Train for Life

Category: Appreciation

  • Welcome July!

    A new month. A fresh start. What new healthy behavior will you start (or continue) this month?

  • TED Talk Tuesday

    When was the last time you experienced joy? How do cherry blossoms, rainbows, bubbles, and googly eyes make you feel? Where can you find joy? Writer and designer, Ingrid Fetell Lee’s TED Talk, Where Joy Hides and How to Find It, shares the surprisingly simple roots of joy and illustrates how we can all find and create more joy in…

  • Motivation Monday

    You are never given the power to dream without the equivalent power to manifest that dream and make it your physical reality. — Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

  • Monday Motivation

    There are smoother and calmer paths ahead… There is light at the end of a dark tunnel… What three wishes will you make this week?

  • Therapy Thursday

    Do you feel stuck in life right now? Do you want to learn ways to get unstuck and thrive in work and life? Harvard Medical School psychologist, Susan David, discusses emotional agility in her 2017 TEDWomen Talk, The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage. Emotional agility refers to how we use emotion to highlight our best selves in all…

  • TED Talk Tuesday

    When was the last time you failed? How did you feel? What steps did you take to move forward? What did you learn? Co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for the Failure Institute, Leticia Gasca developed the first think tank in the world dedicated to studying business failure and the reasons behind it. In…

  • A New Month. A Fresh Start!

    Welcome June! What healthy change (big or small) will you commit to this month? How will you create a supportive environment to reach success? What will it feel like to accomplish your goal?

  • Thankful Thursday

    What is one thing you are grateful for today? Take a short 10 second break to write down the first thing that comes to mind.  Big and grandiose or small and simple.  10 seconds of a soothing, calming waterfall at Lake Annette Trail. *Disclaimer: Sound of running water can have an adverse effect. A toilet…

  • Wellness Wednesday

    Whether climbing a mountain or fighting through the uncertainties of a pandemic, we are all faced with hard, challenging times. We will make it. We will become stronger and more resilient. We will gain new perspectives and ideas. We will appreciate the small joys and accomplishments each day.

  • Laughter is Medicine

    In the midst of the novel Coronavirus and a new pandemic, we need to prepare not panic. Anxiety is a natural response to fear. We are not “crazy” to feel anxious. We need to find ways calm our frenzied minds.  Exercise boosts our immunity: How will you move your body each day? Humor lightens a tense moment. Here is a…