Entries by Kim

Our Biggest Enemy

This month in my Flourishing 50s membership program, our Theme of the Month is Friendship in Midlife. I showed the ladies that “I Love Lucy” clip of Lucy and Ethel singing the “Friendship” song. You know which one I’m talking about! I must have watched all the “I Love Lucy” episodes at least two or […]

What to Do When Progress is Slow and You Want to Quit

The other day, I watched a segment of the Netflix show “Chelsea” where she interviewed Melissa Arnot who, about a month ago, became the first American woman to both climb Mount Everest and descend it (which is harder than climbing it) without supplemental oxygen. At the time of the interview she had just returned from […]

Mid-year Reflections

Can you believe we’re half way through the year? Yes, that’s right. This Friday will mark the halfway point of 2016. How do you feel about your progress so far this year toward your health and self-care goals? At the end of every quarter, I ask my small group and private clients to complete their […]

Don’t Forget Who You Are

The past ten weeks have been thrilling for me. One of my mentors of five years and counting, Todd Durkin, was on the NBC TV show “Strong” where there were ten male trainers and ten female trainees who competed in the ultimate test of physical, mental, and emotional strength in various challenges every week to […]

5 Ways You Can Save Money While Improving Your Health

Living a healthy life rewards you tenfold over time by increasing not only the money you save, but your life satisfaction. When you’re healthy, you don’t have to worry about wasting precious time and money on costly medical bills and prescriptions, rather you get to use that time and money on experiences that will enrich […]

The Greatest Gift You Can Receive on Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day! Did you know that the greatest gift you can receive on Mother’s Day is something that no one else can give to you? Yes, that’s right. You can only give this gift to yourself. That gift is the commitment to life-long self-care. No one can make you take care of yourself; rather […]

Delicious Ambiguity

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” -Gilda Radner […]