Inspiration

Cathy’s Purpose

June 20, 2008
By Rich

Please read this post from the Team Beachbody Message Boards and apply it to your life: “I was in the chat with Tony Horton the other day. It was very thought provoking. He shared several principles of life and working out. The one that stuck with me most and really got me thinking was:...

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Pushing Through the Pain

June 12, 2008
By Rich

As far back as she can remember, Pam had always been the chubby girl who struggled with her weight. While she was growing up, eating food became the way she tried to cope with the pain of being abandoned by her father when she was a baby. During moments of insecurity, she reached for...

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Should we be living in zoos?

May 25, 2008
By Rich

My daughter and I went to the zoo today and all of the animals are so beautifully housed and fed and every effort is made to recreate their natural habits and to keep them healthy and happy.  Not too fat, not too thin, but eating like they would in their natural habitats and maintaining...

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10 Ways to Find the Happiness in Front of You

May 16, 2008
By Rich

Whatever faith guides you can probably be found on the Beliefnet site. I get words of inspiration from them that guide me through each day. This content is from “Life Is Sweet” by Addie Johnson. Used by permission from Conari Press. “Life Is Sweet” – copyright 2008 – is available wherever books are sold....

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Push – Friday Inspiration

May 16, 2008
By Rich

I need inspiration and motivation just as much as anyone else. I am blessed to have it come to me in emails or promptings or in the littlest things and then I love to pass it on. I have gotten an email for years entitled, “Insight of the Day” and most of the time,...

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Failing the Faithful

May 15, 2008
By Rich

Anyone who reads my blog is either very faithful or has a lot of time on their hands, since I only post about once a week and I’ve been getting nominated for most boring blog on the Internet. That is changing as I write because I now am going to focus all of my...

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Lucky Us – An Open Letter to My Coaches

May 7, 2008
By Rich

Does anyone count their blessings anymore? I sure do. But I also know that it is hard on a bad day, but even on the worst day, there are many things to be thankful for. One of the blessings that I don’t have is a coach to give me ideas. The reason that I...

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The Fear of Fitness Persecution

April 18, 2008
By Rich

An Open Letter from Rich to His Coaches. As coaches, fitness persecution is a real fear that we all have and it certainly limits our desire to spread the religion of fitness. Although we are passionate when we are among those who share our beliefs and feel safe when we get together and talk...

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Ecoactivists Needed in Albuquerque, NM

April 7, 2008
By Rich

My workouts revolve around P90X, but in the late afternoon on Sunday, I go for a good run. I paused at my turn around point because the view was so extraordinary with the Sandia Mountains standing majestically to the East. I was thinking of the words to say to express how important the mountain...

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Passion of the Coach

March 15, 2008
By Rich

Please don’t think that this is some cheap take off on the movie, the Passion of the Christ, one of the most powerful movies that I have ever seen. It is actually the only way that I could think of to describe to you why I have been so remiss in writing in my...

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