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Supportive Partners

I'm very grateful for the support and non-judgement from my husband through my health and wellness journey. There have been huge changes in our lifestyle that where not planned out, but have proven to make a profound difference in both of us.  April is a significant month for us in so many ways!! It is the month that both of our childen were born; and in a way it is when we were both "reborn" as well.  April 1st, 2023 (No April Fools) is when my husband experienced cardiac arrest in our home, I performed CPR for six minutes until paramedics arrived. He was placed in a coma in ICU and was in the hospital for eleven days. He had a defibrillator implanted onto his heart because there was no clear indicator of what caused the cardiac arrest.  What was clear, was that both of us needed to change our heath and wellness.  For me, my first step was having more regular visits with doctors. I've never really liked doctors and have a hard time thinking that pills (or shots) wou...

Getting Out of My Comfort Zone!!

I really enjoy trying new things, but I definitely experience anxieties, self doubt and can second guess myself all the time and even talk myself out of doing something because I think I wont do well, I'll look weird or I'll just totally fail. These last two weeks has been a test of how far I'll get out of my COMFORT ZONE to better myself personally and professionally.  During my health journey, I've been trying different yoga classes that push me beyond my regular Yin or slow flow classes. Recently I've been attending Hot Yoga classes at Aris Yoga . I've taken Bikram Yoga Classes (26+2) where there room temperature is set a 105 degrees and you flow through 26 therapeutic poses that focus on balance in the body and the mind. The first time I tried this class, I couldn't make it all the way through. The heat and the level of asanas that we were doing were beyond my current skill level. I was scared that I was looking like a fool, I wasn't able to follow a...

Friendships

  I don't want to sound like a weirdo or a loser, but I don't have many deep friendships. There are tons of people I am friends with, but connections that are fully vulnerable, completely open and unconditional are really hard to come by. In every phase of my life, from being a young child, teenager, sorority sister, toddler mom and now coming into my own, as a middle aged women and being a building leader, true friendships can be tricky. I've had many groups of friends and people that I've hung out with, some I'm still in contact with and other relationships have faded away.  This past weekend, I had the pleasure of getting together with several of my sorority sisters, Kappa Delta, and it made me feel like I was 19 again. Except at 12:00pm, when I needed to go to bed. We laughed, caught up on our lives, shared challenges, successes and dreams for the future. I felt heard, respected, and accepted for who I was and who I currently am. When I got home after that weeke...