A few months ago I got my palm read in support of a friend who had her first palm reading ever. I used to love doing stuff like that in my early twenties, but lately I’ve been of the mindset that I can create my own reality- although I still believe in the power of the moon and the sun and the stars.
The palm reader actually left me super motivated and inspired with most of what she told me, but it wasn’t all great to hear. Especially when she told me I’ve just been unlucky in love and she wasn’t sure what else to say on the topic.
Well a breakup ensued not too long after, and then as I put myself out there again and continued taking chances, my poor heart just got a little beat up in the process. This last disappointment had me feeling like I was literally knocked down to the floor, and I thought- maybe I should just stay here for a while.
And I did.
I hardly checked social media intentionally cutting myself off from people I didn't have to see, I ate sugar, I didn’t work out, my couch became nap central. I just felt so sad.
But here’s the cool think about being the kind of person who believes she can create her own reality…
I thought, isn’t it better to feel happy? And how I can I do that again?
So I checked my dvd player- yep, my workout dvd was still in there…
I checked my drawer- yep, clean sports bras ready to see some action…
And even though I was tired and still sad, and probably had visible tear marks on my cheeks, I hit play.
And I remembered how STRONG working out makes me feel. This body that I’m in has completed 3 half marathons. It has completely transformed more than once (losing about 75lbs one go around). The wings on my back flew me all the way from a little city in Ohio to my dream location of Southern California. And the tears I had been releasing so often lately were simply cleansing energy making room for more happiness in my body.
It didn’t even take the whole workout for me to feel better- I felt better after the warm up! It was like my body said, “Alright! She’s back! It’s time to play!”.
Then I hopped back on to Facebook, and found my tribe still there. A group of women that come together with the common goal of staying fit and helping others do the same. These women juggle jobs, children, cats, dogs, parents, bills, heart aches of their own… and yet we all have found a purpose of putting our health at a top priority. We all have felt the high of completing our daily workout- sometimes wanting to do one more or take off for a run after just finishing leg day.
We understand that if everything in this world is made of energy, and we have the power to use physical activity to change and up ours, we’d be so silly not to…
And science backs it up! Moving our bodies changes the chemicals in our brains! (good easy read- http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-10798/6-reasons-why-exercise-makes-you-happy.html)
So my advice to myself- and anyone else who is interested,
When you feel like things or people around you aren’t treating you as well as you’d like, decide to treat yourself really well. Take care of yourself, show yourself how strong you are, how fun you are, how young you are. And then do it again the next day ;)
The palm reader actually left me super motivated and inspired with most of what she told me, but it wasn’t all great to hear. Especially when she told me I’ve just been unlucky in love and she wasn’t sure what else to say on the topic.
Well a breakup ensued not too long after, and then as I put myself out there again and continued taking chances, my poor heart just got a little beat up in the process. This last disappointment had me feeling like I was literally knocked down to the floor, and I thought- maybe I should just stay here for a while.
And I did.
I hardly checked social media intentionally cutting myself off from people I didn't have to see, I ate sugar, I didn’t work out, my couch became nap central. I just felt so sad.
But here’s the cool think about being the kind of person who believes she can create her own reality…
I thought, isn’t it better to feel happy? And how I can I do that again?
So I checked my dvd player- yep, my workout dvd was still in there…
I checked my drawer- yep, clean sports bras ready to see some action…
And even though I was tired and still sad, and probably had visible tear marks on my cheeks, I hit play.
And I remembered how STRONG working out makes me feel. This body that I’m in has completed 3 half marathons. It has completely transformed more than once (losing about 75lbs one go around). The wings on my back flew me all the way from a little city in Ohio to my dream location of Southern California. And the tears I had been releasing so often lately were simply cleansing energy making room for more happiness in my body.
It didn’t even take the whole workout for me to feel better- I felt better after the warm up! It was like my body said, “Alright! She’s back! It’s time to play!”.
Then I hopped back on to Facebook, and found my tribe still there. A group of women that come together with the common goal of staying fit and helping others do the same. These women juggle jobs, children, cats, dogs, parents, bills, heart aches of their own… and yet we all have found a purpose of putting our health at a top priority. We all have felt the high of completing our daily workout- sometimes wanting to do one more or take off for a run after just finishing leg day.
We understand that if everything in this world is made of energy, and we have the power to use physical activity to change and up ours, we’d be so silly not to…
And science backs it up! Moving our bodies changes the chemicals in our brains! (good easy read- http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-10798/6-reasons-why-exercise-makes-you-happy.html)
So my advice to myself- and anyone else who is interested,
When you feel like things or people around you aren’t treating you as well as you’d like, decide to treat yourself really well. Take care of yourself, show yourself how strong you are, how fun you are, how young you are. And then do it again the next day ;)