Train for Life

Category: Inspiration

  • Workout Wednesday

    A quick, FUN body weight workout to try! *Disclaimer: Avoid exercises that cause any pain and/or discomfort in your body’s joints or are not recommended by your physician, physical therapist, or other licensed professional. Start with only your first name. Progress to adding your last name. More Challenging? Add your middle name… Add your child or…

  • Talk Tuesday

    What makes a good leader? You don’t need a title to be a leader. – Mark Sanborn Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE, is president of Sanborn & Associates, Inc., an idea studio dedicated to developing leaders in business and in life. Mark is an international bestselling author and noted authority on leadership, team building, customer service and…

  • Motivation Monday

      True nobility is not about being better than someone else – it’s about being better than you used to be. — Dr. Wayne W. Dyer What can you do this week to be one step better than last week? A few suggestions: Start a gratitude journal by writing down 3 – 5 things you…

  • Therapy Thursday

    Grief We have all experienced grief in our lives: During childhood, adolescence, young, mid, or older adulthood, or in the midst of the current pandemic. Grief is a normal and natural reaction to a loss of any kind. 3 Definitions of Grief: Conflicting feelings caused by the end of or change of a familiar pattern (or routine) of…

  • Wordy Wednesday

    BIOPHILIA  A love of life. A love of all that is living. The human desire to connect with nature. According to biologist, E.O. Wilson, “biophilia is a hardwired instinct that is key to human happiness” (McGonigal, 2019, p.169). Modern humans tend to feel awe, contentment, curiosity, and wanderlust when in nature, and these emotions contributed to early humans’ ability…

  • Workout Wednesday

  • TED Talk Tuesday

    Do you have a Fixed Mindset or a Growth Mindset? In Carol Dweck’s TED Talk, Developing a Growth Mindset, she discusses the meaning of “not yet.”  Growth Theory of Intelligence, previously Incremental Theory, is the degree that an individual attributes his/her intelligence to learning, effort, training, and practice. A growth mindset appreciates effort and practice. Individuals with a…

  • Motivation Monday

    How will you challenge and stretch yourself this week? How will you learn from other people this week? How will you practice a new leadership skill this week?

  • 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…

  • Foodie Friday

    Three Bean Salad Ingredients 1/4 cup Olive Oil 1/4 cup Vinegar (of your choice) 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard 1/2 teaspoon Salt (2) 15 ounce cans of drained, rinsed, no-salt added Beans (of your choice) 2 cups Green Beans 1/4 cup White or Red Onion Directions Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, Dijon mustard, and salt. Toss…