Exercise & Weight Loss

Mental Moment-on being authentic

Written by on April 27, 2013

authentic

I gave a talk last Saturday to a group of new half & full marathoners. My colleague Matt Forsman who runs Marathon Matt has been gracious enough to bring me into the fold of his program. It is such a great opportunity for me. What I mean by great opportunity is that I get to reach out to people who may be struggling, not know why and give them some clarity. Gaining clients from these talks are great but for me its secondary. At this talk I invited a woman who wants to do some volunteer work with me in my … Continued

Mental Moment-this is for all the ladies

Written by on April 25, 2013

inner beauty

I am always so saddened by how women see themselves. How you see yourself effects everything in your life: the job you get, the partner you are, the friend you are, the mother you become and the things you do/don’t do with your life. The way you see yourself effects your confidence, motivation and self-esteem in all areas of life. The way you see yourself can impact the way others see you. This dove ad: Dove Real Beauty Sketches really hit home the fact that women do not have a realistic view of who they are. My practice is made up … Continued

Mental Moment-process

Written by on April 23, 2013

goals

Last week I talked about acceptance and intuition. Two important concepts in the process of change. Today I want to talk a little bit about what I think is the third important concept of change: process or lifestyle. Living in the outcome of winning, wanting and perfection leave you void of confidence and success. You do not have control over those things. You pressure yourself to do this or get that but those things are not within your reach. One of my clients had a goal of losing 15 pounds but didn’t really have a plan for losing those 15 … Continued

Mental Moment-can new exercisers and competitors enjoy crossfit

Written by on March 17, 2013

crossfit

What is your experience as a new exerciser doing crossfit? Do you struggle with the pressure of competition? Have you lost your motivation to train? I can help! There are a lot of people getting into crossfit these days. It’s interesting to talk to people who are new to exercise about why they are making the choice to do crossfit: challenge, getting really fit, structure, accountability, lose weight, etc. These are all really exciting and fascinating elements for people who are new to exercise. The people who are competing in crossfit are mainly people who have been competing at some level … Continued

Mental Moment-isolation

Written by on February 21, 2013

cbt

Your head isn’t isolated from your body. They continuously communicate back and forth. The things that happen to you in your life are not isolated from each other. They are all interdependent on each other. What makes this complex is that with movement, situations & events move feel like we just move, act and do but we don’t generally understand what produces those things to happen. It’s not physical, it’s psychological. Head-body The body does not just move. It moves with information from your head. There are moments in situations that you do what you want to do; the right … Continued

Mental Moment-injury

Written by on January 22, 2013

injury cartoon

An injury is always a surprise. We don’t know that we are going to get injured and we don’t expect it to happen. Unfortunately sometimes it still does. It’s important to deal with the emotions around an in joy. Getting injured As I said, an injury is never expected. When something happens in your life that isn’t expected what comes with it? People go through Kubler-Ross’s  stages of grieving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Kübler-Ross noted that these stages are not meant to be a complete list of all possible emotions that could be felt, and, they can occur … Continued

Mental Moment-how is your new year

Written by on January 19, 2013

sleep, eat, exercise

We are 19 days into 2013. How’s it going? Did you resolve to eat better and start an exercise program? What changes have you made in your life to reach those goals? Huge goals Eating better and starting an exercise program are 2 huge goals. If you think about these two things in this broad of a sense you probably will never ‘get there’. Why? Looking at these goals in this way is too overwhelming. What does it mean to eat right? How do you start an exercise program. These goals need to be broken down into smaller, realistic, achievable … Continued

Mental Moment-feeling emotions

Written by on January 12, 2013

negative emotions

Emotions are a funny thing. They can be positive, for example, happiness. They can be negative, for example, fear. Regardless, emotions are the energy that we put into them. Feeling emotions When we feel an emotion what happens? We respond (usually) in the way we’ve always responded. Most all of us have a consistent reaction to each and every emotion whether that emotion is positive or negative. Positive emotions People don’t regularly recognize positive emotions and if they do they barely, temporarily pay attention to them. Even though positive emotions feel so much better than negative emotions they don’t always make up the … Continued

Mental Moment-happy holidays

Written by on December 22, 2012

holiday

I want to wish you, your family and your friends the Happiest of Holidays! Dr. Michelle                           Photo credit: hallmark.businessgreetings.com    

Mental Moment-are you prepared

Written by on December 19, 2012

christmas vision board

Are you prepared for the holidays? It may be important to take a couple of moments to think about what comes up mentally & emotionally for you around the holidays and figure out better ways to deal with those things! What comes up This can be a very difficult time of the year for many people. Here are some of the comment mental & emotional events that come up: Isolation-not having family or friends to spend the holiday with Expectations-expecting the holidays to be something they aren’t Family-dealing with family can be stressful particularly if you deal with them in … Continued