Jen's Blog

If you've ever had the perfect week of healthy eating and exercise, only to find yourself elbow-deep in chips and donuts by Friday night, wondering "Why do I keep doing this?" by Sunday evening, you're not alone. This cycle of weekday success followed by weekend sabotage is one of the biggest reasons people feel stuck in their wellness journey. You start strong, lose control on nights and weekends, then feel like you're back at square one come Monday morning. Sound familiar?

What determines the worth of an item? Is it the label, the material, or the demand? The truth is simple: an item is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Now let me ask you something more personal: What are you worth? Before you answer, I want to challenge how most of us measure our value. We think it's determined by what others think of us, how we compare to someone else, what we've achieved, or even what our bodies look like or how much we weigh. This is one of the m

Standing at the bottom of a very tall ladder, staring up at a moldy second-story window that had been taunting me for months, my brain started its familiar whisper: "Remember last time?" A few years ago, I fell off a much smaller ladder while fixing our chicken run roof. I broke my ankle just days before our first family scuba diving cruise. The fall left me with an underlying fear of heights and ladders that still lingers today. As I stood there, my mind flooded with warning

If you've ever felt like your past mistakes or limitations are holding you back from the health and life you want, this message is for you. Today we're exploring one of the most powerful shifts you can make: moving from past-focused thinking to future-focused living. This concept has emerged from powerful conversations in my coaching work, and it's absolutely transformational once you understand how your brain operates and why you might be unconsciously stuck in old patterns.

Picture this: You've got a big event coming up. Maybe it's a wedding, and you're imagining walking in with confidence, looking amazing, hearing compliments about how incredible you look in your new dress. The thought of those outcomes motivates you to dive into a diet or hit the gym harder than ever before. You're all in because there's a deadline. And maybe it works. Maybe you reach your goal, or come close enough that it feels pretty good. But what happens after the event?