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Find a healthy dose of motivation, inspiration and education.
When the data says you’re “well” but you feel far from it.
I cannot tell you the number of conversations that I have with women who generally feel unwell. They feel like they lack spark in their life. They feel like they don’t have a lot of motivation. They don’t feel like they have a lot of excitement for the future. And yet, when they go to their doctor’s office, everything checks out just fine.
Do you have a hustle habit?
In a world encouraging us to do more, be more, make more… slowing down (though it sounds lovely) can feel so freaking hard.
Why?
Because many of us have made the hustle a habit.
What helps to nurture relationships?
I teach from the perspective that health is NOT a destination, it is a direction.
While goals may help validate that you are heading in the right direction. Goals alone will not help you improve your health.
There’s more impacting your health than weight.
Now, let’s talk about real solutions. (Because if “weight” isn’t the real problem, weight loss is not the real solution.) Here are four real solutions for what is likely the actual problems.
Improving health is an exercise in unpacking stress.
Yesterday I mentioned that your weight is NOT the problem when it comes to health challenges(and I will sing that tune until the day I die).
Excess weight, however, “might” be a symptom of underlying problems.
And one of those problems might be chemical mayhem induced by carrying WAY too much stress.
Stop telling yourself you don’t know what the next step is.
In all the years I have coached, you know what I have NEVER found to be true?
That someone does not know the next right step to take to move the needle of progress in their life.
They always know.
You do too.
And…
Smart Body Smart Mind
The truth is ALL roads on the health journey lead back to the nervous system.
If your nervous system is dysregulated from big and/or small traumas you will only survive this life and never truly experience what it is to thrive IN your life.
Could use a little help rebuilding your health foundation?
The work of health is an inside job and if we don’t build a sturdy foundation our house will implode.
So what does a sturdy foundation look like when it comes to health?
Appearing healthy vs BEING healthy
I work with women every single day who look healthy but who are struggling mentally, emotionally, and/or physically.
Appearing healthy and BEING healthy are not necessarily the same thing.
Not all weight loss measures are created equal.
Weight loss is NOT synonymous with improved health. (You can be thin and have serious metabolic health issues), and yet…
Popular culture LOVES to hyper-focus on weight loss as a measure of health.
Are you new here?
If you are new here… welcome! If you have been here for a while, thanks for sticking around:)
It has been a hot minute since I have done a formal introduction, so here we go…
What works to help you feel better fast?
When you feel like hell because you keep neglecting to insert yourself into your own schedule, you get desperate.
And desperation can inspire some less-than-stellar decision making like…
Are you wearing emotional armor?
Anger was my armor against feeling ANY EMOTION that I deemed uncomfortable or inconvenient.
Anger protected me from a lot.
It also cost me a lot.
How about a different approach?
Over the course of your life, your body is going to do some weird sh*t. It will likely (at some point) not meet the “expectations” you had for it in some way. AND…
Things to remember in your quest to improve your physical health.
More and more we are learning just how inseparable mental and physical health really are. Poor physical health can contribute to an increased risk of developing mental health challenges.
Movement it the gift that keeps on giving.
A few things movement has given me just this week… It never looks the same. I never experience it in quite the same way.
What meaning are you giving imperfect execution?
Moving your health to higher ground is going to require a willingness to do things imperfectly WITHOUT making it mean there is something wrong with you.
Do you have big things on your heart for 2022?
Are you ready for this?
I bet you have big things on your heart for 2022.
I bet you know that how you show up to take care of yourself is going to directly influence how you show up for those things.
Resources to help make your journey a little easier.
I have learned a few things along the way that I am more than happy to share with YOU to make your journey a little easier and a lot more grace-filled.
Stress can be a beautiful thing.
I often remind my clients that improved health is the result of better managing the things in your life that act as stressors on your life.
But not all stressors are created equal.
Let’s change the health game.
I have worked with my fair share of seemingly healthy, fit-looking individuals over the years who were a FAR CRY from healthy.
Your Healthiest Year Yet is a Click Away: The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide with Jackie MacDougall
If you could use a bit of inspiration to realign your actions with what you say it is you want for your health at the start of 2022…
If you are ready to become more self-directed in the health arena…
If you are ready for a mindset reset, so you can rock whatever it is you want for your health in 2022…
What kind of relationship are you committed to having?
Improving health is an exercise in improving the relationship you have with yourself. What kind of relationship are you committed to having?
Curveballs are coming this year, just like they do EVERY year.
If the past two years have taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected. Am I right?
Curveballs are coming this year, just like they do EVERY year.
But that doesn’t mean that your plans to honor your health have to go to…
It doesn’t matter why you think you can’t. You absolutely CAN.
This is not just health coaching—it’s a personalized road map to the prime of your life. It’s coaching that will make today feel like the best days of your life are ahead of you, no matter where you’re at right now.