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Feb 25, 2018
3 min

The Love Yourself Dare: Part IV Be Yourself, Share Yourself, Stand Out

Point to Ponder: Do your words, actions, and choices represent your best you and self-love. Throughout the month of February the journal focus has been to love yourself, which comes in many forms. From receiving a compliment, identifying what you need and giving it to yourself, to confidently acknowledging, claiming and using your unique qualities and gifts—these are all ways that allow us to love others, share exactly who we are and be more joyful, grateful and effective in

Feb 19, 2018
5 min

The Love Yourself Dare: Part III Confidently Claim and Use What Is Uniquely Yours

Point to Ponder: How quickly can you identify and list the things you love about yourself? Last week a dear friend sent me a post that was being tossed around on Instagram. The post read, “And if I asked you to name all of the things that you love, how long would it take for you to name yourself?” This question blew my socks off, because honestly, if asked this question, naming myself would never come to mind. This is not because I don’t love myself, because I really do (at l

Feb 12, 2018
3 min

The Love Yourself Dare: Part II Give Yourself What You Need

Point to Ponder: How well do you love, appreciate and value yourself and the important roles you play within your universe? Last weekend during our San Diego Retreat we welcomed a guest yoga instructor from San Diego. His name is Dat Nugyn. I have taken Dat's yoga classes for over two years and not only is his yoga instruction unique, challenging, rejuvenating, and inspiring, but he’s incredibly funny, intuitive and wise. His timing is impeccable too, as just when I begin tak

Feb 5, 2018
2 min

The Love Yourself Dare: Part I Receiving Compliments

Point to Ponder: How well do you receive compliments? When I sat down in January to plan what to write this month, the obvious thought was love. As I contemplated different actions we could take to demonstrate love, the one that continued to stir in my head was the ability to receive love, in the way of fully embracing and receiving a verbal compliment. Over the past eleven years I've written about and encouraged receiving and believing a verbal compliment, so this is not a n

Jan 29, 2018
4 min

What Are Your iGnite Goals & Why?

Point to Ponder: What are your specific first Quarter iGnite goals? Since moving to San Diego two and a half years ago I have not purged, and last week I did just that! It wasn’t a full purge, as that will take several weekends, however it was two trash cans full of headless Barbie dolls, broken trucks, and a random assortment of used and abused toys. As you can imagine, it felt incredible! While going through the kids toys and sorting through their Mt. Everest size pile of s

Jan 21, 2018
2 min

Create a Life of Enjoyment

Point to Ponder: How are you enjoying life? Create a life of enjoyment. I'm certain 'enjoying everyday life' is something everyone, including myself wants to experience. What a beautiful thought and ongoing mission, ambition and goal for 2018. But how, in the midst of difficult times, frustrating moments, daily struggles, failure, deadlines, delays, illness, traffic, unmet expectations, divorce, betrayal, loss of friendship, challenge and even death do we do that? Accordin

Jan 14, 2018
2 min

Pace Yourself Forward

Point to Ponder: In determining what you want in 2018, are you letting your past hold you back or inspire you? Are you pacing yourself or are you going full-throttle? Once upon a time I ran a marathon and several half-marathons and, once upon a time I could run five, seven and ten miles with ease. Now, two children and at least seven years later, running three miles is a challenge. Because I love the serenity of a jog, one of my 2018 goals is to run three miles with ease. So,

Jan 7, 2018
3 min

Why You Should Sift Through the Unnecessary and Prepare Your Soil

Point to Ponder: Overtime, what unnecessary habits, attitudes, thoughts, relationships and words have you formed that are not in alignment with your 2018 desires, and therefore are preventing you from being your best? I love the New Year, but to be honest I get very overwhelmed by everything I want to change and accomplish. In my pre-children and idealistic twenties (and even early-thirties), I thought that in order to achieve my desires and goals, it was as simple as writing

Dec 31, 2017
2 min

Celebrate 2017 First!

Point to Ponder: What successes, accomplishments and blessings did you experience in 2017? A few days ago while driving on 5th street in Austin I found myself laughing at El Arroyo's (a long-standing and popular Tex-Mex restaurant) always comical outdoor sign, which read, "All I gained in 2017 was weight". While fortunately I didn't gain weight, I felt the similar sentiments--that 2017 was just an "okay" year and I'm eager to give it a swift kick good-bye. Then, as I thought

Nov 27, 2017
4 min

Lateral to the Top

Point to Ponder: Do you appreciate your lateral moving moments or are you trying to fast forward and push past them? Last week I watched an inspiring television show called Running Wild with Bear Grylls. If you are unfamiliar, Bear is a British adventurer known for his TV series called Man vs Wild as well as other wilderness survival shows. As it relates to Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Bear takes celebrities and athletes out and into the wilderness where he relocates them i

Oct 22, 2017
2 min

How An Enthusiastic "Yes!" Leads to More Fun for Everyone

Point to Ponder: Which do you say more often: "yes" or "no" ? Have you ever thought about the power of the words “yes” and “no” and how they affect your ability to have fun, be fulfilled and enjoy life more? I never had until my mid-twenties, when I co-owned a non-competitive gymnastics business. Our gymnasts ranged from toddlers to preteens, and our goal was for each child to leave feeling enthusiastic about gymnastics and their experience, regardless of what they accomplish

Jun 18, 2017
6 min

The Things We've Learned: A Father's Day Tribute

Point to ponder: What's the greatest wisdom you learned from your Father or Father-figure? Today’s journal is a tribute from the iGnite Team and to our Fathers and Father Figures. It is chalk full of wisdom and so much love. Thank you Fathers everywhere & Happy Father’s Day! Neissa Springmann- My dad grew up on a farm and in a family of seven children who all worked on the farm from the minute they could walk. There was definitely love in his family, they just didn't commu

May 15, 2017
9 min

The Things We've Learned: A Mother's Day Tribute

Point to ponder: What's the greatest wisdom you learned from your Mom or Mom-figure? Today’s journal is a tribute from the iGnite Team and to our Moms and Mom-Figures. It is chalk full of wisdom and so much love. Thank you Moms everywhere & Happy Mother’s Day! Neissa Springmann- At the age of 39, my Mom had been divorced from my father for five years and was raising my sister and I. When she was 39 my sister was 17 and I was 13. While my Dad was definitely part of our life,

May 10, 2017
4 min

6 Essentials to Living the Good Life

Point to ponder: Are you living the good life? Recently I came across a great article on the SUCCESS Magazine website listing 6 basic essentials to living the good life. The wisdom was shared by the late Jim Rohn, a legendary author and motivational speaker. While subjective, I found his list to be inspiring, merited and awesome. Check'em out! 1. Productivity - You won't be happy if you don't produce. The game of life is not rest. Yes, we must rest, but only long enough to

Jun 26, 2016
3 min

Stay Young (Mentally and Physically) By Being a Novice and Always Moving

Point to ponder: How often do you practice being a beginner? This weekend I attended a portion of the Yoga Journal Conference in San Diego with iGnite Leader and friend, Amy Younkman. Amy leads our yoga and Power Pilates classes, has attended the Yoga Journal Conference for many years and always returns with excellent information. While we attended different classes, the one class that we took together was led by Bo Forbes and titled “Body Maps: The Road to Healthy Aging, Pai