I have a confession to make. I hated my first Pilates class. I only went because someone told me it would be good for my chronic back pain and that it would balance out all the high-impact aerobics and adrenalin-fuelled, joint-pumping exercising I was doing. I had been battling...
Have you encouraged yourself today? I read a quote the other day that struck a few chords with me. Josh S. Hinds said: “Don’t be stingy with your encouragement. Your words can be a catalyst for untold change in the lives of others.” How many times have you heard,...
Do you remember when you lost yourself? When you stopped knowing for sure who you really were and struggled to define your identity? And do you remember when you found yourself again? Or are you still searching? I believe that, at some stage, we all lose ‘the real me’....
It was 7am on a Friday. It was 8 degrees outside but I couldn’t feel it. It was warm inside my car but I was annoyed at being stuck in traffic. With nothing else to do, I looked around and noticed two women on the side of the road....
Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had complete confidence? If you grabbed every opportunity without hesitation or second guessing yourself? I often think about how different my life would be – and that of my 4 children – if I had just taken every...
How will you react to the button-pushers? Have you ever felt like, just when things are going so well, someone or something comes along to push your buttons and test your patience, your willpower or your focus? I had a week like that, in both my personal life and...
Are you taking responsibility for your success? What does success look like to you? For me, it’s: * To be the best cyclist I can be; * To execute all Pilates exercises and classes perfectly; * To be the best mother I can be to my children; and *...
This topic is very dear to my heart. Body image! What is it? According to Wikipedia, body image is a person’s feelings of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body, which may be forced onto them by others or the media. The phrase was first coined by...
How many times have you dreamed about winning the lottery? How many hours have you spent fantasising about how you’d spend the money and how you’d help those closest to you? You dream even though the odds are stacked against you. Even though the chances of you actually winning...
Is fear in the eye of the beholder? It took me 3.5 hours to finish the ‘100 Cycle Challenge’ this morning and while I’m pleased with my time, I valued the 3.5 hours that I got to spend reflecting on my goals so much more. I had time to...