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HIGH HEELS AND HEALTH REFORM

I love to wear high heels. Spiky, strappy, sexy 3-4 inchers. My good friend Dr. Randy Lowe, an excellent podiatrist, tells me “just keep wearing them and I will fix your feet later”. I am actually pretty careful about how my shoes fit, how long I wear them and I have a lot of muscle [...]

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Testimonials

We had a company contact us that was interested in promoting FitMania and asked for reviews or testimonials.  I don’t know of anyone in the valley that does reviews for fitness businesses so I sent them the following comments.  These are all e-mails except the last one which was posted on a blog.  I have included [...]

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A Fable

After a discussion in Sunday School my husband leaned over to me and said, “I don’t believe God put me on earth to be mediocre”. That seems obvious enough, even mortal parents want more for their children than mediocrity. Why then do we settle for so little so often? Consider this fable: “There once was [...]

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11 Ways to Be Happy(er)

All we really want is to be happy in this life. We make every choice according to what we think will make us happy. Many of our choices make us feel good in the short run but actually damage our happiness in the long run. For example, we might feel like we would be happier [...]

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I Stumbled On Something Powerful!

“Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.” -Viktor Frankl It is often said that a goal not written is only a wish.  When I can get personal training clients to write their goals and chart their progress they make better progress and they [...]

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Redwoods and Inevitability

A wise man said,  ”We should all be students of inevitability.”  Jim Rohn We are all on the road to somewhere and the destination is inevitable.  The trick is to know where you are going.  I have in my desk drawer a few redwood tree cones.  Did you know that even though the  redwood is the tallest and [...]

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How Tall Will A Tree Grow?

The Riddle Is: How tall will a tree grow? The answer: As tall as it can. The real mystery: Why do some people stretch and reach and grow as far as they can and another will choose to settle for less? I am driving to the gym at 5:30 this morning. There are several inches [...]