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How Perfectionism Makes You Wait For What You Want

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on March 26, 2017
  • Being Aware

The most valuable and difficult thing I have ever learned is that perfection is a myth. That lesson may sound obvious, because everyone knows perfection isn’t realistic. But I don’t think it’s quite that obvious anymore. We’re […]

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2 Essential Techniques For Getting Back To Your Workouts

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on December 21, 2016
  • Being Aware

For most people, it’s not if you’ll fall off your workouts, it’s when. Believe it or not, it’s not an indictment on your character – it just is. But getting back to your workouts needs attention, just like […]

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Starting Over After A Training Layoff: One Year Later

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on July 1, 2016March 16, 2019
  • Beginners

I just realized that it’s been one year since I returned to training after my surgeries.  Wow. Returning to strength training wasn’t a seamless sort of thing. No “Bam, it’s time to lift heavy again.” After four months without heavy lifting, […]

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Sorry I’m Not Sorry If You Hate Goals

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on January 5, 2016March 2, 2019
  • Goals

Lately, it seems all the rage to diss fitness goals, of all things. “Don’t set goals – you’ll feel like a failure when you don’t reach them!” “Don’t set goals – they’ll kill your motivation!” One article even argued that […]

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Motivation Minute Ep 11: Releasing Perfectionism and Fear

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on November 13, 2015
  • Being Aware

Welcome! Need a mentor to rock better results with weights and clean eating? If you want even more motivational, lifting, and clean eating resources, plus my muscle-sculpting ebook, sign up for email updates.  Thanks for stopping by! […]

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Motivation Minute Ep 10: 2 Ways to Reach Your Full Strength Training Potential

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on November 6, 2015
  • Flexibilty

Welcome! Need a mentor to rock better results with weights and clean eating? Stay updated on blog posts and get a copy of my free muscle-sculpting e-book by subscribing. Thanks for stopping by! In this week’s video […]

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Changing Your Mind To Build Muscle And Strength

  • by Suzanne
  • Posted on November 4, 2015March 2, 2019
  • Being Aware

The women I coach almost never see the it coming. They think they’ll change their bodies by following the program I give them, and they’re right. But that only happens after they change their minds. How important are your core attitudes around food […]

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Post-Mastectomy Training

  • Strength Training after a Mastectomy

    March 13, 2017
  • A Journey Continued: My Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy

    March 20, 2015
  • Starting Over After A Training Layoff: One Year Later

    July 1, 2016
  • 5 Tips for Returning to Strength Training After a Mastectomy

    October 28, 2015
  • How I Learned to Love the End Goal

    April 23, 2015
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