Don't Let...

Don’t let HATE hijack your HEART.

Don’t let FEAR and TERRORISM brainwash your MIND.

Don’t let EVIL and WAR conquer your SOUL. 

Don’t let NEGATIVITY and ANGER poison your SPIRIT.

Focus on the GOOD and the POSITIVE.

Be HAPPY and KIND.

LEARN from the negative.

Recognize your BLESSINGS.

Find the HUMOR when possible.

Do unto others as you’d have KARMA do unto you.

Instead of asking yourself, “what’s in it for me?”, ask yourself, “what’s in it for the GREATER GOOD?”.

Stay VIGILANT, but don’t let fear and worry consume you.

RESPECT and ACCEPT differences.

Continue to LIVE, LOVE and LAUGH and encourage and inspire others to be AWESOME.

Believe and you will see...

As I sat on the beach this afternoon starring out at the ocean I realized how blessed I truly am and how grateful I am I trusted my gut. Two years I signed my resignation letter and handed it to the director of the school I was working. I had nothing lined up for September and didn't even have a place to live yet, all I knew was... I was moving to the beach. My mom thought I was crazy and repeatedly asked 'you're really moving down the shore?'. To which I responded with 'yes, mom'. My aunt and Grammy kept saying to her 'Bon, she's got a good head on her shoulders she knows what she's doing.' However, it wasn't until I told her I could hear grandpa's voice saying 'you've got this kiddo!' that she was finally kinda on board. Along the way though I faced many unplanned struggles, the biggest being having the place I was supposed to move into fall through 3 weeks before I needed to out of my current place!!! Anyone else would have thrown on the towel... But not me!! I got on the phone with my bestie, we brainstormed and came up with a plan and a little financial help (thanks again). Two days later I met with Tara to check out the place I would end up moving into and do the roommate thing for the first time since college. I now had a place to live and my focus was on getting a job, which happened on Aug 25th. Moving day came and I had more stuff then I realized and ended up having to leave certain things behind and have my stepdad help me move things at 5am the next morning. During all this I was stressed out to point were at night I was elbowing myself in my sleep and would wake-up with huge bruises on my leg. I also wasn't working out and was kinda living on Shakeology. Even with all the stress and struggles (yes there are more) I never backed down from making my dream a reality. My faith and desire kept me going and its my faith and desire which keep me going with Beachbody. I have faced SO many struggles in my business, but I don't let this stop me. I take these struggles and learn from them. It is be learning from them in which I can now share what I've learned with my coaches, so they don't make the same mistakes I did. Unplanned events are part of life... It's what we do during these times and how we come out on the other side which matters most.

Never Give Up.

I am where I am in my business because I never gave up! Was it hard at times and did I question why I was doing this... Oh yeah! Did I think about throwing in the towel, closing the door and quitting.... Yup! However, quitting is giving up on yourself and why in the world would anyone quit on themselves?? I'm also NOT a quitter. I pushed forwarded put my nose to the grind stone and made sh*t happen!! Success doesn't happen over night. The road is long, sometimes lonely and at times bumpy. While traveling the road one needs to believe and trust process. If I had given up and didn't trusted the process, I won't be where I am today.

I Wonder….

On a daily basis I wonder what life would be like if this amazing opportunity hadn’t came into my life. I wonder if I didn’t responded to a Craiglist ad and looked more into this whole "coaching" thing where I would be. I was at a crossroads in my life, I was in the process of a life change and needed more. I needed something which was going to make me feel more like myself and to continue to make my health a priority....NEVER in a million years did I imagine creating a career of this and never did I think I would get to impact other people's lives for a living through working out and living healthy myself. Never did I think this was how I was going to keep a promise to college professor who past away. Never did I think it would help me really take my health seriously because I knew others needed me to show them how possible it is to live healthy, workout, juggle what life throws at you and even on top of that struggling with health issues. I wasn't your picture perfect candidate to become a coach...didn't have perfect health and wasn't in amazing shape. But I jumped in anyway and built my wings on the way down, was is scary HELL YEAH but I learned and helped others as the days passed. As a "coach "- I am not an expert or do I know it all...I'm an expert at MY journey though and what I’ve been through. I share and inspire through what I'm doing on a daily basis...it's the most AMAZING job on the planet... Lol I'm totally convinced of that....
So if any of this sounds like you or like something you really want to look into to see "hey..maybe that might be something I could do" then I would love to have you join us for our What is Coaching Call, Wednesday, February 18th, where you can learn more about what I do as a coach and how helping others is the key to living a happy and rewarding life. Not only that but this will help you get YOU into the best shape of your life… you can't beat the amount of GROWTH you will experience for jumping into this. This call will answer all your questions and will also go through a complete rundown of what your first month will look like as an OWNER of your own health and fitness business too so it will take out all the guess work.

If you are interested in joining please me at motivationbymichelle@gmail.com so I can send you the info about the call so you can join us! Excited for our call and excited to get to mentor you through this!

ps. **you can NOT already be a coach or working with another coach please**

2015 Groups

With the new year only a few days away, its time for reflection on 2014 and planning for 2015. I've been busy planning, mapping and well manifesting, I'm also busy packing. So I will keep this short, I have A LOT in store for 2015 and will share all of it with you in detail later on this week, today I wanted to take a moment to let you know I'm here for you. I have fitness groups, clean eating groups, personal development groups and a meditation prayer group starting in January and throughout the year. It you would like to take part in a January group please complete the application below. 

Fitness and Clean Eat Group Application Form

Personal Development Group Application Form

Meditation Group Form

2015 is going to be EPIC is SO many ways!! 

Keep Smiling, 
Michelle 

I am...

Last night, I got some unexpected news which to be perfectly honest caught me off guard and got me really pissed off. After getting the news, I began texting with a friend trying to figure out how to handle the situation; however, it wasn't making me feel any better. It was actually making me feel worse, as I'm seeing everything unfolding in words. I send my friend the following "I just feel like my life has been falling apart for the past few years and no matter what I do it doesn't get better." As I was typing this out the tears began to flow down my face and I ended up crying on the bathroom floor. I was crying on the floor feeling like a complete an utter failure. Saying how I felt like an effing loser and how I had my life more together in my 20's then I do in my 30's. It was a good ole pity party taking place in the bathroom. It took my friend saying to me "You are an amazing person doing something you love, sometimes it looks bleakest right before it become amazing." I then started laughing at myself... I am amazing! I am doing something which I love! Why the hell am I crying on the bathroom floor, I am a  fighter and will figure this shit out.  I got up off the floor took a shower and was ready to walk out of the bathroom with a whole different view then when I walked in.  Why am I telling you this… You see when I was saying I am failure, I truly felt like I was. I was believing those words, and if I'm believing those words so is the Universe. If I'm believing those words, my vibrational frequency is going to be lower and therefore I'm going to continue feeling pissed off at the world and sitting on the bathroom floor.  The second I started laughing (which laughter also raises your vibration) and said I AM AMAZING! I AM DOING WHAT I LOVE! I AM A FIGHTER! I started to feel better, I was putting out positive energy. The Universe was receiving my positive affirmation and in return making me feel better. Positive I AM affirmations are instead mood changers. So the next time you are feeling upset or a little off, pay attention to what you are saying about yourself. 

Today's tool… I am… 

Keep Smiling, 

Michelle :-) 

PS. I start each day off with an I am statement and have several reminder "I am" messages pop up on my phone throughout the day. Seeing I am grateful before I go to bed each night makes me remember how blessed, I truly am. 

Happiness

Happiness begins with yourself! It isn't selfish to put yourself first. What are you going to do today which makes you happy?

Q&A Thursday

Does your head feel like it is about to explode with all the thoughts, questions, concerns and problems it has going through it? Take a deep breathe, and remember everything is going to be okay. We need to trust the process, the universe DOES NOT give us anything we can not handle. If you have a question, problem, fear, or anything you want to discuss, I invite you to ask below in the comments section and we can discuss it. If you don't feel comfortable asking below, feel free to drop me an email and we can talk there. I'm here to listen. I'm here to help.   

Quote of the Week.