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  • Happy Monday! Episode 9

    Gratitude and resilience Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! I hope you spent some time this week compiling your list of amazing achievements and celebrating the awesomeness that is you. If you need a refresher, or don’t have any idea what I’m talking about, check out last week’s video on self-confidence and resilience. Today we’re…

  • Fall 2019 bucket list update #2

    Well, here we are two months into fall, which means it is time to check in on our fall bucket lists. Here’s what I’ve been up to. I hope you will share your fall goals and activities with us! Health & fitness 1 – Complete the Orangetheory Fitness Transformation Challenge. Mission accomplished. You can read…

  • Transformation Challenge Plus results

    Eight weeks ago, I wrote about a transformation challenge of a different sort (for me). I was starting the 8-week Orangetheory Transformation Challenge at the same time that I decided to take a leap of faith and try intuitive eating. No more tracking points, protein, produce servings…or anything else. I would trust my body to…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 8

    Building resilience with self-confidence Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! I hope it’s happy for you. Speaking of which, if you have tried anything new based on something you heard on a Happy Monday video, I would love to know about it, whether it made a difference or not. Please share your experiences in the…

  • Thank you notes – November 2019

    Thank you Linda… …for the flowers and balloons on my birthday. It was such a pleasant surprise to find them in our hotel room after a long day. I have to say I won the in-law lottery with this family. Thank you Larry for sharing them with me. Thank you Mother Nature… …for the beautiful…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 7

    How to maintain grace under pressure Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! Last week we started a discussion about cultivating calm. I hope you have begun laying the foundation with a daily mindfulness practice. If not, please watch last week’s video and give it a try. Mindfulness truly is the first crucial step to releasing…

  • My “Day of Me” and why I think you should have one too

    You’ve heard it before—self-care is important. You know in your gut it’s true. I hope you are allowing your head and your heart to follow. Because self-care can sometimes feel selfish, experts play to that emotion: You can’t get water from an empty well. In an airplane emergency, you put the oxygen on yourself first…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 6

    How to give up stress as a way of life Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! Can you believe we are in week 6 of our journey to fall in love with Mondays? If you missed any of the episodes or need a refresher, you can find the videos on my YouTube Channel, Christie Hawkes….

  • If at first you don’t succeed

    Have you ever attempted something and failed? Have you ever let fear of failure stop you from trying something? Which did you regret more? I hope it was the chance not taken. Amazing facts about the world’s biggest failures Walt Disney went bankrupt…several times. Thomas Edison tried more than 6,000 materials as the filament in…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 5

    Early to bed, early to rise… Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! You may think it’s odd that I’m coming to you in my pajamas–and odder still that I magically woke up this morning with my hair done and my makeup on. Well, you’ll soon see that the environment is perfectly appropriate for today’s discussion–and…