By Helping A Woman You Give Her and Her Children A Better Life
Sunday, October 28 2018
Helping a Woman: With Christmas soon approaching, I’m really excited to share about a company that LOVES women like I do! Have you heard of Trades of Hope? Trades of Hope is a beautiful company on a mission to create sustainable, fair, living wage jobs for artisans around the globe, to help them rise out
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Grief: Healing So You Can Be Your Best Self
Tuesday, July 24 2018
Recently our church did a sermon on grief, no easy subject (watch the sermon here if interested). My mid 40’s has been the season of reflecting on the loss of my childhood. No easy task, but one I’m leaning into and healing from, with God’s help of course. I’ve learned through books and professionals, that
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Quick To Listen, Slow To Speak, Slow To Anger
Sunday, June 10 2018
Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, whew, not so easy sometimes. We’re so thrilled to have found a church already here in St Louis! The topic in May was on forgiveness, a tough topic for most of us. No matter what has happened in your life, always remember that forgiveness sets YOU
“Nobody Likes You!”
Tuesday, May 29 2018
“Nobody likes you!” Recently during a pilates class, I shared a few words of encouragement for us all, “Hang in there, we can do it, we’re almost there.” Much to my surprise, the woman next to me, who I’ve even had lunch with a few times, said “Nobody likes you!” I started to chuckle in
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Want to Be Healthier and Happier? Heal Your Heart
Tuesday, March 27 2018
The heart… What comes up for you when I say that word? Love? Pain? Hurt? Sadness? Anger? If you want to be healthier and happier, healing your heart from the past will help. The most important thing we can ever take ownership of is our heart. We spend so much time focusing and working on the
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Ali’s – Working Through and Healing From My Past
Tuesday, October 31 2017
It’s been an interesting summer and fall as we continue this transition in Illinois. This transition has given me time to rest, reflect and refresh my mind body and spirit, which I am continuing to do throughout the winter as well. One of the things I felt called to do during this new season, was
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Tips When Struggling With Your Workouts
Monday, January 16 2017
Recently I had a client ask me a very good question. “Do you have any tips for those days when it seems so hard to push through a 30 minute workout?” Let’s be honest, we ALL have those days, yes, even me who enjoys working out. There are days I get on the treadmill and
Life Is An Adventure, Enjoy The Journey
Tuesday, January 03 2017
Happy New Year! Are you ready to enjoy the adventure of what this year has to offer? What will you really change this year? What will you stick with when it isn’t fun or easy? How will you handle it when you don’t do things perfectly? Why at this time in your life is it important? Answering some
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End of Year Reflection and Growth
Monday, December 19 2016
End of year reflection and growth is more my style. I’m not sure if you’re like me, but I’m not a New Years resolution person. I believe in working on being a better me throughout the year, not just at the beginning of a new year. Instead of resolutions, I’ve started sitting down towards the end
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Ali’s Journey – What Happened When I Unplugged
Monday, August 08 2016
What Happened When I Unplugged? For the past 5 years I was hearing God say “rest”, “be still”, “be”, I didn’t listen. I didn’t listen because I am a good doer. I am a worker. I am productive. I like to check things off my list. My worth was partly tied up in what I
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Gratitude Through Mission Work
Thursday, February 18 2016
When we are thankful we are happier and healthier people mentally, physically, and spiritually. Studies show that when we give thanks it improves all aspects of our health. Giving thanks occupies the same space in your brain that worrying does, which means you can’t worry and give thanks at the same time. Over Christmas my boys
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New Year’s Resolutions or Not
Sunday, January 03 2016
To be honest, I’m not a big New Year’s Resolution person and it looks like I’m not alone. Statistics show that only 45% of Americans make resolutions. And only 8% of that 45% are successful in achieving their resolutions. Not surprisingly, the number one resolution for 2015 was to lose weight. Obviously something is not working.
How Gratitude Increases Your Happiness and Improves Your Health
Tuesday, November 24 2015
With Thanksgiving being this week, I find myself reflecting on all I have to be thankful for: including YOU! Thank you so much for being part of my community. Whether you’ve been to one of my classes, been a personal training or life coaching client, attended one of my talks or workshops, spoken online, or have enjoyed
Wellness Starts with Your Mind
Tuesday, August 04 2015
Total Wellness is having a strong and healthy mind, body, and spirit, and it all beings with your MIND! “It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you.“ Do you have a photo of yourself of when you “thought” you were fat and now you would LOVE
4 Tips to Improve Your Health
Tuesday, July 28 2015
As adults we tend to be so serious and forget how important playing and laughter can be to our spirit. It can improve our health and open us up to greater happiness. I have 4 tips that will improve your health! When was that last time you played, really played as an adult? How much laughter
Breathe Your Way to Better Health
Tuesday, July 07 2015
Breathing is so very important for our overall well being. Do you hold your breath when you get stressed? Do you tense up, and round your shoulders? What’s your stress level in general between a 1-10, 10 be the highest? If you’re regularly at a 7 or higher you might want to take notice of your breathing.
Be Grateful for Your Body
Sunday, February 22 2015
Are you truly grateful for the body you have? Training so many girls and women throughout the years, I have found that we are never as happy and content with our bodies as we would like to be, me included. We live in the “never enough” culture. We lose that last 5, 20, or even
Biggest Workout Mistakes Women Make
Monday, January 26 2015
So many women believe that they are alone in the way that they think and feel. Well, I’m here to tell you that they’re not! We all battle our thoughts – being worthy and enough, not being happy with our bodies, thinking we should look and be perfect, believing that when we’re thinner we’ll be
Be The Best YOU!
Tuesday, January 06 2015
The meaning and purpose of life is for you to be the best YOU! Who doesn’t want that!? I was listening to a CD I had by Matthew Kelly on Becoming the Best Version of Yourself and I really enjoyed what he had to say. Below are some tips from Mr. Kelly and others I
10 Ways to Stay Positive
Sunday, November 23 2014
Written by: Hallie Klecker 10 Ways to Stay Positive When You Feel Like Giving Up Do you ever find it difficult to keep a positive attitude when things aren’t going the way you hoped? Do you struggle to keep your spirits up when setbacks happen? Do you feel overwhelmed by obstacles, so much so that
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