare) it's easy to get into a highly reactive and agitated state. However, each day I get better and better at inwardly telling myself that these emotions can be settled by getting outside, by taking deep breaths, and by journaling these thoughts and emotions out at the end of the day. Although the journal doesn't talk back like human interaction- I truly can feel the negative emotions being released and absorbed by the pen and paper.

Practice 6- Practice Gratitude

The above practice of journaling can be used to absorb negative emotions and feelings, but also can be used to absorb positive emotions and feelings of happiness and gratitude.

Physically you can practice gratitude by journaling about it, writing a note, or sharing a gift with a friend to express gratitude. Spiritually you can practice gratitude by prayer. Prayer over what you have, the food that feeds your mouth each day, the roof over your head, and in times of desperation where all you have is faith.

Living in an ego and victim mentality mindset will never make you truly appreciate all that you already have. If you can't express gratitude for all that source has provided you with, you will never see the world through a positive, happy, and abundant lens.

The more time you can spend in gratitude and grace, the the more you truly will appreciate and enjoy all that life has to give you. So practice gratitude DAILY and as often as you can.

Practice 7- Practice Acceptance- Only Take Advice From the People Who are Going Where you Want to Go

If you are allowing someone who disagrees and criticizes you for your vision and calling to be of service to others.. let them go.

Your inner voice is wisdom, your inner voice is light, and your inner voice can be YOU in the highest realm. When you start listening and taking action with your inner voice- you will start to grow in a direction that even YOU may not fully comprehend. Growing into your true self takes time. Steve Jobs didn't create apple overnight, Jay Shetty only talked to a crowd of 5 people before selling out arenas as one of the biggest motivational speakers, and my absolute favorite is that Milton Hershey created Hershey Park before even coming up with the recipe for his Milk Chocolate Hershey Bar.

When you start growing, chasing, and pursuing your higher calling- this can come at the cost of a lot of judgement. Start practicing acceptance with those who do not see your vision. It's okay to stay in a place of respect when they share their views, but do not allow those criticisms and opinions to hold POWER over your vision. Only listen to the criticism and advice from the people who are where you want to be, or going in the direction of where you want to go.

Practice 8- Shower and Pamper Yourself

Self care is a great practice on the hard days, and even on the good days. A simple shower after a long, hard, and hectic day can be calming, relaxing, and help improve your mood.

If you are in a place of burnout, and the thought of showering feels exhausting- find it within yourself to shower so that you can relax the mind, body, and spirit. A simple shower can hit the reset button for you.

Practice 9- Practice Looking Inwards

We spend so much time as a collective of humans reacting to other peoples behaviors and actions, I feel like we avoid looking internally and doing personal inventory with ourselves. I was victim to the blame game for years and years. If someone hurt my feelings, a friendship ended, or I had a bad breakup- I refused to look internally. Looking back on this- I regret it deeply.

No matter what experience you go through in life it's important to remember that there are different perspectives to every story. A fight you watch may be told 10-15 different ways because of all the spectators in the crowd, a falling out between friends may have two different sides of the story that don't match up at all, and a bad breakup may have a friend group of one significant other labeling someone as the villain when all along the other person was just as guilty and possibly even more of a villain.

With any human experience it's important to look within yourself to learn and grow, rather than just blaming others in your external world. The last few years I have tried to hold myself accountable of inwards learning from all my experiences- especially the ones involving other people. It's easy to rationalize and blame other people for confrontations and fights, but true power and grace comes from the people who want to look within to see what they could have done better. Taking responsibility for an experience or confrontation may be hard on your ego, but this is what truly helps you find alignment with your highest and best version of yourself.

Practicing peace, grace, light, and love is so much more healthy than pointing fingers, comparing yourself to others, blaming, and criticizing others. Spread love to your neighbors and treat others how you would like to be treated. These practices often times takes looking inwards to be a light for others outwardly. When you discover someone is disturbing your inward peace and happiness set some healthy boundaries for yourself, but also do some personal inventory to see what you can learn from the experience. We are at human school, part of the human experience, to learn, grow, and spread love to others living in the human experience with us.

Don't let your ego and failure to look within and to grow stop you from finding your wings to fly.

Practice 10- Learn to Say Nice Things Behind People's Backs, and to Yourself

Compliment others. Spread love. There is already so much hate in the world. If we all just started respecting each other and complimenting each other for our strengths, the world would be a better place.

You need to compliment yourself just as much as you compliment those you love most. Wake up everyday and look at yourself in the mirror and say things like "You are Enough."

You are indeed enough, and the moment you start realizing your presence in this world is just as valuable, needed, and important as everyone else here- you will truly live out your purpose.

I truly hope these ten mindful practices can change your perspective on how to approach life with a healthy lens, and through the tough days. You are the creator to your own internal happiness. Now is the time to take responsibility and find the happy and healthy in your life that you deserved all along!

Much Love,

Julie

"The Power of Positivity: Shining as a Light in a World Full of Darkness"

Over the last few years I have done a lot of internal work to become more aware of how I treat others, and how I should treat myself. I have recognized that the world can be a very dark place at times. The daily news, social media, and social settings can become very dark, scary, and anxiety ridden.

I often times fall victim to the darkness. It is easy to fall victim to it on a daily basis.

Here are some examples of falling victim to darkness that I will share below:

• Fear of the future watching the news

• Developing a critical lens when being on social media and comparing yourself to others

• Questioning your self worth while scrolling on social media

• Surrendering your values and principles for conformity in social settings

• Gossiping to fit in

• Talking down on others just so you feel better about yourself

• Judging others before looking inwardly on your own insecurities and flaws

It's important to recognize when you are falling victim to darkness. We are all human, we have flaws, we have insecurities, and NO ONE is perfect- no matter how much the external world tries to portray perfection.. we need to remember and stand for the fact we are HUMAN and we sin.

I feel like darkness is convenience, which is why it is so hard to shine and be a light for others in such a dark world. Our brain loves practicing habits, behaviors, and beliefs that are convenient and not mentally straining. So when something in your external world starts to go sour- we fall victim to blaming the external world- rather than looking inwardly to find a solution, to see the light, and to work through it.

Darkness is heavy, but without darkness you have no value or appreciation for the light. It's inevitable that there will be darkness in our lives.

This is why people who try to cover up darkness and pretend it is not there have a hard time withering through the darkest of storms. It's about how you view darkness, and about continuing to see the light even in the darkest of storms. It's all about perspective, and how you choose to view your external world. You can walk through life working on yourself internally and continue practicing actions, values, morals, and behaviors in alignment with light and love. Or you can choose to fall victim to your surroundings and walk a path that is dimly light by allowing your habits, behaviors, values, and actions be in alignment with darkness and deprivation.

In my own wording of this famous concept Jay Shetty's discussed- you can view a dark and cloudy day one of two ways.

1. Through a negative lens and focusing only on the clouds and darkness. You are not recognizing that their is light and sunshine behind the clouds. You are allowing the clouds and darkness to consume you, you fall victim to your surroundings, and fail to step back and view the experience for the light it brings. You just see it as negative and dark.

2. Through a positive lens and seeing the cloudy day as short term darkness, but knowing that there is light behind the clouds- so there is good to come after the short period of darkness.

Perspective and the lens at which you look at your life experiences through is key to finding your healthy and happy. Acceptance, recognition, and working through dark days is important, but there is a difference between working through the darkness and accepting it for what it is, and allowing minor inconveniences to make your world dark in real time, and all the time.

When you fall victim to darkness and allow darkness to consume you- any minor inconvenience will throw off your day, which makes you fall into a victim mentality with your surroundings. You live life through a lens of darkness and deprivation, and any minor inconvenience is the "end of the world" as you know it. This is the type of person who will look at a beautiful blue sky with one cloud and call it "cloudy." They don't focus on the beauty of the beautiful blue sky, and all the light it brings- they allow the one small cloud and little bit of darkness to take up their focus, their identity, and their belief systems. Don't let minor bouts of darkness distract you from the light and bigger purpose/meaning of each day. Even in the darkest days- there will be a moment of light you can focus on. Each day there will be light to ground you, give you peace, and provide you hope. Some days there is more darkness than light, but fighting to focus on the moments of light will help you spread light and love in a world where it is easier and more convenient to focus on darkness.

Each and every night the sky becomes dark, but there is hope and knowing in the morning the sun will rise. Your life should be viewed through the same lens. The darkest nights and darkest storms- make you appreciate and have gratitude for the happy moments and light and love this life will bring you.

So how do you become more of a light in a world where there is so much darkness?

1. Acceptance Accept the bad, but find the light/sun in each lesson, experience, and moment. When you take a deep breath, process, and reflect on each experience- you start to know that there is purpose behind the moments of darkness. Darkness is divinely placed into your life for you to find the light, and to see each experience for the lesson. Often times you don't understand the experiences going on in your life until later on. So having FAITH that everything is so divinely placed and for a reason will give you comfort and peace in each moment of darkness. The sun will rise- so the same applies to your life- that darkness will fade. Keep having FAITH.

2. Gratitude

This goes hand and hand with acceptance. When you start viewing your experiences of darkness for a lesson, blessing, and to eventually see the light. You start living life in gratitude. The darkest of days and lows in life- make you so appreciative of the moments of light and happiness. When you don't experience the dark days, you can't have appreciation for the happiest moments. So practice gratitude for the small things like living to see another day, having a healthy beating heart, and having a clean pair of clothes. Because one day when you have more than you ever imagined- you will spread so much light and love to others.

3. Practice Solitude

Spending alone time with yourself is a great practice to learning who you are, and what your values, morals, and belief systems are. The more time you spend getting to know yourself, and all that you stand for- the less likely you are to fall victim to your external world, and to seek external validation from others. When you stand firm in your power and all that you divinely gift to others- you will be less likely to let others steal your light. You become a person who listens to understand others, you view experiences from all perspectives, and you do not let criticism or naysayers impact your internal worth. The only way to stand firm in who you are is to get an understanding of who you are by practicing solitude. You will develop your own ways of thinking, values, morals, and belief systems when you are alone without seeking external validation from others. Grow into yourself and who you are, rather than seeking to understand who you are from others.

4. Growth

In a world that's everchanging don't fear growth. New experiences, travel, and diversifying yourself in different cultures will bring more light into your world internally, and in turn externally by impacting others. Not being afraid to question your belief systems and all that you have already learned through life- is what will keep you shining light and love. If we didn't question our reality- we would never grow. The medical field and technological advances are great example of not being afraid of change and growth. We would not have the medicine we have and still be calling others from landlines or payphones if we were afraid of change and growth. So as frictional as it is initially- don't be afraid to grow.

5. Practice love and kindness.

The bible is a great outline and resource for being gracious, practicing kindness, being a light for others, and loving others how you would want to be loved. Even if you don't fully believe in the bible and all of its principles- some source crafted each and every one of us to come down here on earth and walk a path in alignment with the principles of light, love, and kindness. It's easy to judge, throw shame on others, and be quick to criticize others for making mistakes. However- one mishap or mistake should not make a trajectory or story of that person's life. A mistake should only serve as a sentence or chapter in that person's book. The statement of not judging a book by a cover- could not hold more true for how we should be practicing light and love in this world. See a person for their whole story, every chapter, every experience, and every hardship. You may get clarity and understanding for their behaviors, actions, and how they treat others when you look at the bigger picture. Empathize with people, seek to understand, and listen to understand who they are as a human. We are all FLAWED. You don't have to be friends with everyone, but respecting and trying to understand people for who they are and where they are coming from is key for practicing a life in alignment with light and love.

In a world where there is so much darkness- find the courage to be the light.

"Discovering My Passion: The Journey to Becoming a Wellness Coach"

Get to know me for all that I am inside and outside of my "calling" to become a Wellness Coach

Thank you in advance to the people who have been tuning into my blogs! This has been a sacred place for me to escape and share my education, background, morals, values, beliefs, and advice around the concept of health and wellness.

I get asked all the time how I become so passionate about wellness coaching- so join me and come along for the ride of my life story, and how my life experiences guided me to find god, and chase a higher purpose that god placed into my heart... and that was becoming a WELLNESS COACH

A Little Bit of Background

My Wellness Journey:

Childhood:

My first memory as a child was my parents divorce when I was six years old. My parents divorce was healthy for the most part, but felt like such a traumatizing experience since I was so young in age.

Now I can recognize that when people stay together for the wrong reasons- that can be even more negative... so I encourage you to always be open to viewing your experiences from ALL perspectives

My dad and mom both remarried a few years after their divorce. My stepmom became such an integral part of my life and still is to this day, while my mom's second husband only stayed in our lives for a short period of time. He had very abusive tendencies that I will not go into detail about, but something my mom, sisters, and I continue to heal from. When I was younger I developed such a victim mentality from my ex-stepdads abusive behaviors, but over the years I have really worked through and healed from that mindset, and feel like this experience is what brought me close to god, and to have faith in any storm that god divinely places into my life.

As I continue getting older I find it super important to reflect on all my life experiences, and use them as learning experiences to keep me successful as a wellness coach, friend, partner, and family member.

Early Adulthood:

Regardless of how much my parents tried to keep everything peaceful growing up- for some reason I started taking on the role of the peacemaker and people pleaser as a trauma response to ensure my parents were happy. Part of me thinks as a child I blamed myself for their divorce. I remember at a very young age- at family parties I was overanalyzing and making sure I was talking to my mom and dad the same amount of time so they didn't feel left out, I would try my best to tell my mom and dad separately about my accomplishments so they didn't have to hear it from each other , and lastly I did my best to make sure both my parents felt included in all my life events. This tendency to not hurt my parents feelings started to rub off on all my relationships with friends, family members, and even significant others throughout my upbringing.

Before all the self help books, internal healing, and growing I started doing a few years ago- I had trouble understanding that I was living a life out of alignment with my true and authentic self. I was out of alignment because of my people pleasing tendencies, and trying to keep peace with anyone and everyone. Again I blamed my childhood traumas and experiences on myself and associated all the bad things that happened to me with my worth. I would tell myself that only unworthy people had bad things happen to them.

These self limiting beliefs about myself throughout high school and into my late 20s came at the cost of despising who I was as a person. I began conforming and taking on the identity of my friends so that they would like me because my I felt like my true and authentic self was unworthy of love.

I played sports from the time I was 6 to 20, and to this day I am unsure if I actually loved them. I was good at them, and loved that this was my identity and what I was known for. So when I decided to stop playing softball in college to pursue my athletic training degree while holding two jobs to support myself through school I felt like I lost the one thing I was good at, which started creating a downward spiral to my happiness and I found myself falling into negative behaviors and habits like drinking, partying, eating poorly, sleeping poorly, and spending to much time comparing myself to others.

I spent so much time working through college as a full time student, a part time athletic training student covering sporting events, a few midnight shifts at a gas station, and a few hours a week at the rec center- I only had a few hours a week to feel like a college student, a friend, and a young adult. Instead of going through a self exploration phase to figure out who I truly was and practice healthy habits and behaviors- I took on the identity that 99% of college students do- and that was the typical study by day.. party by night persona. Drinking became my hobby, and with that came poor sleep patterns, horrible eating habits, extreme post alcohol consumption stress, and so many other negative habits/behaviors.

I can recognize now that I was wanting to fit in with my peers during college, and that that phase of my life was out of alignment with my true and authentic self. I found myself always being the drunk crying girls at parties, pursuing dishonest partners not worthy of my time, and lastly an inability to truly like who I was as a person.

Mid to Late 20's

So I graduated college and then graduate school with a masters degree. To everyone on the outside looking in I would be labeled as successful, happy, and abundant. I graduated with "high honors." However working a few years in the field of athletic training, I realized that athletic training in the high school and college setting was not my true passion.

I started working full time as a personal trainer in state college, and started developing a spark again. I loved helping others find love for themselves through their fitness and nutrition habits. Helping others prevent age related diseases and practice healthy habits really filled up my cup. Although personal training is not athletic training- I could recognize the intense schooling I did was helping me perform exceptionally well as a personal trainer because of my background in injury, musculoskeletal injury, nutrition, and performance enhancement.

Unfortunately, I did not have enough self worth at the time to start pursuing personal training when I moved back to Dubois, PA to be closer to family in 2020. At the time of my move back to Dubois, I was engaged to someone, and not feeling 100% myself. This was the start of my journey to finding God.

At that time I wasn't aware that my intuition was the holy spirit talking to me, and telling me that I was not with the right person. I chose to ignore my intuition for several months until I had a few negative experiences that I knew I had to choose myself and walk away.

So I did just that, I felt selfish for the first time in my life, and I chose myself. This was a hard decision and not one that came with everyone's approval. This was the first time in my life that I felt like I was a villain in so many peoples story, but at the same time came at the cost of God helping me rediscover my values, morals, and belief systems as a person. This also took a lot of people out of my life that I would have never had the courage to cut off myself because of my lack of self worth and people pleasing tendencies. It is crazy how one choice can change the entire timeline to your life.

This choice brought me closest to god, and to myself. To this day if I would have ignored the holy spirit talking to me, and through me, I would have not found my purpose to begin wellness coaching, I would have never escaped my victim mentality and negative thought patterns, and lastly- I would not have found my true soul mate that I am now engaged to be married to.

My soul mate/fiancé has motivated me to chase and pursue my dreams, and is the person who chose to believe in my purpose before it came to fruition. He was able to help me escape my limiting belief systems, and chase my desires and aspirations in real time. We have found church together. Him being completely athiest before me, and me not really believing either- has turned into us getting up every Sunday to go to church, and rock out to Christian music on our drive there.

I am so grateful for choosing to listen to my inner voice, and for the first time ever in my life- stop worrying about what others think of me. I accepted and still to this day accept that I am a villain in other people's stories, but if you aren't living your life in alignment with your true and authentic self- you are just a filler character afraid to form a true identity for yourself. You need to be your own best friend. You need to be your own supporter. Because growth and change only happens when you take control of your life, your thoughts, your choices, and your actions. Stop allowing circumstances that are out of your control hold power over you, and force you into a victim mentality. True growth and change will happen when you recognize YOU can control your actions, behaviors, thoughts, and habits by prioritizing the things that bring you joy, happiness, abundance, and light.

Wellness Coaching

This brings me to today.... my wellness coaching platform. My blog posts, my wellness coaching services, and my all-natural products (right now it's just my soy candles). I am beginning to build a platform that encapsulates a healthy mind, body, and spirit. I want to inspire others to find their truest and most authentic self by choosing themselves.. one step at a time. I want to encourage and guide others to find their version of happy and healthy. I want to help others understand their life experiences and storms, and work through them. I want others to come to an understanding that their experiences shape who they are.. but should not define them, break them, or prevent them from living life presently, freely, peacefully, and fearlessly.

My experiences are a part of me, they have shaped me into who I am, but they will never define me. As humans we should encourage growth, we should encourage mistakes, we should encourage finding what makes us feel peace and joy. When we feel joy, abundance, and peace we know that our habits and behaviors are in alignment with our truest self. When we feel deprivation, sadness, fear, and anguish we know are habits and behaviors are out of alignment with our truest self. This doesn't mean you should avoid these feelings... this means you should encourage them to be felt through you, and respectfully let them go, and start finding habits and behaviors that ground you and bring you alignment

Wellness coaching is a newer concept in this world, and I chose to label myself as a wellness coach because I don't just provide you with instant gratification results, fad diets, and 30 day challenges, I want to ensure that your daily habits and behaviors help you find alignment, peace, balance, joy, positive long term health, and happiness with your truest and most authentic self.

So if you are feeling a little bit off balance, out of whack, and like you need someone to help you with implementing positive habits surrounding your mental, spiritual, emotional, physical, and nutritional health.. I am your girl. We can grow together, become healthier together, and find accountability and guidance within each other to stay in alignment with our happiest and healthiest self.

LETS GROW GUYS AND GALS.

With Love,

Jules