Over the last year and a half, I have made it a priority to be healthy and fit. This past summer, I decided to pay it forward and become a Beachbody Coach.
Why?
I believe women need to be able to find their confidence in their own bodies. Our daughters need us to show them that we are comfortable enough in our own bodies to wear leggings as pants, instead of considering jeans that either fall down or dig in as the “comfortable pants.” Our children need to see our strength, courage, and determination to care for ourselves. We need to feel comfortable enough to be intimate with our partners and enjoy it! Because we all know, our heads are not going to be in that space if we are focused on criticizing our bodies. We need to dare to be ourselves and love ourselves as we are. Once that starts happening, the love and joy radiates to those we love the most and so forth. Also, there is something about trusting our bodies and nurturing our bodies that can really elevate our faith in all our endeavors. It’s hard to describe, but it is so awesome to experience and to see other people experience it in their own lives!
This is why I coach! I feel amazing, and I want to help other women do that for themselves!!! We’ve all heard the phrase, it takes a village, and it does! It feels so hard to be healthy and fit in this world right now. There are so many reasons to let our bodies go: fast food, our children need us, who has the time, the house is a mess, Facebook scrolls! But I think that makes it more necessary to be able to take time for ourselves and thrive in this world instead of just going through the motions. And we all need help to do that!!! We need our village, our tribe!!! People that love us because we love ourselves! People that support us and our need to be able to feel comfortable in our own skin. People that are fighting in the trenches alongside us. That is what I strive to provide! I hold challenge groups monthly so that people can bond with other people trying to make a healthy lifestyle work in this fast paced world of ours.
I hope that I can inspire others to invest in themselves. That’s truly what this is about. Spending a little time, money, and energy on ourselves daily in a positive, healthy way now. Making health and fitness a lifestyle now, to avoid paying insurance companies and doctors offices and the feeling of regret later. No excuse is greater than your own happiness and wellbeing! And those two things are a far greater gift to your children than martyrdom could ever be! This is a lesson I’m having to learn for myself. It’s absolutely amazing how awesome our day goes when I am feeling like enough just because I’ve taken the time to put my own mask on first. <3
