Train for Life

Category: Goal Setting

  • Workout Wednesday

    How to Climb Any Mountain Have you slipped off track from achieving the resolution you set last January? Try setting a commitment instead. Commitments include an action plan. Be committed to feeling and looking your best, all year around. Do not try to change everything at the same time. Pick one and stay consistent. Prioritize: What is most important to…

  • Monday Motivation

    Be OK With Not Knowing Life sometimes leaves us in limbo, without the answers we want or without any answers at all.  We suffer and suffer when we imagine the things  that MIGHT happen to us. Peace will come when we remember that whatever happens, we will get through.  We may not be sure what’s ahead, but we…

  • Monday Motivation

    What challenge do you anticipate this week, related to work, family, or self? What is your plan for overcoming this obstacle? How will you feel after you step over this hurdle? I treated myself to a mindful and therapeutic hike through Carkeek Park’s vast trails this morning. The path was flat, smooth, and calm until faced with a…

  • Monday Motivation

  • Monday Motivation

    5 Elements of Goals to Make You Come Alive – and the goals stick!   Positive psychology “pioneer,” Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania shares how to develop five different elements of wellbeing from positive emotions to a sense of meaning. The more elements a person experiences while pursuing his/her goal, the more likely…

  • The Secret to Make New Year Resolutions Stick

    How do we stay committed to our resolutions after the 6 week mark? What is the trick to making a healthy lifestyle change and not solely completing a 4-week detox only to return to our old habits on week 5? The secret is simple: Make this one-word change. A simple switch  from “I must go the the…

  • Monday Motivation

  • Monday Motivation

    How will you turn failure into a learning opportunity and reach success? Follow the 3 P’s: Positivity, Persistence, Perseverance one small step at time. Focus on the task at-hand and enjoy the process.

  • Monday Motivation

    Attitude is everything. When life events (major and minor) try to bring you down to a spiral of negative thoughts, keep your attitude up. Think positive. Our brains tend to think about the bad, preparing our bodies and minds for the worst case scenario. Our ancestors might be to blame for this “survival of the fittest”  way…

  • Monday Motivation

    A Cure to Toxic Perfectionism What is Toxic Perfectionism? According to well-renowned Aerobic Instructor and more recently Happiness Coach, Movement Motivator, and creator of the Perfection Detox, Petra Kolber, perfectionism can create anxiety, decrease self-worth and confidence, drain our energy and enthusiasm, and ruin our lives. However, perfectionism is not inherently evil! Kolber created the…