Alive and Powerful

This has been such an amazing weekend. Advocare Ladies Alive was such a fun-filled weekend!

It all started out with Fitness Friday, let by the beautiful Jodi Mamula. I volunteered at registration and got to welcome all of the beautiful ladies coming to work out with us. It was so fun to watch women of all shapes, sizes, ages, and ability levels have a blast working out together! God made everyone unique and I am so glad I got to watch everyone have a blast feeling good in their own skin.

Working out and feeling fabulous

Me and Taylor the workout champ!

Me and the beautiful Isa

Transformation from the 24 Day Challenge

Something that I am really excited to share is my before and after pictures of my 24 Day Challenge results from 2010. I lost 10.5 body inches, 4 inches off my waist, and 3lbs. When I submitted the pictures I couldn't believe how different I looked! My tummy and face completely changed and I cleared up so many digestive issues.  I am so thankful I have Advocare products during this pregnancy to help me put on HEALTHY weight in the right places. 20+ Lbs. heavier than before I was pregnant and my face looks better still than before Advocare! 

The event was AMAZING. Imagine 1,100+ women at La Costa Resort and Spa getting poured into by phenomenal leaders to go out and impact their families and communities. About half of the women there pursue Advocare as a business opportunity and the other half came to have a blast and leadership poured into them. 

Jodi Mamula, beautiful leader and champion!

You had to be there  to understand how this event impacts women. No recap I could give could express the level of transformation and impact this event had on the ladies who attended. I will try my best to express what hit me and landed on my heart this weekend. Here are some quotes from some of the the ladies who spoke. I wrote them down in my journal and chewed on them a bit. Such awesome Advocare leaders!

"Our life is made on a series of decisions" -Judy Ikard

This was something that I resonated with because I want to be able to look back on my life and say "I am proud of the decisions I made".  I love the slight edge principal and want to be able to make the right small decisions on a consistent basis to achieve the goals and dreams I have for my life!

"Commitment without a plan is only a good feeling" -Judy Ikard

I love commitment. I love being able to say "I will be there!", "I will totally do that!", "I'm all in, you can count on me!" and then after a while without a plan in place, no action is taken and my commitment looks like a great wish instead of a reality. I didn't get married without a plan in place for how John and I were going to stick with that commitment and grow in love and relationship. We planned to join a married community group, do marriage enrichment courses, and spend time on vacation investing on our relationship. Why should I expect a plan-less commitment to succeed?

"Fear will keep you in mediocrity. Stop acting according to how you feel because fear is false." Jeniffer Bishop

I never feel like getting out of bed. Yet I do because I have things I need to get done. We do things we don't feel like doing every day. Especially with our business there are days I don't feel like talking to someone new or sharing my story with a person who is desperate for a change. I let fear and anxiety get in the way of their brighter future. When I stop to think about how my fear is holding others back from experiencing freedom I can see the mediocrity creeping in. Average is never something I aspire to be! I desire greatness. I desire to step out of the feelings of fear and into a life of greater impact!

If you knew who you really were, you would be in awe of yourself. Isn't it time you stepped into your power? Today what would courage have you do? -Kristi McGihon

God created each of us uniquely. If I really knew who I was in Christ I would be in shock and awe. I am ready to step into that knowledge and step into the power that He was given me to be ME. It takes courage to do this and I am excited to step into a place of bravery. Only I have been called to be who I am. Nobody can be that for me. I am called to change people's lives according to how I am made.

"You have two options. The pain of regret or the pain of discipline" -Christine Baker 
WHOA.  This one hit me like a ton of bricks. Discipline is not something I get excited about, but when I look ahead to what a life without discipline will look like I KNOW the pain of regret will be present. I want to look back without painful regret. I want to change people's lives and be changed in the process. I desire to be disciplined in the actions I take to share the message of hope with others because my freedom is freeing to others.

"Accept and obey your strengths. People are waiting for YOU to live in your strengths" -Jodi Mamula 
The most important thing I took away from Ladies Alive was Jodi's message. I realized that I am not living and operating in my strengths. I took Strength's Finders  for the second time about a year ago and have not taken the time to understand my strengths and how I can operate in them better. Jodi shared her journey embracing her strengths after trying to act and operate like other people did in their strengths. I find myself having strength envy and connected with this a lot. The team I lead and the people whose lives I impact are waiting for me to live in my strengths. 

Jodi and I are going to meet later this week to go over my strengths. She is going to help me learn how I can better access how God has created me so that I can use my strengths to pour into our Advocare business. I am super excited for this but there is a part of me that is fearful of who I really am. I am almost scared of the potential God has created within me. What if I really am powerful beyond measure? What if being brave  in my strengths changes everything? What if it is painful to let go of my old self? Stay tuned for more on this, I have a feeling God is going to take me on quite the journey.  

Photo booth fun with the girls!

 

Our room at La Costa Resort!

My ladies! Melissa, Me, Jessie, KT, and Taylor