Posts Tagged confidence
Busy Week of Firsts
This is going to be a busy week for me, and hopefully one of growth.
I have my first event to become a Lia Sophia consultant (tonight), my first training session (Tuesday) and my first Lia Sophia party I’ll be hosting (Thursday).
Then, as if that’s not enough excitement, next week, I’m going to New York for an uber-intensive, one-day professional development seminar for PR practitioners, sponsored by PR News and led by CommCore Consulting Group, one of the most well-known communications/crisis communications groups. (This is for work).
I have to admit, I’m a little nervous of all the things on the horizon, but I’m also excited, too. And for me, excitement — be it good or bad — usually leads to anxiety and, subsequently, stomach issues. Ugh. (more…)
2 comments February 16, 2009
View from the “Couch”
So I’ve been seeing Dr. G (my therapist, for anyone who is new to my blog) since August.
At first it was weekly, and then in October we switched to bi-weekly for insurance reasons.
I didn’t know how long I’d need therapy for when I started; I was nervous and I had no clue if I’d even be receptive to it at all.
But it’s been a gift. It’s been helping me understand my innermost workings — how my anxious brain functions, and why it responds to stimuli like stress or anxiety or fear the way it does.
Though I haven’t stopped all my disordered eating behaviors cold turkey, I’m learning to manage them … to identify them and sometimes use them as a last resort — whereas before therapy, those behaviors were my visceral reactions.
The biggest thing I’d say I’ve come away with is a newfound awareness; of why I think the way I think; why I behave the way I behave.
She’s helped me reframe my disordered eating issues, which has in turn helped me reframe things in my personal and professional life.
Still, I was a bit surprised when, towards the end of our particularly lively session Thursday night, Dr. G. asked the loaded question — “Where would you like to take things next?” (more…)
14 comments January 16, 2009
Stepping Outside the Box
After a fantastic Saturday in Chicago with a dear friend and her awesome girlfriends, I had the wonderful experience of getting to meet up with a whole bunch of committed and brilliant fit bloggers and readers in Chicago today at a meet-and-greet.
I didn’t get to chat nearly as long as I’d have liked with everyone, but I got to meet:
-Angie (Losing It and Loving It)
-Jennette (Pasta Queen)
-Linda (Fat Don’t Wrinkle)
-Lisa (Workout Mommy)
-Madison (Follow My Weigh)
-MamaV (MamaVision)
-MizFit Online (MizFitOnline)
-Roni (Roni’s Weigh)
-Stephanie (Back in Skinny Jeans)
-Tanya (I Ate a Pie)
(I hope I didn’t forget anyone else I met in person! Please forgive me if I did and please e-mail me to correct me!). (more…)
21 comments November 9, 2008
What Holds You Back?
I’m the first to admit I’m not much of a risk-taker.
Unlike my younger brother who lives for endorphins as he sky-dives, surfs, and mountain-climbs, risk-taking for me is much calmer. You could say my risks have been big statements, yet on a much more subtle scale.
Going to college in DC (a far cry from rural Vernon, NJ), studying abroad where I lived with an Argentine family who spoke no English, climbing Huayana Picchu, enduring a 5-year long-distance-international relationship with my then-boyfriend (now-husband), relocating to Michigan and leaving behind a steady job and all my friends and family on the East coast for our future together in a new place …
Each of these things were arguably risks I’ve taken, but when it comes to putting myself out there in the sense of being a confident, assertive person … I haven’t yet gotten there just yet. (more…)
7 comments November 6, 2008
