When you want something, do you search for reasons you can’t have it? Or do you look for reasons you’ll get it? If you start a new project, are you secretly searching for an excuse to fail? Or for support to help you win? Either way, the result is the same: If you seek it, you will find it. Try it the next time you set a goal. For example, like getting in your workout today. Will you do it? You could search for an excuse to NOT exercise, and quickly find any number of them: T

Coach Heather Binns’s here… Sometimes I look at others who seem to have it all and make it look easy. It’s like everything just fell right into their laps. But then I remember what someone said to me once when I was talking about my commitment to leading a healthy lifestyle. “Sure! That’s easy for you to say,” she said. But, trust me, being fit and healthy isn’t “easier” for some people. They’ve just made different choices… that have led to different actions… that have produ

Do you find it easier to eat at home, compared to at a restaurant, where it’s so easy to overeat? The waiter brings the bread basket when you sit down. The menu is full of heavy entrees and irresistible desserts. Even the salads are loaded with tons of non-salad items! Here are some simple steps to build a healthy, delicious meal when you’re out to eat. Just say no to the bread basket or tortilla chips placed on your table before you’ve even looked at the menu. Order mostly v

Have you heard the expression, “Fake it till you make it” and wondered what that meant? It’s simple (and super-helpful). It just means that you need to do the right thing for yourself, whether you feel like it or not. When we’re talking about making healthy choices, you can’t always wait until you’re “motivated” or you might be waiting a very long time. Novelists don’t wait till they’re “motivated” or inspired. They get up and write every day. Olympic athletes train every day

Coach Heather Binns’s here… I have a friend who always used to say, “Why does everything bad happen to me?” It got so tiresome to hear, and I finally told her that she needed to rearrange the way she was looking at things. First, negative things happen to everyone…it’s the human experience. Second, and most importantly, we can often control what happens by controlling what we think about. As Gandhi said, and I’m paraphrasing: Thoughts become words Words become actions Actions