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Staying Centered: How Healthy Reminders Keep Good Vibes Flowing Daily

Corie Muldoon

If you’re looking to create a more positive mindset, there’s a practice in the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale that I love and use on the regular. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes each day.


The Process

  1. Write down some healthy reminders on index cards
  2. Flip through them everyday until you memorize them
  3. Repeat your healthy reminders daily

This practice helps to create a more positive mindset for ourselves.

Like a farmer, we must sow good seeds or weeds will start to grow.


Staying Centered

When I’m happy, healthy reminders keep the good vibes flowing.

And when I’m upset, healthy reminders help clear things up.

Up or down, healthy reminders work to keep us centered.

Repeating our healthy reminders daily is the key to lasting results.


Below are some of my favorite reminders that keep my mind feeling happy, healthy, and fit:


Healthy Reminder Examples

Keep on stepping

You are loved

Be unafraid

Yes you can

You can do all things

Be free

Hang loose

Believe

You matter

You are brave

Relax and release

You are beautiful

Any sayings come to mind that make you feel happy, safe, strong, empowered?


Faith-Based Reminders

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

According to your faith be it unto you

If ye have faith nothing shall be impossible unto you

Be ye transformed by the renewal of the mind

If god be for me, who can be against me

Faith power works wonders

I believe God gives me power to attain whatever I really want

I expect the best and with God’s help will attain the best

Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel

Be unafraid of what you do not know
Give me Thy healing peace in my nervous system as well as in my soul

May the love of Christ fill my soul; may the love of Christ for __ fill my soul

The Lord is the strength in my life… in this I will be confident

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength


Wrapping Up

This week’s healthy homework is to create your own list of healthy reminders.

Write them out on index cards, your mirror, your phone – wherever you can to keep these good thoughts top of mind.

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Healthy Habits, Seasonal - Holidays

10 Health & Fitness Rules to Live By in the New Year

Corie Muldoon

Happy Holidays! If you’re like me, this time of the year can be a busy one.

Now that we’re at the tail end, we’re due for a good reset.

Here are 10 health & fitness rules to live by in the New Year to keep us happy, healthy, and fit:

  1. Good Sleep: 7-10 hours a night
  2. Intermittent Fasting: 8 hour eating window (e.g. 11am-7pm)
  3. Clean Eating: add in whole, organic foods whenever possible
  4. Stay Hydrated: half gallon of water minimum a day
  5. Daily Cardio: 20 mins a day (walk, run, dance, jump rope, stairs)
  6. Daily Movement: 30 mins minimum of yoga or strength work a day
  7. Think Twice: try to limit sugar, alcohol, fast food, chips, etc
  8. Read Labels: everything from food to lotions and hair products
  9. Decompress: selfcare, meditate, nap, read, journal, pray, declutter
  10. Express Low Feelings: if you are feeling low, let someone around you know about it; feel, express, let go

Cheers to a happy, healthy, and fit New Year ♡ 

Mindset

How to get motivated and stay disciplined

Corie Muldoon

Now that you have the idea of being healthy and fit, our next step is to bridge the gap between wanting and having.

  1. Define and remember your WHY
  2. Write out your goals every morning and night
  3. Visualize your goals and the steps you’ll have to do to get there
  4. Create a written plan and review it often
  5. Plan your workouts ahead of time
  6. Commit to weekly food shop, cooking more at home, and swapping out old/bad foods for healthy/clean foods
  7. Take action on your written plan
  8. Remember the 3-step rhythm of success: Plan, Do, Review.
  9. Tell people about your goals! Now you have some accountability.
  10. Reach out via my contact page if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about your health and fitness journey!
General, Healthy Habits

Simple life lessons from Tony Robbins

Corie Muldoon

Change your story, change your life.

A belief is a feeling of certainty.

Turn your mess into your message.

The past does not equal the future, unless you live there.

With the right story and state of mind, you can make anything work.

Happiness is a decision.

Change your environment, focus, and language.

Your words create your world.

If we’re in our head, we’re dead.

Avoid emotional stacking.

Complexity is the enemy of execution.

Be really clear of what you really want and where you want to be.

Clarity is power. The more clear you are about something the more power you will have.

Where am I really? Rate where you are and where you want to be.

How’re you going to close that gap? Emotional hunger and intensity.

Crush, destroy, and replace any story of limitation: excuses on why you’re not where you want to be.

Suffering is not in the facts, it’s in the perception of the facts.

Your story is creating the pain: what’s bullshit about the story you’re telling yourself?

Stretch philosophy: when you say you can’t, switch to MUST. If you want freedom, you have to stretch yourself further.

Learned helplessness. Let life happen- surrender to it.

Massive action is the cure all.

Give more than you ever expect to receive and you’ll have nothing to worry about.


x Corie

Getting Started, Holistic Healing, Mindfulness

Forgiveness is the path to freedom

Corie Muldoon

Once I forgave myself, everything got easier.

So many times I wish I would of acted differently.

And there’s even more times that I wish I would of stood up for myself, and not let someone treat me a certain way.

For so many years I carried this pain in the depth of my soul.

Once I made the decision to forgive myself, it all seemed to fade away.

I forgave myself for how I treated others and the pain that I’ve caused them.

And I forgave others for how they made me feel.

But most of all I had to really dig deep and forgive myself for letting what others did affect me.

That was hard to swallow. Because it’s so much easier to blame others for my pain.

This journey is NOT easy but when I wake up in the morning, all I can do is try to be better, even if I don’t always make the right decision.

It’s easy to see someone’s pictures and think that they have it all figured out, but what’s inside is a never ending cycle of self discovery – the good, bad, and ugly.

Once I chose to forgive myself, all of this seemed to go away, at least for the time being.

So when I find myself feeling those feelings that we all know too well, I ask my Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness and to help me carry my burdens through life.

Because I know for sure the decisions I make will follow me throughout my life.

And I so gratefully have Him to walk right along side me, to help with those pains.

I love you all and I am HERE. Talk to me! Together we are stronger ♡

x Corie

Getting Started, Mindfulness, Movement

How can I make my workouts more effective without using equipment?

Corie Muldoon

Practicing ‘mind-muscle connection’ during your workout can make your movement session more effective without using equipment.

To sum it up:

If you think about and focus on a muscle while you’re training it…

You’re much more likely to recruit that muscle and make it grow.

Here are some strategies to help improve your mind-muscle connection:

Performance Goal

Setting a total-rep performance goal can help you maintain focus over an entire training session.

You just set a number of reps and lift until you hit it!

The key, however, is choosing the right exercise and rep range.

Skill Goal

Focus small and build a small skill that leads to better movement.

Focus on your lacking skill until it integrates into your movement.

Then move on to your next weakness.

Reset Between Reps

Resetting between reps is a great way to refocus.

Rather than rushing and stringing reps together…

Perform each individual rep with stout focus.

The result is stronger performance.

Your mind stays focused on the task…

And good positioning lets you heave more load.

Happy moving ♡
x Corie