Personal Growth Archives

Self Accountability – When We Want Something But Find It Hard To Get

Holy cow, motivation was lacking this week! Do you ever feel like it’s all or nothing? Like, if you mess up today then you might as well not even try tomorrow? I do and it sucks! This week I tried paying more attention to what I was eating. This weight loss journey is more […]

Nancy

April 6, 2020June 27, 2024

Confidence

Why I am on this weight loss journey

I used to think I was fat. I used to think I was too fat to enjoy my life. My mantra was “as soon as I lose weight I will…” insert life here. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself, “First of all, you are not fat, you have fat. […]

Nancy

March 2, 2020June 27, 2024

gotta love myself affirmations to remind you you are amazing

Self Love

Affirmations that keep me going when I feel I can’t

Do you ever have one of THOSE days? Where everything is going wrong and it’s all because of the little mistakes you made or dropping the ball? Then you feel so crappy about letting things get so bad? I’ve had too many of those days. I found these amazing affirmations that help me remember […]

Nancy

February 3, 2020June 27, 2024

gotta love myself. weight loss documentary

Self Love

I’m losing weight … for real this time.

It took me MONTHS to gather to courage to make this journey. I have been stuck in a weight-loss cycle since I was 13. I am done with that. In August 2019 I decided to start a documentary to track my weight loss journey. I started filming some of my workouts, taking pictures of […]

Nancy

January 4, 2020June 27, 2024

Self Love

Don’t Cry Over Broken Glass

Today was one of those days. It was so hard for me to see the world the way I instructed myself to see it during my morning yoga practice. I told myself to go out into the world to share love, compassion and understanding but the universe had a different plan for me. On […]

Nancy

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

Self Love

Self Acceptance

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” ― Lao Tzu My dear friend (lets call her Linda) is constantly apologizing for the ‘mess’ in her house. She apologizes if […]

Nancy

September 1, 2018June 27, 2024

Self Love

Welcome to the blog!

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” -Robert Morely Once upon a time not too long ago I was very mean, inconsiderate, berating and unforgiving. I was very quick to judge and point out every single flaw and even at times made ‘joking’ comments about those flaws. I sound like […]

Nancy

July 31, 2018June 18, 2024