It feels odd to use the word “balance” when talking about life.  The picture that comes to mind is a balanced scale, or teeter-totter, but the reality is that life events, activities, and responsibilities aren’t always going to be balanced evenly as a teeter-totter would be.  Creating life balance is about being present, and feeling fulfilled in all areas of life.  When you’re able to achieve fulfillment, you’ll feel emotionally and physically balanced and live life in a positive, passionate way.

The key to creating fulfillment in life is to follow some very simple rules:

1. Breathe

Breathing is free, portable and life-changing.  Stop what you’re doing.  Place both feet flat on the floor, relax your shoulders, close your eyes and place one hand on your belly while the other rests on your lap.  Now use your nose to inhale, filling every area of your belly full of air.  Pause at the top of the inhalation and then exhale through the mouth.  Repeat often.

2. Be Present

When we take things one step at a time, and focus on the task at hand we are more productive and less stressed overall.  Break the multi-tasking cycle and begin accomplishing one “to-do” at a time.  This provides us space to think clearly, be direct about our goals for the day, and structure accordingly to achieve them.

3. Positive Affirmation

Researchers believe we have 60,000 thoughts a day and 80% of them are negative!  We’re filling our brains with self-limiting beliefs when we allow negative thoughts and self-talk to exist in life.  This is a sure-fire way to feel unfulfilled and out of balance in life.

Start replacing the negative chatter with a positive affirmation.  When you hear the negative chatter, silently say “there’s no space in my life for this to exist” and replace the negative thoughts with a positive affirmation.  An affirmation is an “I AM” statement such as “I AM CAPABLE” or “I AM CONFIDENT” or “I AM WORTHY” to support you in health and happiness.  Use powerful words that speak to you and carry meaning in your life.

4. Release Control

There’s no need to fret about the decisions another person makes; nor the reaction a person may have to the choices you make in life.  You can only control the choices you make and the responses you have in this life.

Begin to release control of other’s decisions and responses by giving them permission to respond however they need to respond.  This can be done silently, or communicated directly to the person in a caring, loving way.    This will free you up to experience more fulfillment and joy in your own life.

5. Live a life of Gratitude

The practice of gratitude sheds new light on a situation, affirms the positive in your life, and helps you celebrate all that is good.  Take time every day to express gratitude for the big and small things in your life.  Write down 5-10 things you’re grateful for each morning upon waking, and again at night before going to sleep.

We invite you to access additional resources and connect with us at www.AngelaGaffney.com .

It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me at connect@angelagaffney.com.

Believe it can be!

xo,

We’ve all experienced the uncertainty of tomorrow, we’re concerned for the health of our community, and we look ahead to brighter days to come.  While many things feel completely out of our control, there’s plenty that we can focus on in a positive manner, and at the top of the list is our health!

Today, I’m sharing my quick-tips guide to boosting your immune system.  This is the perfect time to sneak spinach into your kiddo’s morning smoothie, to grill up some wild-caught salmon for dinner and enjoy an evening walk together as a family.  The simplest of choices can make a BIG difference in your health and happiness.  Take a look at the guide, choose a couple of things you can do right now to boost the immune system, share the information with friends and family and support your body to the best of your ability!

It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me at connect@angelagaffney.com.

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xo,

Hey there!

We can do everything possible to enhance our health and happiness, but if our sleep is suffering, we’re bound to suffer too!

Here’s one little exercise you can practice daily to ensure a good nights rest and a productive day ahead.  It is best to practice 4-7-8 breathing in the morning, upon waking, and again at night before going to sleep.

Enjoy!

It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me: connect@angelagaffney.com.

Believe it can be!

xo,

Hey there!

It’s hard to believe it’s been 12 years now.  Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that I was going through a massive health crisis, trying to find my way in a world with no answers.  And the day I did get my diagnosis, I was told to go home and prepare for a rare neuromuscular disease to take my life.  Not really the news I had hoped for, but looking back it was exactly what I needed.

I needed a wake up call.  Something to shake me to the core and help me see that my habits, my choices, and my focus needed to shift into a higher-quality place.

I feel incredibly blessed to be here today, to have found my way, then return to school to ensure I could help others find their way too.  Health is something we all need to work at daily, and it’s better when we’re working at it together.

My mission is simple:  Ignite health, resilience and happiness in others.

I’ve had the privilege of guiding individuals and organizations for almost 10 years now, to achieve health as they excel in business.  And today I want to do more.  There’s never been a better time to give more of myself to others; stress and demands are at an all-time high.  I can help you navigate the storm and come out on top.

So here’s the EXCITING news . . .

I’ve opened a brand-spanking-new public Facebook page called ONE HEALTHY, RESILIENT, HAPPY LIFE and I’d love to see you there!

If you’re wanting to invest more in your health, spend time in a community with like-minded, positive people where you can share your challenges, celebrate success, and tap into education, inspiration, live Q&As and more . . . come join us!

As a member of our community you’ll also be the first to know about all the happenings over here . . . free workshops, a membership community, and fun, healthy challenges!

Don’t miss out, life is always better together!

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It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me: connect@angelagaffney.com.

Believe it can be!

xo,

I grew up striving for perfection and it impacted every area of life . . . I’d get stomach aches over my school grades, push myself too far sometimes in sports, and I was a rule follower; I never wanted to “rock the boat” for fear of conflict or even worse, failure.

Maybe you’ve found yourself here at one point or another too.  I hear about the need to please, and striving for perfection a lot while working with my clients.  I believe we’ve all been trained to think we have to do everything “just so” in order to achieve health, success and happiness.

Quite frankly, the exact opposite is true.

If we never experience failure, how can we succeed beyond our wildest imagination?

If we never experience darkness, how are we to see the light?

If we keep ourselves confined in a box, how will we ever learn to fly?

This applies in all aspects of life; your health, your career, your level of happiness and more. In each case, your journey of accomplishment, failure and success depends on progression.  Never perfection.  It’s about knowing how to find your way back to what serves you best when you’ve fallen off course.  It’s exploring new ideas, foods, and trails to find your way when the current situation isn’t working.  It’s understanding your “why” behind all of it, taking ownership of your choices and consciously committing to make a change, and then following through with it.

It’s never about perfection; a healthy, resilient, happy life is all about progression.

If you find yourself off course today.  Maybe you’re tired of waking up tired.  Maybe stress has gripped you so tightly you feel you can’t breathe.  Or maybe you’ve longed for better health for years now and are ready to do something, just one thing, to better the situation.  I encourage you to start with this:

1. Close your eyes, and take 5 deep belly breaths.  Nice and slow, relaxing your shoulders, clearing your mind, relaxing your body.
2. Ask yourself “what ONE thing could I do today to help the situation?”  Maybe a brisk 10 min walk is a good start, or making a salad for lunch, or saying no because, honestly, your plate is already overflowing.  Decide on your one thing and follow through with action.  Awareness and ideas are marvelous; implementation is where change happens.
3. Repeat this every single day, and build on your ONE simple choice with another.  Taking things one step at a time helps build momentum until you’re in a place where you can do more.  There’s no need to do an overhaul on your life; small shifts amount to big returns.  Just focus on the ONE thing each day and build from there.  Before you know it, each little step will have turned into you walking a marathon and you’ll feel incredible!
4. The fourth and final thing is to remember that negative thoughts and self-talk only hold us back from progress.  Shut those thoughts down, replace them with supportive, positive, powerful words and offer yourself grace along the way, taking  it one step at a time.

Let us know about your ONE simple choice by leaving us a comment here!  And reach out if we can be of support to you or your team in the journey to healthy, happy living!  We’re here to be a valuable resource to you!

It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me: connect@angelagaffney.com.

Believe it can be!

xo,

There’s one common limiting factor that has affected every single client I’ve worked with for the past 10 years.  Each client has desired better quality of health, some seeking increased energy, others wanting to decrease pain in the body, many needing better sleep, and more and more who want to decrease the anxiety they’re experiencing; the list of desires is long.  In every case, they’ve tried different things to help their health, but were never able to make the long-term change they wanted.  This one common limiting factor held them back from creating a life of health, resilience and happiness and maybe it’s affecting you too!

This one common limiting factor is what I call “the gap”.  The gap is the space between your desired life, and the one you currently live; the health and happiness you may be lacking today, and that which you desire.  This gap exists because we rarely take the time to assess our daily choices and understand the true shift that needs to be made in order to live the life we desire.  When our choices are out of alignment and are working against our desired outcome, the journey will be a long, constant battle.  We help you close the gap and create lifelong change.

1. 1. 1. Beyond assessing and understanding the shift that needs to be made is the action necessary to create change.  This necessary step can also be a challenge; we’re all keeping up with the busyness of life and allow ourselves to fall to the bottom of the list.  If this is where you are today, I want to offer a few quick steps to assess, take action and create a lifelong shift to achieve your desired health and happiness.
      2. Identify one area in life where your habits are currently working against your desired outcome.  For instance, maybe you desire better sleep but you work late into the night and then expect your body to transition directly into rest.  Or you want to lose weight but find yourself snacking all night long.  Maybe it’s that you really want to be in better shape but never find the time for exercise.  Identify your sticking point, where your habits currently work against your desired outcome; write this down on a piece of paper.
      3. Next, you’ll select one action step to focus on; we can’t overhaul everything overnight so let’s decide on just one thing.  Once you define the one action step you’ll focus on, you’ll want to set micro goals for yourself.  In the example I mentioned above, where you really want to be in shape but currently aren’t getting any exercise, your one action to focus on might be getting three 30-min exercise sessions in per week.  This is your big goal, so you’ll need to set 2-3 micro goals in order to accomplish the task of achieving your exercise sessions.  These could include:
         1. 1. 1. Wake up 40 min earlier on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for exercise.
               2. Map out a weekly exercise plan to complete during each session.
               3. Find an accountability partner so each of us can report into one another in a positive, supportive way.
      4. You can build on this new habit when it feels comfortable to do so, extending the days of exercise, or adding in food goals, etc.  Remember that even when you build, you’ll want to have one focused action, and create micro goals for yourself.  Developing new habits is different for everyone and typically takes about three months before it starts feeling like a natural part of your day.  I share this to encourage you to stick with it, and soon enough it’ll feel like second nature!

Last but never least, please be kind to yourself through the process.  Health is not about perfection, it’s all about progression.  There’ll be days when you execute exactly as planned, and others when it doesn’t go as well as you had hoped.  I ask that you take a moment to reflect on the action you took, and consider how your action helped close the gap between life today, and the life you desire.  Offer yourself grace, shift your choices accordingly, and do your best everyday to close the gap and live well.

We serve a community of amazing people through our Healthy Roots ONE individual membership, corporate wellness offerings and one-on-one coaching.  Please reach out if you’d like support in your journey to healthy, vibrant living; we’re here to be a valuable resource.  You can learn more and access complimentary resources at www.AngelaGaffney.com.

It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me: connect@angelagaffney.com.

Believe it can be!

xo,

Kristie, a high-level executive and member of our Healthy Roots ONE membership came to me last week with wonderful news!  Just like many of us, Kristie has the goal of decreasing her sugar intake, and making healthier choices with food.  She shared that she’s never been able to cut the sugar out before describing what a challenge it has been.  In our conversation, she shared that not only has she been able to decrease her sugar intake, she’s also feeling the benefits of her new habits!  The best news of all though is that the shift has been pretty easy, and she’s not feeling deprived “all because of the way you teach us” she said.  This is what everyone wants!  To create a lifestyle of healthy choices that fuel energetic, productive days ahead.

I’ve gotta say that I feel incredibly blessed to be able to do this work; honestly, I love it so much that it shouldn’t even be called “work”.  This is the exact reason I love it so much.  You see, there’s no greater return for me than to hear another person say their life has improved as the result of our care and guidance.

There are so many people just like Kristie working hard to succeed in their career who desire greater health and happiness.  You, my friend, can have it all!  There’s no need to compromise.

If you, your team or your organization are in need of a boost, or a full program to ignite health, resilience and happiness, we can help you!  We’re here to be a valuable resource and would love to hop on a discovery call to learn more about your needs.

A few ways we can serve include:

• Onstage + Online Keynote Speech:  Always live and customized!
• Customized Virtual Wellness Sessions:  Highly engaging, valuable video series to support your team in health and happiness.
• Healthy Roots Co-op:  Comprehensive, affordable wellness solutions for small to medium sized businesses.
• Healthy Roots ONE Membership: Igniting health, resilience and happiness worldwide, one member at a time.

With each of these services you’ll gain a new perspective, learn how to make high-quality choices in all areas of life and create new standards to achieve long-term health.

Want to learn more? Let’s Start the Conversation

It’s always an honor and joy to serve and support you in health and happiness.  I’d love to hear from you; feel free to connect with me: connect@angelagaffney.com.

Believe it can be!

xo,

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xo,

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Health is not about perfection; it is all about progression.  Making one high-quality choice at a time and building on your daily momentum to achieve life-long health and happiness.   Our society presses us to be quick about everything; 30-second commercials, limited-time offers, pills and cleanses to lose the pounds fast.  We’re called to be quick and efficient in all that we do, but when it comes to our health we must slow down and be steady.   

Transform means to change in form, appearance, structure or in condition, nature or character.  This is such a powerful group of words; for us to achieve health we must change our current habit structure, shift the years of conditioning we’ve learned, nurture our unique nature and know that the challenges we face along the way help transform our character.  And a bonus to all of it is that our appearance will automatically transform because of all this change that takes place; it’s inevitable.   

There’s a rule I ask all my clients to follow and that is “above all else, be kind and true to YOU.”  With our fast-paced lives, our need to please, and our want for a quick fix it can be difficult to patiently transform.  We dive in, go all out and then lose patience, get mad at ourselves, feel guilty, and sabotage all the work we’ve put in.  These behaviors do not serve us in any positive way and yet they are so common.     

What can you do today to start your personal transformation in a positive, patient way?  Here are a few ideas you can choose from to get started: 

1. Drink 80 oz of water; every process in your body needs it.

2. Eat 2 cups of leafy greens every day. 

3. Eat 4 cups of vegetables every day. 

4. Eat 1-2 servings of healthy fat every day. 

5. Eat clean, organic sources of protein every day.   

6. Never skip a meal; get your 3 squares in daily.   

7. Turn off the technology. 

8. Sit, talk and laugh with the ones you love. 

9. Read something that inspires you to live in a better way. 

10. Move daily; lift weights, go to yoga, or dance the night away. 

11. Thank someone for their kindness. 

12. Enjoy a hot cup of herbal tea. 

13. Stop eating 2 hours before bed. 

14. Shut the TV and computer off 2 hours before bed. 

15. Take an Epsom salt and lavender bath. 

16. Get 8 hours of sleep each night. 

17. Rise early and enjoy time for prayer, meditation and intention. 

18. Offer yourself forgiveness & release any guilt you might feel. 

19. Write down 10 things your grateful for every morning and night. 

20. Show up in your best manner & release the need to please others.   

Try to employ a few of these of these tactics in your daily life this week to jumpstart your health and wellness transformation!

XO,

Stress impacts the whole body.  When a stressful situation occurs, the nervous system responds and immediately increases cortisol and adrenaline to prepare the body for emergency action.  Your heart rate and blood pressure increase, muscles tighten, you may feel nauseous, and begin breathing harder.  Although this is a natural response to stress it is not natural to experience it daily. 

Daily stress brings on a lot of consequence that includes everything from difficulty concentrating to fatigue, weight gain and depression.  So how can this stress cycle be stopped to allow calm amid chaos?   The key is choosing to participate differently. 

1. Create supportive, healthy boundaries.  Take inventory of your daily activities and decide if adjustment is needed to alleviate stress in your life.  Create buffers in the day so you can move in a fluid way without the anxiousness and stress of being overscheduled.  Carve out blocks of time to focus solely on a project and to answer emails and voicemails.  In the evening allow space for the activities you enjoy such as light exercise, connection with friends, and quiet time to read.  

1. Breathe.  Offer your body the gift of breath; it is free, portable and accessible any time yet it is rarely used to its full capacity.  Take a slow, deep breath in through the nose, filling the abdomen like a balloon.  Pause and then slowly exhale through the nose as you contract the abdomen to push out all the air.  Repeat.  The gift of breath will calm the body and provide you a new perspective on the situation. 

1. Say no.  This can be a challenging but necessary assignment if you want to reduce stress in your life.  Before making any decision, ask yourself “What will this provide me?”.  This one simple question will help you decide whether your participation will cause you angst, or move you in the direction of stress-free living.  By pausing and asking yourself this question, you will be able to make a conscious choice instead of one out of convenience, haste, or guilt.  Kindly express thanks and gratitude for the opportunity and say no.  It really is as easy as that.   

1. Give permission.  You are in control of your response in every situation in life but you cannot control the response of others.  Before any stressful conversation silently say to the other person, “I give you permission to respond however you need to respond.”   This one simple act will allow you to express your thoughts and concerns and release control of the other persons response.  Stress happens when we worry about the unknown, or try to please another person and fall short.  Choose to do what is best for you, be kind to yourself in the process, and provide permission for others to do the same.   

1. Use the power of word.  Words often feed stress in the body more than the situation itself!  What if instead of saying “I just don’t have enough time” you shifted your mindset by saying “I have all the time I need.”  Just through the power of word you provided space to accomplish the task at hand with grace, focus, and calm instead of being frazzled and stressed out.  You can also recite phrases like “all is well” “I am enough” or “I release all control” to set the stage for a positive experience.   

Stress will always be present in life; the good news is you get to choose how you want to participate in it!  Advocate for yourself, create a supportive environment and know that you have everything you need to live stress-free.   

XO,