My husband and I are not fond of cold weather. When it is very cold our natural inclination is to stay home but most of the time we resist that inclination, at least a little. One extremely cold Saturday we dressed up warm and went downtown. We walked to the local outdoor market, to a […]

FitLife Coaching & Personal Development APPLY HERE  Next session starts January 16th.  Aristotle had Plato and Plato had Socrates. Philosophers through the ages as well as star athletes, successful businessmen, and great musicians have used mentors and coaches to reach their full potential. If you are looking to accelerate your progress, having a coach or mentor can make all […]

I love to wear high heels. Spiky, strappy, sexy 3-4 inchers. My good friend Dr. Randy Lowe, an excellent podiatrist, tells me “just keep wearing them and I will fix your feet later”. I am actually pretty careful about how my shoes fit, how long I wear them and I have a lot of muscle […]

“All of us are self-made, but only the successful are willing to admit it.” Earl Nightingale I am a disciplined person but it hasn’t always been that way.  As a teenager and young adult I was very undisciplined.  I’ll spare everyone the details, but trust me, disciplined would not have been the word to describe […]

The Riddle Is: How tall will a tree grow? The answer: As tall as it can. Why do some people make things happen in their lives while others let life happen to them?  That is the real riddle! I am driving to FitMania at 5:30 this morning. There are several inches of snow already on […]

There was a poster in my daughter’s high school English class that said, “We do what we do because of what we value most at the time”.  Sometimes we value ease at the expense of true happiness. Many of our choices make us feel good in the short term but actually damage our happiness in […]