There is P O W E R in I-Statements

There is so much power in our words, especially the words we say to ourselves.  Take a moment and think about the words you say to yourself? Are they harsh, are they great, do they help you succeed or fail? What words do you hate to hear, what words hurt you, and what bring you pain? What would you rather hear?

Today I CHALLENGE YOU:

Step 1#

Take a blank piece of paper and fold the paper hot dog style. On one side of the paper write down everything you say to yourself that is negative and all the things people have said to you that you didn't like and want to change etc… then on the other side change those words with positive, opposite affirmations. 

Example:

*You are stupid there must be                    *I am smart and have so much to offer &
something wrong with you.                          give to the world.
*I am fat and ugly.                                      *I have beautiful curves and a gorgeous        
                                                                       figure. Today I will take care of this
                                                                       lovely body God has given me.
                                                                                       
                                                                                     

Step #2

Now take a note card, lips stick, or markers and a poster board … whatever it is you choose to use and write down all the positive I statements you came up with. The things you wish people said or you said to yourself. I've done I statements in many ways, with eyeliner on my mirror when I was pregnant, with a note card my beautiful sister-in-law made to say to myself, or  permanent marker on your wall or on a canvas. 

Step #3 Now place this on your mirror, on your door you use everyday, or on your dashboard in your car. Say or yell these positive affirmations to yourself everyday for the whole month, year, or however long it takes until you believe them. 

Do this exercise over and over again until you no longer say one negative thing about yourself. 

YOU DESERVE TO TREAT YOURSELF WITH RESPECT

These are mine this month:

I Andrea Bolles am wonderful. People love to be around me. I am a leader and I have much knowledge to offer to the world. I have power to help others find happiness. I will do whatever it takes to create a life I love, to create better habits of health. I am 100% in control of my life, my moods, and my actions. I have power to choose to make my life better. I am amazing inside and out. I am someone to be remembered and cherished. 

Take the time to be the change the world will want to see. 

                                                                         

Be Aware of Judgements

I have been working on judging people less for a very long time. It's taken years to master and is something I will keep working on each and everyday. I think the hardest thing to become better at is not judging ourselves. We are our own worst critics. What we say to ourselves out loud and to the universe become true. We need to be careful with how we treat ourselves especially when we are trying our best. 

IF YOU ARE TRYING YOUR BEST LET GO OF JUDGEMENT.

EVERYONE FAILS 

EVERYONE MESSES UP

EVERYONE HURTS SOMEONE SOMEWHERE

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

LEARN AND MOVE ON

Today make a conscious effort to listen more, try to understand why people are doing the things they do, leave things up to God to judge, let go of something you might think is stupid now and laugh at yourself. Know that everything is a memory and we wouldn't be what we are today without set backs, without failures, without making mistakes, and without this journey. 

Life is full of surprise, so embrace them more. Life was never made to be easy.

CHOOSE to be kinder to others today and better to yourself. 

YOU DESERVE THE WORLD know it, live it, believe it, and say it. 

I actually love who I am and I like that I always want to be better. Sometimes I am hard on myself because I know I am not always being exactly what I am capable of, but who actually is. I give myself credit for taking leaps, for stepping outside of my comfort zone, for loving and excepting people different than me, for giving service, and for being better then I was yesterday. 

Push Yourself Beyond Your Comfort Zone

This is what I need today. I feel as if it's so hard to push myself beyond my comfort zone even if I want to help people feel better about themselves. I just got back from being on vacation and went off my program while I was gone. I was feeling so great, the pain in my hands and wrist went away and now its starting to come back. This is my motivation for the week. I know I am supposed to offer this program to people and give what has been given to me. Help people to become more healthy and change habits. Health is everything to me and it's something that's been affecting my everyday life. This program has helped stop the binging phases, the lack of respect for myself and my body. I've been afraid of my circle, people I love, people who would benefit from this. I am not afraid of rejection. There is no obligation but It doesn't hurt to gain more knowledge.

I love what I do, its fun, its awesome and I am going to keep going.

I am going to push myself beyond my comfort zone. 

PUT MYSELF OUT THERE. 

Be what I want to be. 

LOVE who I am TODAY.

I believe people are worth it. 

I believe people need to fight for themselves more. 

Take care of this awesome body and the person inside. 

I have so much to give and I have so much to offer. I've been through a lot of health trials and I want to prevent people from having the same problems I've faced. Watching people on this program has been awesome.  Seeing them push through it, doing something challenging, and fight for what they want. Changing habits is hard but anyone can do it. I AM DOING IT.

I think all people are beautiful and I am not here to change someone. I am here to help people become exactly what they want to become. I am not here to create disorders or be unrealistic but I am here to help people live a longer life and have a healthier cholesterol, heart, mind, and love for themselves. This is what I get to offer people no matter there size.

What did you need to hear today? Or this week? Or this month? This is what I need in my life to push me beyond things unmanageable. To create the LIFE I LOVE!

Tell me a story where you went beyond your limitations?

My New Years Resolutions

I am already looking forward to 2014. I am so much more driven, happier, positive, and ready to face this year! Trials come, we cannot control them but BRING THEM ON! I feel like I grow so much from them. LIVES CHALLENGES brings you closer to a whole network of new people. I love relating to people and being able to give any hope I can. I've had to many angels in my life who've helped me when I needed it and I love to pay it forward if I can.

Thinking forward to this year I see FREEDOM, LOVE, LIGHT, ABUNDANCE, JOY, LAUGHTER, HOPE and PEACE. The person I am today can conquer anything...yes I say this to myself each day and many more affirmations until I believe them. AFFIRMATIONS are so powerful.

I encourages all of you to MAKE YOUR OWN AFFIRMATIONS for this new year and say them everday. Things you may be insecure about, things you want to conquer but don't have the guts to do and etc. There is power in what we say to ourselves.

Here are a few new years goals, resolutions, thoughts, ideas whatever you want to call them:

* Live in the moment and keep my theme each day as "Create today, the life I love." Live in the moment. I want to waste less time on thing that do not matter. 

* I want to help others achieve success. I love being a health coach and if I can get people to reach there realistic goal weight, keep it off, learn better health, motivate them, make them happier and love and think they are beautiful, then I won. MY JOB IS a job worth doing! 

* I want to save for retirement and a downpayment on a home. I may not be settled in the next 5 years but I want to work towards that each and everyday.

* I want to take care of my beautiful body this awesome gift that gets me through my day. Mainly I have a bad back which takes my core to strengthen. My goal is to do yoga, stretch, do my back excersices and swim. Swimming does miracle on your back. 

* I want to go on my first cruise with my husband and first trip away from my SON. I hate leaving him but I want to have a few days with Westin and I. I love spending time with just my babe and a trip would be the cherry on top.

*I want to do something outside of my comfort zone every week, month, quarter, etc. There is so much power in going beyond your comfort zone. Doing my own business and putting myself out there is already out of my comfort zone. I've already been way to blunt and honest on this blog and even advertising and talking to people about what I do is hard but awesome. 

* I want to go out of my way each and everyday to do something special for my husband. Even if its as small as a back scratch which he loves to much. I want him to know I love him and can go out of my way for him as much as I do as a mother to Eastin. 

* I want to relax more, yell less, decrease anger and try to be silent while working through emotions that come my way. My husband is the perfect example of being in complete control of his emotions. He is the happiest person I know and really has never yelled at me. To be able to be as in control as him with my words, actions, and challenges would be amazing. SO TIME TO RELAX, THINK BEFORE I SAY THINGS, BREATH THROUGH ANXIETY OR EMOTIONS, and PONDER. This is a freedom I am excited to achieve. 

* I want to do an act of service for someone each day. I know a wonderful woman whose made this goal right when she was first married and seriously serves someone each day. She has not gone a day not serving. She is one of the most giving, happy, lovable people I know and to become more like her would be an accomplishment.

* I want to achieve abundance, to make this business a success! To continue putting myself out there, be my true self with no fears of what people think. 

IF you CARE what PEOPLE think YOU will NOT do the IMPOSSIBLE.

MAKE A quote for yourself and theme for this year. I started my theme early but it's

 CREATING A LIFE I LOVE

CHEERS to 2014!!! 

LOVE WHAT YOU DO

 LOVE WHO YOU ARE

 LOVE WHAT YOU ARE TODAY

 and 

what YOU WILL BECOME TOMORROW!!!! 

XOXO

My daily routine

These are all simple things I've mentioned before or things everyone has heard, but this is why this is my daily routine...

IF YOU DO THESE THINGS I PROMISE YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH MORE

BE A BETTER YOU

1.) SLEEP, "early to bed early to rise"

What I've learned about myself is that sleep is everything when it comes to reaching my goals. If I don't sleep, it's hard for me to function at the speed I need to through out my day. I find it 10x harder to reach my health goals. This is why I have it as my #1. I find myself craving more sugar, wanting to overeat and consume more calories, I don't want to work out even if its something I love to do, and I don't treat the people around me the way I should. For those mom's out there I KNOW it's hard sometimes to balance sleep with children but those who are single you have no excuse.

You deserve the best rest
you deserve to treat your body needs with respect
YOU DESERVE BETTER CARE
Make it count!

I know the average person knows this but how many of us actually make it an effort to sleep and make it actually count?

Sleep is a precious gift to me as a mom and those days I get 6 hours strait with no interruptions is a treat. I feel energized, I accomplish more things and I am ready to serve others. I FUNCTION AT MY BEST, bottom line.

I challenge you to be intuitive and give yourself rest. IF YOUR A MOM get it when you can. Listen to your body and sleep when you need to sleep.  

2.) HEALTHY EATING. "you are what you eat"

I find that when I don't eat the right nutrition, I don't feel well. I know most people know this but why do we treat our bodies so poorly? Our bodies need the right fuel to balance our blood sugars, to circulate blood flow to our whole bodies, to provide proper energy to our brains and so much more. I don't think clearly when I don't eat right. Anyone with Celiac Disease knows first hand how important it is to eat right even if your still in the battle of not wanting to let gluten go and eating it everyday. YOU FEEL LIKE GARBAGE and you feel that fog in your brain. It's awful and it's something I choose each day to fight for. I LOVE TO EAT HEALTHY and I am glad I've been taught nutrition my whole life.

I also find that when I do give myself it's craving of high sugar foods, I enjoy them more and they are a gift/treat then something of no value. I also find that I no longer overeat or over indulge because my body tells me when to stop. The taste after a few bites isn't the same. I think high sugar foods are wonderful but only when eaten sparingly.

I challenge everyone to go off sugar for a week and then put it back into your diet. There are so many detox things in the world if that is something you choose. FASTING two meals is so healthy for you as well, not everyday of course but once a month. If you change the way you eat, make it habit, a goal, and have help to reach this goals! I PROMISE YOU, it will no longer become a struggle but a choice you will want to make. YOU WILL never want to go back .Even during the holidays when you may over eat the sweets for a week, you will want to go back to your old habits because it just doesn't feel good. I challenge you to get a health coach, find support and give your body a HEALHTY DIET.

3.) EXERCISE DAILY

I LOVE TO EXERCISE. I am so lucky my parents taught me to love the outdoors, to love to work out, to love to move my body, to treat my body with respect, to love getting my heart rate going and to love to sweat. I actually enjoy most anything that is recreational and I love to add new things each day. I strive to do things each day to make my body feel stronger. I love feeling in tune with my body. It's an incredible feeling.

I challenge you to find what you like to do when it comes to exercise. If you hate to gym, don't go to the gym find a place you feel safe and find your niche in life. If its dancing, running, lifting weights, walking, swimming, hiking, skiing/snowboarding, playing other sports, doing yoga, going to work out classes, having someone motivate you by having a personal trainer or whichever you choose. FIND what you love to do and make it a goal to do it. This is the key to learn to love to work out. YOUR BODY deserves you to take care of it. YOUR BODY needs you to increase your heart rate and circulate your blood flow. YOUR BODY needs to release endorphins and to sweat.

Other things you can do is, instead of taking an escalator or elevator, walk the stairs, instead of waiting to get the closes parking space, walk a further distance, choose to clean your house, get a dog that motivates you to walk them everyday. I encourage you to find a way to get more healthy and take care of your body. YOUR BODY IS BEAUTIFUL and these are just a few tools to feel better.

4.) HYDRATE we need at least 64 oz of water a day

I LOVE WATER. I've always been a water baby. I choose water over any other drink and I know this isn't the case for most people. I CHALLENGE you to choose to drink water. Drink water with a lime, with a lemon, with strawberries, with cucumbers if you need to. Get away from things that are not natural.

With someone whose been diagnosed with IBS and has been told I am always dehydrated due to complications and surgeries at a young age. I find I have not really struggled as much as I could because I hydrate myself. Hydration helps my find clarity, energy, clearer skin, healthier digestive, and allows me to be active.

Water helps me reach my health goals and is key to my survival as someone who struggles with health problems.

BE a LIGHT to OTHERS and LEAN on your STRENGTH

 "think about your role models, those who inspire you to be your better self and make those people your closets advocates."

First think about what you want to be, what you want to become, what you love in others, what you want to love better in yourself, how you want to make a difference, and how you would want to be remembered.

It can be the 5 most successful, inspiring, motivational friends or whatever you want to become or be like.

Then find the time to put these people in your life and make a cautious effort to be the person you want to become. There is that famous quote, you are who you hang out with and it's so true. WHO I AM is who I attract.

The same goes from changing who we are from the inside out and this is one way to become who you want to be.

I use these people for strength, for hope, for help, for love, for guidance, to find clarity, to find balance, to lean on when I am down, and for drive. These people bring that light, energy, and hope into my live.

To be honest to label them down to 5 people is hard for me and I am lucky to say I do have more then 5 people who make me the best version of myself. It started with maybe one person and have built into a whole network of people who I need in my life for every aspect. They give me a 1000 different perspectives. Each person has something to bring the table. I feel the bigger your circle the more light enters in.

I CHOOSE TO SURROUND MYSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CHANGE 

PEOPLE WHO ARE REAL

PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPERFECT BUT STRIVING FOR GREATNESS

PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT BATTLES AND WON 

PEOPLE WITH BEAUTIFUL SCARS BUT HEALED WOUNDS

PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE

PEOPLE WHO ARE OPEN WITH WHO THEY ARE

PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEMSELVES AND WANT TO CHANGE

PEOPLE WHO ARE HUMBLE

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LAUGH

PEOPLE WHO BRING LIGHT!

I don't want to offend anyone who teaches this principle and says now close that circle.

There are times in my life when I only could lean on these people and had to cut out all the negative people to rejuvenate and bring myself back... but when you are ready and have found your foundation again, I SAY OPEN THAT CIRCLE AGAIN and be that LIGHT others need only you to be. Let others lean on you for strength. We are all here together to make the best out of this life. We have good days and bad days and we need each other. NO ONE DESERVES TO BE ALONE. If you tell yourself this...change your words.

NO ONE DESERVES TO BE ALONE, WE ARE ALL WORTHY OF LOVE. 

Look around you and find those people you want to be like, who make you a better person, who will help you reach your potential/ your goals and stick with them. Let them help you and when your ready PAY IT FORWARD. 

BE that person to someone else. WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH PEOPLE OTHERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH!  I cannot reach everyone and so it's up to you to reach the people I cannot. We need to make this world a better place in a world that seems so dark at times. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL and there are enough ASS WHOLES in the world. Fight against the jerks and be the light others need.

We all know the people who laugh at us because they are afraid to be themselves...don't get offended it only hurts you. Choose to love when people laugh at you, choose to pray for those who hurt you, focus your energy on the positive rather then the negative, find the light even in the darkest times in your life, associate with those who bring you up and not down. We all have people we cannot get away from, trust me I have those and some are family, but make your boundaries and keep fighting for them to come around. Be the good person when others can't be. 

CHOOSE TO TRUST
CHOOSE TO SPEAK
CHOOSE TO LOVE
CHOOSE TO UPLIFT
CHOOSE TO EXPRESS
CHOOSE TO LEARN
CHOOSE TO LISTEN
CHOOSE TO FORGIVE
CHOOSE TO NOT TAKE OFFENSE
CHOOSE TO BE HUMAN
CHOOSE TO PAY IT FORWARD

Create your own habits of health

To often we take for granted the beautiful gift we have...OUR BODIES.

Take a minute and think about the beautiful gift God gave us…Our bodies. They do so much for us. Focus on breathing and meditate.

STEP 1: Close your eyes and envision:
Envision exactly what your body does...what it feels...what it's thinking...what it wants....and most importantly what it needs?

Write it down!

STEP 2: Close your eyes again
Think about how you treat your body? (past and present) How have you nourished it, cared for it, and have spoken to your body?

 (write it down)

STEP 3: Close your eyes again
How would you treat yourself in the future? What would you do differently today, tomorrow? What would you change? How will you motivate yourself to make a better you? To create a better happiness and get the results you want?

STEP 4: close your eyes again

NOW reach it!!!...What are your goals to get to where you want to be?  What are the steps you will take each day? How will you get there? How will you be that change you want to see?

(write it down)

Do this everyday if you have to! 

FIND THE MOTIVATIONS TO TREAT YOURSELF WITH RESPECT!

IF YOU DON'T DO IT YOURSELF, no one else will! 

YOUR BODY IS BEAUTIFUL but it DESERVES BEAUTY, RESPECT, and LOVE! Care for your body today, take those steps do be a better YOU...A HEALTHIER YOU!

Don't get down by the abuse you may have given it up to this point, change today, and care for it tomorrow....

Bodies have an incredible way of healing themselves. No matter how much you've done to your body, there is always a way back to better health. It has a incredible way of healing it's deepest wounds either emotional or physical.



Here are my own habits of health!

I read, I write: I take time everyday to read from the scripture, write in my journal, read from the ensign etc… If I don't do this first I cannot have my heavenly father guide me throughout my day. SPIRITUAL STRENGTH is my everything.

THIS IS MY GYM: I hate going to the gym so I put on my walking shoes and I walk, I run, I skip, I breath, I think, I create, and I care for who I am and what I want to be.

I SWIM: I jump, I dive, I float above and beneath. I feel free here, I feel open, I feel light, I feel beautiful, I rejuvenate, and I love.

I EAT: I choose to eat 6 small meals a day, (most days), I choose to eat more greens, drink more water, not over eat, prepare meals ahead of time, plan, and not buy things that would cause inflammation in my joints, hurt my belly and/or cause head aches.

I SLEEP: I try to get at least 7 hours a sleep, even with a baby. Early to bed early to rise is my goal on most days. SLEEP keeps you looking young, it's important for your digestive track, it helps your body breath correctly.

I STRETCH: I help stretch the bones and joints that need some extra pull. Some stretches relax me while others move oxygen through my body giving me the energy I need. Stretching gets me in tune with my body, it's aches, it needs for nourishment, it helps me relax enough to meditate and create.

I DANCE: Dancing gives me energy that nothing else can. I love the music, the beats, the freedom, the ability to release and express myself.

I LIFT: My goal is to lift weights to get strong, to get my bones healthy so that I can keep going even in my 70's.

I BREATH: breathing helps anxiety and helps get my blood flowing and moving in all the right places. I breath through anger, frustration, sadness, and for clarity.

I TAKE TIME: For my friends, my family, and myself. It's important to find balance in the things that make you happy.

I MEDITATE: I connect with my inner self...I find my balance, my motivation, my needs, my goals and my bodies desires.

I PLAN: I take time to write down my goals, my visions, my daily steps,  and my weekly goals. I plan for the future. 

I would love to help people discover a better them, to care for there bodies, to get healthy and be happier.

YOU DESERVE THE WORLD
YOU DESERVE HAPPINESS
YOU DESERVE PROPER CARE
YOU DESERVE THE BEST

ONLY YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF HEALTH!!

What are you habits of health? Private message me if your interested in created a better you and learning about what I do to be a better me :).