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Exercise is imperative for good health! Finding ways to move your body in ways that encourage proper form and alignment will greatly improve your quality of life. Click here for fitness tips, improved posture tricks, and soon-to-come short fitness videos.

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Your skin is your largest organ! The products we use on our bodies and in our homes can have a profound effect on our health. Click here to learn how to navigate the world of safer products with education, product recommendations, and tips for making realistic changes.

Rules I live by

Pilates & Barre Master Trainer,

Nutritional Therapy Consultant,

Executive Director with Beautycounter,

military wife, and mother

of two VERY energetic boys.

Healthy living doesn’t need to be complicated.

The goal is progress, not perfection.

Small steps add up to BIG change.

Wellness is not one size fits all.

Grace is required.

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Friday leggings are a thing, right?⁣💛🖤💛
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Hello, weekend vibes. This girl is ready for some FRIYAY fun😎⁣ What are your plans this weekend?
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#fridayleggings #friyayfun #weekendvibes💕

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I feel this so hard right now. It’s time. It’s time for this story to be told✨
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Speak it. Believe it. Live it.💫
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Who’s ready?🙋🏻‍♀️
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#speakit #believeit #liveit

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Let's kick this week off right with a little 𝟐 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏 𝐋𝐢𝐞 to get to know one another a little better <<---- And just have some Monday-After-The-Superbowl-FUN!⁣
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Here's how it works...⁣
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I'll start by listing three statements... TWO of which are true and one is a tiny white fib.⁣
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You comment on what you think is the fib... and then state your own Two Truths and a Lie. We'll try to sniff yours out, too.⁣
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C'mon, y'all. We ate too much food yesterday... we stayed up too late... we partied like we were young kids again... let's just have a little goof time.⁣
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Ready to go? Here's mine...⁣
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I had my belly button pierced in a London basement when I was 21.🤦🏻‍♀️⁣
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I was Willie Nelson’s publicist for a day.🎸 ⁣
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I can still sing all the words to “Bust a Move”.🎶 ⁣
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Whatcha think?🤔⁣
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#trueorfalse #whatwasithinking #funfacts

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Guess how I'm going to kick Jan to the curb????⁣
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By starting killer daily routines that keep me in check, my health a priority and my happiness through the roof, y'all.⁣
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And I'm sharing it with you, too.⁣
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On today's blog post (just dropped!) you can...⁣
———> Steal my best practices for kicking your morning off with a BANG (and not your phone!)⁣
———> Learn how to give yourself a midday pep in your step…⁣
———> Get my tips for setting up a relaxing, wind-down bedtime routine.⁣
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Ready for a DETOX (and one that is totally doable AND safe enough to do daily?!) There's a bonus all about it waiting for you with YOUR NAME ON IT.⁣
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Go steal my checklist and pick and choose what works for you.⁣
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BUT... I dare you to try at least one new thing starting TOMORROW.⁣
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Go ahead, girl ----->> Head over to my website and grab the goods🤗

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Since there are tons of health and wellness influencers around here, I challenge you to not get caught up in the minutiae, the comparison game, the imposter syndrome, insert any dumb mind game here. Remember WHY you started doing this in the first place! When I get distracted by the world, this little reminder is what gets me back to feeling positive and motivated. I might feel like I’m a hot mess (but really, who isn’t?!), but I know my heart is in the right place. As long as I’m helping people, I am running a successful business💕
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#betterthelivesofothers #iamsuccessful #helpingothersgethealthy

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So when I first started using cleaner and safer shampoos, my hair did not look like this.⁣
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It was a flat, limp, and gunky mess. And even though I really wanted to make the permanent switch to safer hair products, I just COULD NOT DEAL. I’m a girl. Hair is a big deal. I wanna have good hair days. #vanityatitsfinest⁣
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Has anyone else ever dealt with this before???⁣🙋🏻‍♀️
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Well, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The secret to making cleaner shampoos work for you.⁣
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝗪𝐀𝐒𝐇.⁣
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Earth shattering, I know. But it works, I swear.⁣
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Before I knew this, I would always end up with hair that did not feel clean AT ALL. It literally felt dirtier after washing and drying, as if there were weeks of product buildup, especially on the underside near the nape of my neck. And it didn’t matter which cleaner shampoo I used, they all did the same thing. Ugh.⁣
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Here’s the trick: Get your hair thoroughly wet, then use a small amount of shampoo (like the size of a nickel). Rub into wet hair, but don’t worry about lather as there won’t be very much. Then use another small amount to really wash your hair, and it will lather up like crazy! Rinse and use WAY less conditioner than you use with traditional products. You don’t even have to leave it in more than 30 seconds or so.⁣
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Why do we have to do this? I’m not really sure. My guess is that it has to do with the lack of SLS in safer hair products. Sodium lauryl sulfate is a synthetic soap which creates a foamy lather as it cleans, and it can be especially drying in personal care products. It’s what makes us feel squeaky clean a lot of the time. Cleaner products don’t use it because it is a known irritant to the skin and eyes … AND it helps other chemicals get into the body because of its identification as a penetration enhancer. NO BUENO.⁣
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So if you’ve been staying away from safer shampoos because you keep trying them and ending up with the opposite of good hair days, give my trick a try and see if it makes a difference. I use Beautycounter’s Daily Shampoo & Conditioner, with a little Sea Salt Spray for texture and volume. ⁣
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Good (and safer) hair days are in your future!⁣
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I know, it’s funny! But there’s some truth there, too.⁣
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What you eat has a HUGE effect on everything from mental health to skin health and physical health. Surely you’ve seen the recent articles about the connection between gut dysbiosis and mental health, right? This is nothing new, but it is great that the topic is becoming more mainstream. ⁣
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And what you eat is either fighting inflammation or adding to inflammation. Those Advil you pop when you’re hurting? They’re just artificially halting the inflammation that we are creating within our bodies with our food choices. ⁣
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So while I love a funny meme, I hope you’ll think about this the next time you feel that ache in your lower back or that flare of anxiety. What can we do to improve?⁣
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Eat a real food diet.⁣
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Take care of our gut health. ⁣
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Lower the inflammation in our bodies. ⁣
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It’s amazing what our bodies are capable of doing when we give it the proper conditions to heal and restore💕⁣
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#guthealth #lowerinflammation #realfooddiet

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Here's another fun one ----> Have Fun at Work Day! (I get the sneaking suspicion there's a day for EVERYTHING, don't you?)⁣
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But hey, the days have been heavy and I'm all about highlighting the positive, so YES, I want to tell you ALL ABOUT the fun I have at "work"... and how you can, too.⁣
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If you're on this page (reading this right this very second) then you know I'm a @Beautycounter consultant, Pilates and Barre master trainer, AND a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner ... WHEW.⁣
But the BEST part of my J-O-B is that I get to be ALL OF THOSE at once. Not to mention be a wellness blogger, recipe creator, wife and boymom. ⁣
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But everything I do circles back to my main mission to help women (and men! and kids!) live healthier, better lives.⁣
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Through the food you eat, the way you move, and the products you put in AND on your body. And I truly believe that EVERYTHING is interconnected.⁣
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In fact, riddle me this ----> If you're already working hard in one part of your life to better yourself... why let other aspects fall through the cracks?⁣
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And on the flipside ----> If you're already HELPING OTHERS to better themselves... then why not add another way to do exactly that (and make more money at the same time?!)⁣
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If you're looking to learn more ways to eat healthier, move easier and shop consciously, then lady, let's chat. If you're a fitness instructor or wellness-focused entrepreneur, let's connect so I can introduce you to NEW streams of income that serve others in the gaps they're missing in their health journey. Because multiple streams of income are my JAM. Incorporating passive income to balance out trading time for money is the key to BALANCE as a wellness practitioner.⁣
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We're all on the same team here... and our mission is HEALTH!⁣
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Talk about being thankful to call this my job each and every day, #AmIRight?

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Organization companies, take all my money. Anyone else obsessed with the illusion of having it together?!🙋🏻‍♀️
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#alltheplanners #doilookorganised #smokeandmirrors

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Should I be concerned that the Tinder pic was the easiest to designate?!🤔
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Y’all, I’m 44 years old. That’s like 67 in Instagram years, and 95 in Tinder years🤷🏻‍♀️
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Life has been so heavy lately, hasn’t it? Go out there and do something that brings you joy. Something that makes you laugh. Even if it’s the #dollypartonchallenge and you have to Google what Tinder is...🤣
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#socialmediaoldlady #thisis44 #whatistinderanyway

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2020 has not had a smooth start. A lot of tragedy, a lot of grief, a lot of sadness, a lot of struggle. Hang in there, you guys. I have to believe good days are coming💕
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#longestjanuaryever #hanginthere #februaryisthenewjanuary

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