One of the most rewarding parts of my job and the interactions I have with all you guys, is the moments when we get beyond the surface stuff of living a healthful lifestyle and start talking about what's real! I always say that any health and fitness journey, or any endeavor we undertake to better ourselves and our lives, is about so much more than just losing weight or making more money. What drives that desire? Is it to finally feel confident in your own skin so that you can get past all the teasing and name-calling you experienced as a child? Maybe it's to not feel stressed out about money because you grew up in a household that was very cautious of spending? There's always a deeper reaso

This quote flashed across my screen the other day – “There is a 100% chance that we are going to die. So why do we spend 95% of our time worrying about how others think we should live?” **Listen, the people that are going to judge you are going to judge you anyway, so they may as well judge you while you live your damn life!** We all seem to live in fear, in some capacity, of how others see us, which if you think about it is ridiculous - if we’re all afraid of what others think, we are afraid of people who are afraid of us! I wonder where this comes from? Were you bullied at school? Were you judged at home? Were you mistreated in relationships in your youth? Why does that notion of what othe