Here are some of my favorite personal development books to read either in hard copy or on Audible! Hearing or reading these books really has helped me shift my mindset from a negative one to a positive one!

MY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FAVORITES

1. THE 5 SECOND RULE BY MEL ROBBINS

2. THE SLIGHT EDGE BY JEFF OLSON

3. GOOD VIBES, GOOD LIFE BY VEX KING

4. SOUNDTRACKS BY JON ACUFF

5. GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD BY JENNIE ALLEN

6. THE COMPOUND EFFECT BY DARREN HARDY

7. THE BIG LEAP BY GAY HENDRICKS

8. YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL BY ROMI NEUSTADT

9. FEAR IS MY HOMEBOY BY JUDI HOLLER

10. THE BEST YES BY LYSA TERKEURST

11. THERE IS NO PLAN B FOR YOUR A GAME BY BO EASON

12. THE GREATEST YOU BY TRENT SHELTON

13. EMPTY OUT THE NEGATIVE BY JOEL OSTEEN

14. THE ROAD BACK TO YOU BY IAN MORGAN CRON

I feel so proud of myself that I feel like I could almost cry…

I did this 30 day challenge and I am so proud that I finished it! I was so nervous starting this challenge because I thought to myself…

“What will I feel like at the end?”

“Will I go crazy?”

But the reality is that I just want to keep going! I just feel so good! I got these new leggings from Pink Lily and they fit and I love them! I am sure that sounds conceited that I feel so good.

But, I think it should be the norm, to wake up and feel so good you feel like you could cry…happy tears of course.

I think you should wake up in the morning and say to yourself in the mirror…

“Girl, you look good!”

But not only look good, but feel good. Sometimes feeling good means taking care of your mental and emotional health .

Feeling good isn’t just about seeing certain numbers on the scale or wearing a certain size of pants, it’s feeling proud of my choices and know that I am honoring myself….

…not only what makes me feel good physically but mentally and emotionally as well. That to makes me feel good and I feel like we should all have that.

I spent so many years waking up with shame, guilt, beating myself up because I know I wasn’t living up to my potential.

I used to say things like…

“I am going to start tomorrow!”

“I feel guilty for what I did.”

I think that is really hard.

I think that’s harder than putting in the work, it’s heavy, really heavy to carry around with you.

I think it is harder than waking up every day and making good choices even though those good choices might feel hard. I think carrying around guilt, shame and those negative emotions are harder and it is so heavy to carry that around.

I share this because I know there’s someone else reading this blog post, that probably binged last night, or has been telling themselves that they would start since the new year, and maybe in many new years in a row.

There is someone reading this that told themselves that they would do something about their weight. That they would do something about their health and that they would do something about the way that they felt but they just haven’t found the motivation…

If you have been looking for motivation, you’ll be looking forever. I think it’s all about making a decision and honoring that decision. You’re not always going to feel like it, trust me when I say that. If you know better, do better…you deserve it.

Is it hard, yeah but what you are doing now is hard too. I just want to show someone that I have been there too and if I can do this, look at it as evidence that someone else can do it, that means you can do it too. What I want more than anything is to show women that we all deserve to feel our best. Our best might look different, but you deserve to figure out what your best looks like.

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THE SECRET TO HITTING YOUR GOAL IS TO QUIT GIVING UP SO DANG EASILY!

We give up the second we feel any pain or discomfort.

I was on a business call the other day and one of the concepts that came up was us avoiding negative emotions. It was also avoiding being uncomfortable, failure, or anything that is hard.

Avoiding your negative feelings will cost you your goals and your dreams.

In business this looks like:

• If we are afraid of being judged, we don’t put ourselves out there and we never get what we want.

• Avoiding failure means that we just don’t ever try.

• We are afraid of being overwhelmed and having too much on our plates so we just never do any of it.

What is that thing you’re avoiding? Judgement? Failure? Hard work? Discomfort?

There are going to be negative emotions and feelings in life. Figure out what you are avoiding and label it.

Is it costing you your goal?

If your goal is to lose weight, you are probably going to have to get uncomfortable. It’s probably not going to be convenient for you. It’s going to mean showing up when you are tired. It’s going to mean staying committed even when you don’t feel like it, even when you would rather do something else. By avoiding ever feeling the discomfort, lack of convenience, things like that, it costs us those goals and dreams.

I write down my intentional thoughts daily.

Something I am doing with my coaches and 1:1 life coach clients is to write down my thoughts. I ask myself..

“What do I want to feel?”

I have this thing called intentional thoughts and I write down the thoughts that are serving me and help me get to my goals. One of them is…

I am willing to feel ANY emotion to get to my goal. That means being ok with being judged, feeling nervous, feeling a bit insecure.

That might mean feeling judged. It might mean feeling embarrassed at times and feeling like a beginner. Let me tell you in this life coach realm, I am scared you know whatless. I messaged my business coach a few days ago and I told her how uncomfortable and nervous I am. She told me that it was normal to feel that way because I haven’t done something new in a while. I realized…

If I have to feel those feelings to reach more people and help more people, I am willing to feel them.

It’s been 7.5 years since I started my business so it has been a while for me to have to do new things. I am willing to feel those emotions if it means getting to my goal. You may not be starting a new business like me but maybe you are trying to lose weight. Maybe you are trying something new. May you are trying to lose weight for the millionth time when you feel like you have “failed” one thousand times before. Think about this for a minute…

Are you willing to be uncomfortable if it means hitting your goal? Or would you rather stay in your comfort zone and stay where you’re at? Change and growth aren’t always going to feel good in the moment…they’re called growing PAINS for a reason.

By you staying in your comfort zone and not feeling anything new or different, it might cost you what you want most. Ask yourself…

How bad do you want it?

JOIN MY NEXT VIRTUAL BOOTCAMP

I share this because I started this business to help even just ONE person have a breakthrough moment. My Virtual Bootcamps walk you through commitment mindset, nutrition coaching, at-home workouts and support from myself and my team along the way. If I can help change even ONE person’s life, it is all worth it!