Read This Before You Decide to Stop Trying

What's Stopping You?

It is really fascinating when I think about how easy it is to give up. We give up on the little things, like when your kids keep asking for a cookie in the late afternoon, and finally you give in. We give up on more important things, like nutrition. I failed once today and it would be…

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6 Ways to Prevent Bored Kids This Summer

Ratterman Kids

Keeping kids busy during the summer can be challenging. I mean, really challenging. Especially when their ages vary and my kids are 4.5, 8, 10.5 and 13.5 so I can really empathize with busy moms that have bored kids. Here’s what we’ve been up to this summer: Get creative – At the beginning of summer I had…

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Celebrating Together with 9,000 Friends in Vegas

June 2014 Beachbody Summit

What an Amazing, Exhilarating, Energizing, Overwhelming, Mind-blowing, FUN experience I had at the Beachbody Summit in June! Post by Carl Daikeler.   This once-a-year convention & celebration for Beachbody coaches takes place in Vegas baby! Besides being in the city that never sleeps, I got the chance to meet some of my team members for…

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4 Must-Have Summer Survival Tips for Moms

Kids out of school

‘SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER!’ The anthem of every school-aged kid, and the most terrifying words to a mother of school-aged children. Kids out of school means kids at home making messes, needing to be fed and most of all, needing to be entertained. This can really throw a wrench into any routine and creates real…

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Changing Lives – It’s Why I Love My Job

Starfish on a beach

I wanted to share a story that has taken on special meaning to me, maybe it’s one you already know: A young boy walked along a beach filled with starfish that washed up during a storm the night before. Instead of adding to his seashell collection, he picked them up and threw them back into the…

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Coworkers + Workouts = Vacation?

Not many people are interested in vacationing with their coworkers. Fortunately, my coworkers are some of the people I enjoy spending time with the most, so that made our recent cruise together an experience we will all cherish. Beachbody has an all-expense-paid Success Club Trip once a year for coaches that meet the qualifying goals.…

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4 Ways to Cope With The Unexpected

Dealing with the unexpected

Working for yourself can be so liberating; you make your own hours, you choose who you work with – there are so many upsides! But, like everything, there are trade-offs. When you are a one-woman show, there is no understudy to step in when you have an unexpected need to take time off. Sometimes you…

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Proud to be More Than a Mom

blessed, grateful, momof4,

Do you ever have one of those days when you are just grateful? Grateful for your life, your family, the experiences you have and the people you meet? While riding my bike today and letting my mind wander, I became filled with gratitude. I don’t think that I had ever let myself imagine I would…

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Stop trying to be someone else

be fully present, live in the moment

You would think I would have known better.  I worked hard to create the life I have. In fact, I love my life and I don’t want to be anyone else.  HOWEVER…  over the past year or so, without knowing so, I was shutting myself out of my life.  It is amazing now when I…

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