Archive for July, 2010
Motivational Monday: What Will YOU Overcome?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Special thanks to Ryan P. for her suggestion for today’s Motivational Monday! Here’s Ryan’s suggestion: I am not sure how many people know about him, but one of my personal heroes has always been Charlie Wedemeyer. He was the high school football coach for Los Gatos in the 70′s when he was diagnosed with Lou [...]
Can thoughts change the quality of water and/food?
Posted in nutrition articles, tagged water on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever wondered about the power of thought and whether positive thoughts really can create positive effects on every-day objects or events, you may be interested to know about a study preformed by Dr. Masaru Emoto which created some interesting photographic evidence supporting that possibility. The study used water as medium. Water is not [...]
What can I learn from a broken car horn?
Posted in succes practice, tagged motivation, weightloss motivation on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Can you learn from a broken car horn? I can! On a recent camping trip, I experienced a valuable life lesson. One beautiful, clear morning, my family and I were sitting at our picnic table enjoying a peaceful breakfast—until a horn started honking. We looked around in annoyance for the perpetrator; the offending vehicle [...]
Motivational Monday: These principles will work for weight loss in addition to money!
Posted in motivational monday on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Motivational Monday: The Free Hug Campaign
Posted in motivational monday on July 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Have you heard of the free hugs campaingn? Click here to watch an inspiring video about the campaign. This is definately worth your time! Imagine a world where we hug without fear anytime we have the slightest urge, like a 3 year old child. I challenge you to discover for yourself how hugging unconditionally can change [...]
10 Worst Salads – who said salads are healthy?
Posted in Bad Food Choices, Food choices, tagged healthy eating, restaurant eating, salad on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a top 10 list of some of the worst restaurant salads you just might be eating. You might think you have chosed an healthy option, when in reality, you are eating 50-80% of your total daily caloric intake in one salad. 10. Romano’s Macaroni Grill Chicken Florentine Salad – 1,020 calories/17 grams/2,830 mg [...]
Update on Paul, and How to Handle Adversity
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone. I talked to Paul Monday. As you know, he injured his Achilles playing softball. Hopefully we will get an update from a specialist this week. What I told Paul yesterday is an important message for all of us - I guarantee we will all experience something (in fact many things) which could set us back [...]
Lower Body Maintenance
Posted in body maintenance, tagged lower body therapy, self myofascial release, trigger point therapy on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Your lower body may get strained from sitting long hours, standing long hours, doing a new exercise, improper running techniques, poor shoes, etc… Old injuries which never quite healed (sprained ankles, calf strains, shin splints) may manifest themselves when you start begin a new physical activity. I recommend doing basic muscle maintenance on your feet and calves daily. [...]

