Be-Do-Have Insights

Growing up, I wore glasses so I could read the board from the back of the classroom. I hated those glasses. I was already unpopular, and wearing them felt like social suicide. So I only wore them when I absolutely had to. The rest of the time, I pretended they didn’t exist. Fast forward to my early twenties. I was processing into Army basic training, and my entire focus became the upcoming eye exam. I didn’t want to fail it and get issued those horrible military glasses. Talk

There I was. Shoes laced. Headphones on. Music bumping. Hand on the doorknob. I had a Spartan Trifecta weekend to prepare for. The miles needed to be logged. And just like that — my hand let go. My feet walked to the couch. The headphones came off. Netflix came on. My body said it was tired. My brain said I “deserved” a rest day. My stomach suggested donuts. I knew what I was supposed to do. I knew doing it would move me forward. And yet, I still chose comfort. Sound familiar

It was only 2 in the afternoon, and there I was sitting in my car in a strip-mall parking lot, eating an Auntie Anne’s cinnamon pretzel… followed by a bucket of their cinnamon pretzel poppers. This was my second visit in a week. Just hours earlier, I had finished building a workout program for a new client—teaching them how to lose weight and fuel their body better. And now I was shoveling roughly 2,000 calories of sugar into my mouth. Why? Because I wasn’t happy. I was asham

Habits are the spoken language of the subconscious. They reveal what you believe about yourself—and what you believe is possible for your future. What you have today is the result of what you repeatedly do. What you repeatedly do is a reflection of what you believe is normal, safe, or deserved. Those beliefs don’t stay trapped in your head. They leak into your life. They show up in your calendar, your routines, your coping mechanisms, and even your excuses. This month, we mov