So you’ve committed (and recommitted) to sticking to your healthy eating plan.
But . . .
You feel stressed (bored, overwhelmed, tired), so . . .
You eat a donut (a cupcake, a cookie) or two . . . or twelve.
You feel relief . . . for a while.
The relief wears off and regret sets in.
The regret triggers more stress and . . . you reach for those darn comfort foods again!
Why did it happen?
I mean . . .
. . . you knew what you had planned to eat that day.
. . .… Read More
I was dressed and ready to drive to the studio where I hosted a morning TV show. Before leaving the house, I had to take the trash to the curb for collection. As I neared the end of my driveway, I tripped and fell.
I hit the pavement so hard that my hands and knees were bleeding.
I went back into the house and, feeling sorry for myself, I was just about to cry.
I thought, “Denise, you have a choice. You can choose to continue feeling sorry for yourself, or you can choose to make today the best day… Read More
Ever wonder why, in the past, you didn’t stick to your goal to: lose weight, quit smoking, stop drinking, or whatever else it is you’ve been trying to achieve . . .
Even though you really, really, REALLY wanted to?
It wasn’t because you didn’t know what to do.
I’ll bet you knew exactly what to do. You probably even had the plan to follow – or – at the very least, you knew how to figure out where to get it!
So what was it?
1) What stopped you?
AND, more importantly . . .
2) How can… Read More
Can you guess which questions I’m most frequently asked through social media and after speaking engagements? Well, here they are:
How do you get your teeth so white? How did you become a professional speaker? How old are you? How did you get your books published? Are you always this positive?I’m answering these questions here for two reasons: One, maybe you’ve wanted to ask me one, some, or all of these questions because you’re curious . . . in which case I’m happy to appease your curiosity! Two, maybe you’ve wanted to ask me one, some, or all of… Read More
Are you trying to get a harvest before you planted the seed? Imagine your life, your goal, your dream is a seed. In order for it to grow, you need to plant it. Planting that seed means putting it in the soil to grow.
That’s where most dreams die . . . in the soil. The reason is, it can be lonely and dark in the soil. It can bring up feelings of uncertainty, doubt, or disappointment. That’s when we become afraid and dig the seed back up.
Resist digging up in doubt what you planted in faith. Trust the… Read More
Physical clutter equals mind clutter. Donate, recycle, or discard those things you no longer need, use, or love.
Take a deep breath and exhale very slowly. As you exhale, imagine blowing away all your worries, concerns, and tension. Allow your muscles to relax, and begin to breathe at your regular pace. Now imagine you’re in a calm, relaxing, and peaceful place. That place might be a sandy beach on a warm summer’s day, or the woods on a crisp fall morning. Wherever that relaxing place is, at the end of this paragraph, close your eyes, continue to… Read More
The company was about to spend millions of dollars on a product training program when in reality, product training wasn’t even the real problem!
In his book The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure, Grant Cardone writes about an experience in which his company was hired to conduct a “mystery shop” campaign for an international company to identify where the breakdowns in the sales process were occurring.
He writes: “We were trying to collect information on where the franchises needed the most help. We visited more than 500 locations to see what percentage of time the… Read More
In his book For One More Day, Mitch Albom writes, “I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. ‘The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature,’ he said. ‘You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.’” That’s good advice to remember.
It’s easy to value, accept, and care about yourself “on the way up,”… Read More
I was jetting around the waters of Key West, Florida in a two-seat mini race-boat on my way to check out a marine sanctuary, when the boat came upon a sandbar and the boat’s propeller got stuck.
The guide, whom I’d been following, called over to the man driving my boat and told him to turn off the motor and walk to the front of the boat. That way, the propeller would be lifted out of the sand. As instructed, the six-foot tall and roughly 240-pound driver of my boat got out of his seat and… Read More
*An Excerpt from CALM
Imagine you are sitting in the airport, just about to board a plane and go on the vacation of a lifetime. You have planned this vacation for months and you desperately need it. You want to feel excited about the trip, but instead you find yourself compiling an extensive “what if” list:
What if my luggage gets lost? What if something happens to my children while I’m away? What if the plane crashes?After mentally creating your list, you ask yourself: “Is it possible these things will happen?” The answer is yes—of course, it’s possible. All… Read More