Carmen's Blog
How to Stay Healthy As We Transition To Busier Schedules
3 Tips For Busy Women to Stay Healthy and Put Themselves First As we in the United States, begin to transition in phases from quarantine to being out and about more in our communities, it’s extremely easy to get overwhelmed or feel anxious. Especially as women, we are...
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COOK FROM YOUR PANTRY & FREEZER: 3 Healthy & Delicious Recipes (all with 6 or less ingredients!)
Cooking healthy & delicious from your pantry & freezer: All with 6 ingredients or less! If you're like me, with the outbreak of the Coronavirus across the world, you stocked up on your pantry and freezer items. If you're feeling stuck making the same old...
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How to build and maintain thriving relationships: Part #2 Female Friendships
🔻I use to tell myself that I wasn't good at making friends with other women. I shied away from building intentional female relationships and I often put other women up on pedestals, dreaming to be like them. I felt like I could never be, do or measure up to...
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How to build and maintain thriving relationships: Part #1 Stop Being Let Down
Question: When was the last time you felt let down? If you answer this truthfully, it's most likely the last time that you had an expectation for a person or situation. There is a quote that says "expectation is the thief of all joy." This could not be more true! ...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT FLAWS
I take care of my body. Movement, nourishing foods, self-awareness, slowing down radical responsibility, dream chasing and love fill my days. I am relentless about caring for my body and mind and I set boundaries like a mother f**cker!⠀⠀ BUT, I HAVE FLAWS TOO......
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Everyone needs help sometimes….
REAL TALK....⠀ ⠀ How often do you ask for help? ⠀ ⠀ If you’re anything like I was, and the other thousands of women out there working to prove that we can do it all, the answer is most likely never.⠀ ⠀ Here’s where we’ve got that mixed up. Asking for help is not a...
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The Meaning That You Create
I’ve been thinking some heavy thoughts this week. One moment I’m on top of the world and the next I’m all up in my head worried about things I have no control over. ...⠀ ⠀ Anyone feel me?⠀ ⠀ It’s easy to do, especially when you share love so freely. ⠀ ⠀ I’ve been...
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How To Use Discomfort To Achieve Your Goals
Have you ever set a goal and were SO excited about the outcome? But then your schedule ends up looking something like this - Week 1 - It’s a little hard but you’re confident about pushing through it Week 2 - Life gets in the way and then you give up So what happened...
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The #1 Thief of Joy
The #1 thief of joy is... COMPARISON & WATCHING WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING!! I have made this mistake time and time again, and it has always left me feeling like I wasn’t enough and I wasn’t doing enough… This might resonate a lot with you and to be clear, who...
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Freedom From Food Cravings
Does your mouth start to water every time you see a gigantic cheeseburger with bacon? Weird, mine doesn’t. Why? I practice eating foods that nourish my body, give me energy and help me achieve optimal health on a daily basis. It’s interesting that when you do this you...
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