Difference Between Happiness and Joy

I used to think there was something wrong with me. I used to think I was just too badly broken...from past experiences or situations or maybe with my personality.

I couldn't understand why I would rarely feel happiness or be happy. I've come across many "happy" people and it just seemed that happiness had become of them.

But little did I know...that these people weren't happy...they were always full of joy. People who were genuinely joyful. That's why everything they seemed to touch, would grow and bloom...rather than wilt away and die. A contagious smile or feeling that you could catch from just being around them.

Why Does Our Society Strive To Avoid Offending Anyone?

Ever wonder why we are so quick to avoid offending anyone... But turn our own back on the Creator of this Universe?

Before building my relationship with God, I used to tiptoe around my and belief in Him. Fearing or being too worried that I could or would lose friends or people in my life. Their perception of me was much more important to me and the last thing I wanted to be seen was an outcast.

I put people before God and when I did that, my life was even more full of confusion, mess, and constant chaos. In a way...I lost all sense of who I was and what God's purpose was for me.

How Can I Have A Closer Relationship With God?

Ever feel like no matter what you do...it just never seems good enough?

Or maybe you feel like instead of moving closer to your idea of perfection...you find yourself moving farther and farther away from it?

I used to feel exactly like this and some days I still struggle with it. I am far from perfect...but now (more often than not) I am ok with it!

And to finally accept that was incredibly hard! Especially since I have been a perfectionist all my life...and still consider myself one. 

When you stop viewing your relationship with God merely as rules you have to follow or laws you must obey...that's when the magic happens.

What Is Shakeology?

Ever dislike the person you see in the mirror so much...that you do anything...just to try to avoid looking in them?

I have and it's definitely not the way I envisioned living my life. Waking up every day wishing, hoping, and dreaming to no longer feel unhappy and unmotivated. Feeling so disappointed in how much I had "let myself go."

You can't really tell, but I was absolutely miserable in the picture on the left. I was so depressed with how much progress I had "undone" since starting my journey in 2011 and how I had "let life get in the way." I wasn't working out every day or drinking Shakeology every day and just felt completely defeated.

What Do You Pray For?

If you and I were chatting over coffee, and I asked you if you would rather have peace or risk...what would you say? How about if I asked you if you would rather have comfort or courage? Makes you think at first. It's definitely not an easy decision...at least it never was for me.

Most of my life I have grown up in this confined little bubble, a bubble that I like to call my comfort zone. I'm a person who does not like change and I never have seen myself as a risk taker. Taking risks and stepping out of my comfort zone has always terrified me. The NOT knowing is what held me back 99% of the time. I'm super OCD when it comes to planning, scheduling, and "perfecting" everything. Instead of figuring out or asking for help on how to overcome change or things that made me feel uneasy...

How To Overcome The Fear of Failing

Do you ever feel so lost that you don't know what to do, what decision to make, what path or direction to take or go in, or who to lean on during these times? I have and to be honest, I am going through this exact season right now. This has been one absolutely challenging, yet rewarding year. A year that I have learned a lot. I have learned so much about God and my ever-changing relationship with Him.

I feel like I've been walking with my head down all month, worried I might trip or fall if I'm not careful where I step. But what I have failed to do, is look up. To look around me and to see what God is trying to tell me. It didn't hit me until the other day...and especially yesterday.

How To Run & Build Your Own Online Fitness Business

If you've been following my journey, you will see that being presented with the opportunity to run and build my own online fitness business was no accident. I truly feel it in my heart that God lead me to this.

It's been over 4 years since I started my fitness journey, one that planted the seed for any of this to happen. One that I never even knew would blossom into the most amazing experience I'd ever live. No longer just a vision, but an actual reality that I get to live daily. I am so blessed to wake up every morning with a passion burning so bright inside of me that not only challenges me, but helps me grow and become a better person each day. To know that I am making a difference in at least one person's life and giving them the life they always dreamed of. One with happiness and confidence to be proud of who they are.