Jessika's Blog

Everything is a process, there are gradual steps. First we roll over, then we crawl, then we walk and then we run. First we stick our feet in a pool, then we stand in the water, then we stick our face in and then we swim. First we start preschool, then kindergarten, then elementary school, then middle school and then high school. I am wondering why we dont expect that ;changing our bodies, optimizing our diets, becoming stronger, learning proper nutrition and exercise is also

I was just searching recipes to share with my clients and half of them say skinny…..man that pisses me off… There are so many subtle messages being delivered to us constantly that let us know we aren’t enough. We cant accept ourselves as we are. We have to look like this perfect ideal body whether we are physically capable of it or not. We have to spend our days chasing that carrot. I am not saying there is anything wrong with being skinny, I am saying that not everyone is me

Okay so maybe this morning you woke up bloated and a bit hungover from lasagna and cookies and you are disgusted. And now the panic sets in… PUH-LEASE LET THAT SHIT GO PAY ATTENTION!!!!!! How to you get rid of all of those extra holiday calories? lotsa cardio? A new diet???? NOOOOOOO Those will just further the imbalance…… Simply do what you were doing before the holiday. It’s in the rearview. Let it go and move on. HOPEFULLY you were able to enjoy the time and realize that f

REALLY SIMPLE NUTRITION We are stuck home. The world around us is crazy. We are hoarding toilet paper and chicken. Who gives a shit about counting calories or macros right now? I hear you; I feel the same. I have done some major damage myself since this all started. But, eventually we’ve got to get real. We have to find some sort of balance, don’t we? Lest we are gonna be rolling out of this quarantine looking and feeling like a screaming, hot mess. What we need right now is

They are the negative voices in your head that tell you that you can’t. A limiting belief is a belief that constrains our progress.  Just by believing them, we do not think, do or say the things that they inhibit. Limiting beliefs are about ourselves, our potential, our identity. The beliefs may also be about other people and the world in general. I think of a limiting belief as a fear monster. He looks like Jabba the Hut from The Empire Strikes Back and he just gets bigger a

Dig a ditch, make a path, blaze a trail. Do you recall sleigh riding when you were a kid? I do. I remember spending endless hours running up a hill and sliding down in every possible way I could, backwards, on my belly, with a friend, you name it. My house had the big hill where all the kids came to ride, I remember looking out at the fresh snow it was gorgeous but there were no trails. Starting the trails was no fun, nobody wanted that job, it was a pain in the ass, but nece