Coming Full Circle: My Story
My story will start 6 years ago. I was working as a RN Manager in a home health agency...working 50 hours/week easily. My hubby, Keith, was away in another state training for deployment overseas. Our 3 year old son was spending 50 hours/week in daycare.
Keith came home about 3 months into the training for a 2 week break. Turns out he came home to a very stressed-out wife and angry little boy. I was living it...I didn’t see it.
During those 2 weeks, we made a life-changing decision. I was going to quit my job and become a stay-at-home mom. Yes, it was a HUGE pay cut, but whatever.
Fast forward 3 years. I woke up one morning...and really looked at myself in the mirror...as 25 pounds overweight. I felt gross. I didn’t feel like myself. I turned on the TV and saw, for the first time, an infomercial for Slim in 6. I had never heard of it...I had never heard of Beachbody...but I made the decision right there to order it.
I had GREAT results. I fell in love with the programs...the company...the people.
Three months later, I made the decision to become a Beachbody coach because I wanted to “pay it forward.” I understood...well...the issues with emotional eating. I wanted to help others.
Let’s fast forward another 3 years...today my coaching business is thriving. I’m happier than I’ve been in a very long time. I have dreams that I’m watching come true. I’m in better shape that I’ve been in a very long time. I’m more confident...as a woman...than I ever have been. I’m still a stay-at-home mom but currently make more money than I did working those 50 hours/week...AND I still get to help people...which is why I became a nurse to begin with.
Am I a continual work in progress? Absolutely. Will I continue to change? Yep. Will I fall and have to pick myself up? Uh huh. Do I have to continue to strive for balance between work and family/friends? Most definitely. Would I change a thing? No way.
LIfe is really REALLY good!
Nature in a bag
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Improve YOUR health AND help others
Hi everyone! In lieu of my check-in this week, I'm sending out an offer instead.
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Healthy Pumpkin Pie
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Ingredients
1 can (16 ounces) pureed pumpkin
3/4 cup sugar or Sucanat (or 1/2 cup maple syrup)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons cornstarch to firm up the pie filling
1 package (10-12 ounces) silken/soft tofu
1 9 inch graham cracker crust pie shell (I used one from Arrowhead Mills)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425° F.
2. Mix the pumpkin and sugar. Add salt, spices, cornstarch and tofu, mix thoroughly.
3. Pour mixture into pie shell and bake for 15 minutes.
4. Lower heat to 350° F and bake for another 60 minutes. Chill and serve.
Juggling Rolls Part III...WOMAN!
This is a role that tends to take a back seat for me. I’m too busy being a mom and wife.
With the encouragement of my best friend, I did something that was completely out of the norm for me...something that helped me reconnect to the woman in me...something that my husband also totally appreciated when I surprised him...
I had pictures taken.
If you know me, you know that I HATE having pictures taken. I don’t like to be center of attention. I’m more comfortable being BEHIND the camera.
Well, I wanted to give my husband a gift that he could take back to Afghanistan for the rest of his deployment. Turns out I actually gave a gift to myself.
I was nervous.
I briefly considered drinking beforehand. I didn’t.
I met my photographer at a gorgeous location. I already had a vision in my head of what I was looking for. I had shared the vision with my photographer a few months prior. She helped bring it to reality.
She spent the first few minutes just chatting with me. She made me feel totally comfortable...at ease.
Then we started the photoshoot.
The water was freezing...a fish bit my toe...mud was all over me. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!! 
It wasn’t, however, until I saw the proofs that I really reconnected with the woman in me. Who WAS this woman staring back at me from the photos? It felt surreal. This was ME?!?!?!?! My husband had been telling me this all along during our 19 years together, but I don’t think that I believed him...no, I KNOW that I didn’t believe him. He was my husband. He had to say that.
It was an incredibly liberating experience...I’m thankful to have done it and have actually already scheduled another shoot.
Ladies, don’t be afraid to push yourself out of your comfort zone. DO something a bit crazy. Have fun. We are MORE than moms and wives...we are WOMEN! OWN IT!
Oh, btw, he LOVED my gift. 
