After 4 weeks of consistently showing up at the gym and beginning to feel ‘human’ again, fewer aches… yeah, getting there !!!    I got present to how I had been showing up for myself.

It’s said the way we do anything is the way we do everything, so I am always looking across other areas of my life, where might I apply these lessons??? 

As a Coach/ Mentor/ Teacher, I’ve tended to put everyone else first.   Working from home I had been sitting too long in front of the computer, marketing, creating, planning, and client calls.  Zoom life!  Sitting!  My body began screaming!   Ouch!!!!

So, believing I would be supporting myself, I joined the gym.  Over the course of several months ago, I got up at 5 am and showed up every day for the machine workout.  Hired a coach to show me the initial ropes as I am a believer in investing in my health and well-being, so this time was no different. 

Alone to do it on my own after a time, I injured my leg.   An exercise repeated over and over without changing it up causes stress on the joint.  And that it did!  Lesson learned:   Change up the routine!!  And oh yeah…. Stretch! Stretch often.

After that incident, going back to the gym, I slept in and choose the class route.   One day a week was all that fit into my schedule, and after doing that for a time, a lesson learned:  one day a week is like a tease or a tickle!

After realizing and reviewing my commitment to myself and my screaming body, I choose to go more often, every day as a matter of fact!    Curiously enough, I had blocked the times of the classes and marked them as Free Time, in case a client called during those times…

BOOM!   A client called and all of a sudden … was this a tad of resentment inching up??? Hum, had no one to blame but myself!!!    How committed am I to my health and well-being actually as I was in pain at home and now at the gym??

I did have to laugh at myself and later blocked off ‘ME” time!   As a reformed people pleaser, there is no guilt, there is no shame, if I can’t or won’t take care of myself, how can I possibly give to you?   Not fully. 

Week 4, showing up every day at the gym, eating better, energized, meeting amazing folk, and still managing my clients!

I am just as important and over the years, I’ve come to learn to love me AND take care of me because… I too …. Am worth it!