Category Archives: mentoring

Gloves for Troops: Giving a Healthy Habit to our Troops

When I first met Vance Albitz, he was in high school in Southern California. I came to him because my youngest son was playing baseball, and he needed some practice on the side to improve. Vance loves baseball and offered … Continue reading

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Zumbathons: Everybody Wins!

You may remember my friend Darbie. I first blogged about her in the “Darbi-nator” because I thought it was pretty fantastic that she followed her Zumba dreams, found classes, became an instructor, and now teaches her students (most of whom … Continue reading

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Balance – A Key to Health

The photo on the left means so much to me. These are my oldest son’s feet many years ago when he first came home from his freshman year at college. He realized the key to his success was balance and … Continue reading

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Goals 2013

About this time of year I start thinking about goals for next year. Call them resolutions, call them verbally-stated goals, call them intentions.  By the time January rolls around, I like to have a clear set of goals to use … Continue reading

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Day 45 – The Dash

It’s Day 45 of the “2012 Hallow-lean Through New Year’s Dash,” but who’s counting? Actually, I’m not, but this morning when I woke up, I realized it had been a number of days since I’d decided to blog daily with … Continue reading

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Using vision boards to shed pounds

One tool that’s helped me with the weight shedding journey and other parts of my life is the vision board. A vision board is a visual representation of your dreams and goals. Making one can help you get clear on … Continue reading

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The Golden Key

I love Take Shape for Life because it helps my clients with their emotional eating. Many programs play into that. But TSFL really takes the obsessing out of figuring out what you’re going to eat, and takes people out of … Continue reading

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The Body Image Conversation

Meet Stella, the NYU student who went viral with her Tumblr post telling the world that this is her body and they need to deal with it. Her post broke my heart and made me feel empowered at the same … Continue reading

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Quick, healthy no-cook dinner!

On Take Shape for Life, we refer to the lean & green which is the main meal you eat and prepare. I am always playing with quick, healthy, lean & greens that can be pulled together in 3-5 mins. This … Continue reading

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Five Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself

You know you want to get rid of that pesky cushion around the real you. You’re certain of it. Maybe you’ve done it before and somewhere in your mind, you know it’s possible. But it’s not happening. Why? Here are … Continue reading

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