Point to Ponder: Do you wake up every morning excited to pursue life? I’m only speaking for myself of course, but last Sunday when I learned about the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and those with him in the helicopter, my heart broke. While we are a basketball family and I was sad the basketball world lost one of the best, more than anything I hurt deeply for his family- his wife and now three daughters. Whether or not you were a NBA fan during the Kobe era, there is o

Point to Ponder: Is your (and your family's) reality more real or faux? Can you believe that picture is 100% real with not one single edit?!? It was taken during sunrise meditation at our ReNew Year Retreat in San Diego and as you can see, it's why we choose this location every year to retreat and renew. The cleansing ocean air and breeze, spectacular sunsets and sunrises, and the soothing and rhythmic rolling waves...it's perfect and everything we need.  This completely natu

Point to Ponder: Are you getting enough high-quality sleep each night? The purpose of today’s journal is to encourage you to make high-quality sleep a priority so you can feel your best throughout your holidays and beyond. I know we all agree that sleep is important, but it’s actually more than important, it’s critical. This journal will only scratch the surface of why sleep is so important, but for starters, sleep effects everything from our immune system, our mood, our ab

Point to Ponder: What is one “thing” you are allowing in your life that is causing stress and negatively impacting your joy. Last week during one of our iGnite Tulsa classes we discussed our Health and FITmas Challenge. I explained all of the ways to accumulate points and earn iGnite credit (with taking 9 iGnite classes being at the top of the list). As we discussed self-care, the importance of it, and all of the various forms, we also talked about one necessary self-care pr

Point to Ponder: In relation to your health and wellness, what are 3 things that are working for you and 3 things that are not working for you? A few weeks ago my professional coach and iGnite member, Martha Lynn Mangum, asked me these two very important and thought-provoking questions: What are 3 things that are working for you? What are 3 things that are not working for you? Martha asked me these questions so I could evaluate 2019 and determine what changes I needed to make

This picture was taken during our 9th Annual Adventure Escape in Whitefish, Montana.

Point to Ponder: Are you spending enough time outside? One of the things I look forward to this time of year are the migrating Monarch butterflies. In case you didn’t know, the Monarch butterfly is iGnite’s mascot and in mid to late September and early October she makes her annual migration journey to Mexico. Like all life, I find her journey miraculous and inspiring. Weighing all of .5 grams, she flies at an average speed of 6 miles per hour and covers between 25 to 100 mil

Find out why spending time outdoor and in nature is vital to our health, well being and existence.

Point to Ponder: What area of/in your life do you run from instead of running toward? Since the summer I've had my head buried in two books, one of which is Can’t Hurt Me by former Navy Seal, David Goggins. I’ve got two words—HOLY COW! This book is intense (and so are his word choices) and it smacked me in the face. I won’t give you all of the details because you’re going to want to read it, but David, now 44, likely overcame more obstacles than I’ve ever heard of. By the tim

Point to Ponder: Are the choices you make, and how you choose to max out and live life based on the opinions and experiences of others? I can only speak for myself, but last week I loved focusing on maxing out. I feel like it helped me and I got better. I’d like to think I maxed out before last week and on many levels I have and I do, but the truth is I get lazy, procrastinate, and get distracted, and therefore my max out efforts aren't consistently what they can and should

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

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

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,

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