Joy In The Journey

At the beginning of September we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary and for us the celebration continues as today we celebrate the anniversary of our engagement on the day that John proposed 9 years ago. Amazing how it feels like decades have passed since we have been together and at the same time like it was yesterday.  That's how it is for us, we are so connected and familiar and like we have always been together and at the same time everything seems exciting and new, like the start of a beautiful adventure.   As I recall,  it was an unseasonably warm September night 9 years ago when John proposed.  Much like the weather we have enjoyed this week. We had been out on a date and as often we did, we stopped into the Adoration Chapel at St. Mary's to pray and sit with Jesus for awhile. St. Mary's quaint Adoration Chapel is a favorite.  I was in the habit of visiting the Blessed Sacrament every day. And I often went there on my ow...

Over the past few years I’ve learned a lot about myself including what I need in my personal tool belt to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. And I’ll tell you a secret...... I’ve got the winning formula. That winning formula is me!! Specifically me applying myself, staying in the right mindset, making the hard choices, staying the course even when it gets hard, and most important making the choice to commit not just to a healthy weight loss program, workout and nutrition plan, but making a commitment to myself and staying accountable to it. You’ve got the winning formula too! You!! But I’ll tell you another secret....... That winning formula works best when the journey is shared. That for me and I think I can speak for the ladies in our success group is the secret sauce in a nutshell!! So I’ve made a choice, as has my beloved to do 100 workouts. To start we are joining a VIP coach group with the su...

ROCCAMORICE - SAN BARTOLOMEO One evening after dinner our cousin Gabriele and his family took my sister Irma, nephew Mark and me to the hermitage of St. Bartholomeo in Ligio.   The cavern is located in the hills of the Maiella Mountains in the Abruzzo Region where our family lives. The hermitage is extremely old and dates back to before the 1200’s and the first hermits on Maiella and stands under a 50 meter long rocky ledge that is built directly into the face of the mountain and which can be reached by a sacred staircase, usually done on one’s knees.  This beautiful refuge is very remote, steep, and not easily accessible and is approximately 750 feet above sea level.      The heights were dizzying, the fresh mountain air intoxicating with the sweetness of wild herbs and flowers and the myriad of vistas absolutely breathtaking.   While standing on the ledge of the hermitage looking at the amazing work of the Lord’s hands I felt so ve...

I have the great blessing of coaching and helping others on their journey to a healthier lifestyle and I am on that journey too.  It's not always easy and there are struggles along the way and right now for many it is a time of struggle.  Coming off the holidays and into the new year.  Maybe starting off strong and then falling off, wanting to get back on track and stumbling more than we'd like.  Knowing spring is around the corner and wanting to get there strong......whatever the reason or wherever we are in the process I think we can all relate at one time or another. This morning I shared the following thoughts with my group: I was thinking about how sometimes we all get to a point when it's difficult to shake that downhill trend.  You know doing good for a few days, then sliding off a bit, getting back in and kind of that cycle. And where at one time or another we have been able to pull out for a good long stretch of going in the direction w...

  WOW, WOW, WOW So much to say about this but I'm keeping it brief and providing you with a link that can answer your questions and provide you with more information. I learned about Anthony William the Medical Medium and the benefits of drinking fresh Celery Juice from a friends post.  I almost discarded the idea without looking further into it.  Mostly because the idea of drinking celery juice was not at all appealing to me and also because I thought this may another fad.   But knowing that my friend isn't into fads, is health conscious  and does her own thorough research.  And then taking the time read the comments on her post of others who were starting the day with fresh celery juice and following various methods recommended in these books  I was intrigued and decided to dive into a little research myself.  After looking into the  Medical Medium, Liver Rescue and Life Changing Foods and scanning through the in...

https://www.facebook.com/lindasousa.joyinthejourney/videos/181649059381298/ We are capable of so much more than we think or know. If I never took that first step towards self care a few years ago my life would look a whole lot different today and I sure as heck could never have jumped while doing a burpee, let alone 11 of them in a row as an added challenge at the end of a half hour workout. I would also never known the blessing and joy of serving and mentoring others with their health, lifestyle and business goals. And the grace of helping them tap  into their own beauty and greatness. I am so grateful that I have learned to challenge myself and stretch beyond my own self limiting beliefs to bring out my best self, live intentionally, increase my self-knowledge and confidence and walk in my purpose serving others. It didn’t come naturally, I work at it every day because I AM worth it, I was made for a greater purpose. You are too, and if you want to figure out yo...

Have you ever taken a spontaneous trip or had a little adventure that turned out to be one of the best times ever? That was us celebrating our wedding anniversary in 2015.  We started out with a long weekend at the Cape and had a wonderful side trip for the day to Martha's Vinyard.  Then on Labor day we headed back home with a week off and no specific plan. And as we found out, sometimes those spontaneous vacations are the BEST! This one was for us.  The day after we were back from Cape Cod we had a relaxing morning and slept in and on a whim decided we wanted to go out for a late breakfast and take a drive to the White Mountains even though it was approaching mid day. On our way we found a great place to eat and then  headed north. We began and as it turns out ended our day at Lost River, in large part because we got there so late in the day.  We walked and hiked the whole trail taking our time and enjoying every view along the way.  What a bles...