Message From Amy

Hello Beautiful Women!

What a great April my family has had!  My daughter Sidney and I hopped in the van and drove towards the Grand Canyon. We got as far as Moab UT and decided to park. What a beautiful area to visit, and what a ton of fun things we did. HIking, camping, sightseeing and one activity in particular that we enjoyed was Rock Climbing. Yes, my 9-year old daughter and this 39-year old body decided to conquer our first real rock climb (not the indoor variety) in an area where there is, no other than...World Class Rock Climbing! Why not? If you're going to rock climb why not go to the best!
What fun we had, and I discovered that rock climbing can be a metaphor for life.

I personally noticed that every time I was just about to the top of the rock I would tell myself, “This is good enough” never really getting all the way up.  In the midst of having every fingernail holding onto this gigantic boulder for dear life and my toes scrunched into the tiniest crevice bearing my entire weight, I paused to ask myself, “Where in my life do I say ‘this is good enough’?”  My answer....many parts of my life.

The truth is that I almost never go the full distance, being content to just have enough, to get by. Well, I decided to break that train of thought (habit/subconscious belief) and do something right there, right now. I then said a ‘Hail Mary’ Prayer and took a leap to the slightest indentation and crevice imaginable on the boulder, and got up to the very top! "I DID IT!" What a fulfilling feeling and a sense of achievement that entered into my entire being.

Now that I am back into my regular routine, I look back and at times I ask myself if I am settling and coasting at that ‘good enough’ point, and then I take an uncomfortable leap to move forward towards my dreams and my goals.

What situations in life are you coasting through and maybe need to take a leap at?  Are you stagnant with exercise, weight loss, vitality of life, lack of joy and energy and perhaps not even realize it?

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To improving your health to become your very BEST SELF,
Amy

A Parable about a Hidden Force that May Be Keeping You Stuck

I loved this article and wanted to share with you, I thought Dr. May did a wonderful job bringing this forth.

The sisters Regret and Guilt look a lot alike but they are very different.

When Regret makes a mistake she cries, “Oh, I wish I hadn’t done that!” or “Why did I do that?” or “I’m never doing that again!”

But when Guilt makes a mistake she yells, “You idiot, you blew it again!” or “You are such a loser—what’s the matter with you?” or “You might as well give up; you’re never going to get it right.”

Regret makes mistakes all the time. She figures that everybody does, especially when they’re learning something new. Regret doesn’t even really seem to mind making mistakes because she always learns something that helps her do things a little differently the next time. She even laughs at herself and shares her mistakes with others so they’ll learn too. She doesn’t care that other people sometimes do things better—but she wants to be the best she can be so she never gives up trying.

Of course, Guilt makes mistakes too but she blames herself because she believes she should know better. Instead of helping her learn, her mistakes just prove that she is a bad person and that something is wrong with her. She is often angry with herself and sometimes other people. Secretly, she feels unloved and unworthy so with every mistake she resolves to do things perfectly the next time to prove to everyone else that she is good enough.

One day, Regret and Guilt agreed that it was time to make some lifestyle changes. Regret regretted that her energy level was low and she wasn’t able to do all of the things she wanted. Guilt felt bad too—guilty that she was “too fat and lazy.”

Like most people, Regret had been on dozens of diets and knew they just didn’t work for her. She decided that this time she would make small changes to the way she ate. She started by paying more attention to her hunger and fullness cues. It sounded simple enough but it wasn’t as easy as she thought, especially when someone brought donuts to the office. After two days of eating donuts mid-morning, she realized she needed to make a plan. She gave herself extra time in the morning to have breakfast and pack lunch. She also made a list of other things she could do when the donuts were calling her. She continually tweaked her plan to figure out what worked the best and congratulated herself on her small successes. 

A few days into it, she had a really stressful day at work and was thrilled when she remembered that it was her co-worker’s birthday because that meant cake! She wasn’t hungry but had a piece of the delicious chocolate cake while she celebrated with her friend…then went back for another piece after everyone else returned to their desks. Within an hour she noticed she felt tired and a little sick—but still stressed out. Regret regretted her decision to have the second piece of cake—but not the first! She decided that next time she felt stressed she would take a short walk instead of going back for more.

Guilt liked the idea of using hunger and fullness too—but she had failed on so many diets that she doubted she would do any better with this approach. She told herself that this was her last chance to get it right so every time she felt like eating she made sure she was hungry first. She felt great because she was doing it perfectly! After a week of only eating when she was hungry, disaster struck. She had already eaten most of her lunch at her desk when her boss showed up with cake to celebrate Secretary’s Day. She had a piece even though she wasn’t hungry. Within a few minutes she was berating herself for her terrible mistake, knowing that she had failed at this too. She gave up and went back for a second piece. She felt so bad about herself that she picked up a pizza and ice cream on the way home. After all, she couldn’t even get this right so what was the point?

Although Guilt was well intentioned, her unrealistic expectations and the shame and blame she heaped on herself were preventing her from learning, improving, and forgiving herself when she made choices that didn’t work out well. She even felt guilty for feeling guilty!

She finally asked her sister for help. Regret explained that while there's always room for improvement, toddlers fall down many times before becoming proficient at walking. They may cry but they don't feel ashamed. Instead they get up, make adjustments, and try again. Her favorite words of wisdom:  

• Perfection is not possible--or necessary.
• When you make a mistake, don't miss the lesson.
• Small changes slowly add up to big changes. 

Eat Mindfully, Live Vibrantly!Michelle May, M.D.
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About Amy

Amy specializes in guiding clients to build an inner foundation to build harmony into all parts of their lives Coaching each person to be the most successful, energized, healthiest and best performing person while achieving a fit, lean and toned body naturally.

Being a mother of four small children and a wife to a loving and supportive husband, Amy has taken her own challenges and experiences as well as her education to help women balance family, business, and their personal health successfully,  eliminating overwhelm, exhaustion and overweight.

Whether she is collaborating with you one-on-one through her innovative coaching programs or co-authoring a Best Seller with the likes of Debbie Allen, Loral Langemeier, Terri Amos -Britt and other expert professionals, authors and master coaches from around the world or with uplifting and educating large groups of people through her captivating speaking engagements, her simple and results based mind, body and spirit process empowers you to overcome the limitations of the past so you can accomplish a quality of life that support and inspires you through exercise, nutrition and performance.

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