Contact

Hi! To get started, please go ahead and send an email to me2youwellness[at]gmail.com.

I want to get to know you, so please include your full name, due date, age(s) of your child(ren) and what area you are located in. If you would like me to contact you via phone, then please also include your phone number and the best time to call you.

I Look forward to working with your family!

Recently I keep seeing the wisdom of how important

Recently I keep seeing the wisdom of how important forgiveness is pop up in my life. During my training with @healthcoachinst, in social media posts, in conversations with friends… and it reminds me of how far I’ve come in my personal forgiveness journey. Girlfriend used to hold on to stuff for wayyyyyy too long. 🙋🏼‍♀️

If I felt I was mistreated, wronged, or downright disagreed with someone’s behaviour, I held on — waiting for an apology I thought was inevitable or for that person to be ready to see things from my point of view. Spoiler alert: that doesn’t always come.

I used to carry so much grief over lost relationships, resentment for how a disagreement went down and to be honest, a lot of frustration. But thanks to #personalgrowth I started to see this change. I started to feel myself release the heavy weight I had been carrying on my back for way too long. It wasn’t an overnight thing — real deal transformation takes time.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean you condone certain behaviours, agree with someone or even make them ‘right.’ Forgiveness let’s all that go. It lets bygones be bygones and accepts that what was is not what is. What went down doesn’t define who you are, or who they are even! (You see that grace for others right there?! Yeah, that took some time. 😉)

Forgiveness is the biggest gift you can give yourself and those you love who deserve the best version of you. We are all on different journeys; at different stages and I believe that generally, we are all doing our best with where we are at. So let be and let love, and release that resentment. ✌🏻

Xo Kim

📸 @jamalamyaphotography

Back from a mini vacation away and pretty dang pro

Back from a mini vacation away and pretty dang proud of how I showed up while out of my usual routine.

I got some great workouts in — some very unstructured. I’m talking turn my timer on for 20min and just run laps around the campground followed by some squats and push-ups.

I ate yummy food. I enjoyed a cocktail or two 🤪 and I didn’t give myself a hard time for not being “perfect.” This is no easy feat. Vacations tend to come with a lot of guilt around not following our usual habits. But you guys… we gotta live and I don’t know about you but living to me is eating Grammy’s amazing lemon meringue pie and enjoying the heck out of it.

I came home leaving the guilt I would have felt about this in the past where it belongs — in the past, and I just kept right on keeping on. Indulging a bit on vacation doesn’t negate all of your progress!

I woke up today, sweat my 🍑 off, had my superfood shake and nourished my body. Enjoying life while on vacation doesn’t equate to ‘falling off the wagon.’ So enjoy your summer vacations! Move your body a bit, eat nourishing foods AND the pie, and then come home and pick up right where you left off.

🙌🏻

@jamalamyaphotography

We are in our flow, we have our routine on lockdow

We are in our flow, we have our routine on lockdown. Wake up, sweat, clean ourselves up and get on with the day; whether that’s work, mom life or whatever your day entails! But what happens when we wake up and a wrench is thrown into our usual series of events?

Maybe you slept in, someone in the fam came down with a bug, you or your partners work day got switched around, or you forgot the kiddos have summer camp at 8am.

How does your day look then?

Do you say ‘forget it’ to showing up? And heck, since you’re not gonna exercise today, you may as well throw out the nourishing meals and eat a box of twinkies for lunch? Or maybe you obsess all day about how you NEED to get your workout done and it’s all you think about?

Learning how to adapt and go with the flow is HUGE. Here are a few tips to be as cool as a cucumber when sh*t hits the fan and messes up your routine:

1. Pause and take 5min to look at your day. Is there anywhere you can fit in 30min that you just hadn’t thought of before? If so, schedule it in and then let it go knowing you will show up for yourself later.

2. Breathe. If you miss a day it’s not the end of the world.

3. Watch for self-sabotaging behaviours. Is missing your morning workout giving you a case of the ‘screw its’? Check in and stay on the path of nourishment/energy fuelling foods.

4. Feeling like you can’t even imagine moving your body after a long day? Challenge yourself to do just 5min. See how it feels. I’ll bet you get it done. 😉

So tell me, how do you handle routine change? Is there one of these tips you feel you could apply?

The importance of your movement space. 🤸🏼 N

The importance of your movement space. 🤸🏼

Nothing like a pandemic to force you to get creative when it comes to working out at home. I started outside on the patio, then moved to a tiny space beside a spare bed and then decided to overhaul the room entirely to give myself more of a ‘sanctuary’ that motivated me to move.

I am incredibly influenced by the type of space I’m in. During the heat wave we all slumber partied downstairs, completely taking over my sweat sesh space. I spent a few days trying to sneak in quick workouts amongst blankets, pillows and toys (because of course I couldn’t touch their ‘floor is lava game.’) But, I was surprised at how this impacted my motivation. Once the heat wave passed, I spent some time cleaning up the space so it was organized and open and boom 💥— I instantly felt more inspired to press play.

I get it. We don’t all have the ‘perfect’ space to get our sweat on, but if it’s possible to streamline yours a bit, I’d be curious to hear if this helps inspire you to move more!

What kind of person are you? No prob working out amongst mess or like the space type A clean like me?

📸 @jamalamyaphotography

👆🏻How I look trying to parent during a heat

👆🏻How I look trying to parent during a heat wave. Is it a mocktail or cocktail? I’ll never tell.

But for reals. Parenting littles in 40+ temps? UNCOOL. All of my @janetlansbury skills go right out the window! 👋🏻

It has been so hot, we have spent the majority of the last few days indoors (have you met my kids? We are not the indoor all day kinda folk over here.) And, when we do go outside, taking care of their basic needs to keep them safe is so tiring. “Get in the shade! Have some water! Here’s some food. Eat!! Stop running! You’re gonna overheat!”

People tell me it’s a good thing my kiddos aren’t TV or tablet driven but I wouldn’t complain if I could get an hour of glassy eyed, staring at a screen without blinking kids… oh, while in some AC. Hey. I always say dream big right!

Am I complaining? I think I’m complaining. I feel like this heat gives me permission. I grant you permission to complain as well. 🤪

So if you’re like me and your fuse is a little shorter than normal, I’m here to tell you that you’re not alone. We may be mamas, but we aren’t superhuman. Okay. I kinda think we are superhuman but you get it. We are affected by our environments too!

Hang in there mamas. We got this.

📸 @jamalamyaphotography

Doing what feels gooooood ✨ I’ve been feeling

Doing what feels gooooood ✨

I’ve been feeling a little bit lately like I’m doing things because I ‘should.’ Yes, there is the discipline that I talk about but I also believe that we need to tap into ourselves and do things that bring about pleasure and not loathing. I really believe that if we dread doing something but force ourselves to do it, there is some work to do.

This week I’ve been letting go of my OCD around sticking to ‘the plan’ and instead forging my own path. If the goal is to move our body and love doing it, then we aren’t going to stay on track if we are doing something we despise. keeping it fresh and fun is key!

I decided to try some new workouts and switched around things today so I wasn’t doing a 1:1 PT session AND my own workout, which often leaves me feeling really burnt out.

Consistency. Finding something that you enjoy. Mindset work around movement so that we actually crave it because it makes us feel good — and always tapping into self. These are some of the most important things for life long habit change. 🙌🏻

What feels good to you this week? What kind of movement are you enjoying?

📸 @jamalamyaphotography

Anyone else tear their jeans off as soon as they w

Anyone else tear their jeans off as soon as they walk in the door?

I mean, if I’ve only got one life to live, I’m gonna spend it in a cotton/spandex blend legging!

✌🏻

What’s your baseline? I operate best in positiv

What’s your baseline?

I operate best in positivity. It is where I am the most motivated, driven and feel so overflowing within myself which enables me to to pour into others.

Negativity puts knots in my tummy. It bogs me down and makes it feel difficult to thrive.

But have you ever heard of toxic positivity? I was talking about this with my counsellor yesterday and like most sessions, there was some serious ‘aha’ moments. Toxic positivity is when no matter how dire a situation may be, we feel like we have to have a positive mindset. It’s that ‘good vibes only’ idea. But here’s the thing. We have to allow ourselves to be bummed out once in a while — to feel the feels of the heavy stuff going on around us. I know, scary right.

Personally, I often feel like if I let myself go there then I’ll be operating from that forsaken place of negativity — unable to be creative, love on my family/friends or run my biz properly etc. But here’s the second thing — we will always come back to our baseline.

Boom.

I don’t know about you but realizing this took about 1000 pounds off of my shoulders.

Wait so I can feel down and not stay there forever? I can be upset and it doesn’t mean I’m feeling sorry for myself? SAY WHAT. 🤯

Ignoring the tough stuff and pretending ‘it’s all good’ has a tendency of catching up with you. Believe me. 😅

So what if knowing that we will come back to our baseline, we allowed ourselves to feel what we need to feel for a hot minute?

I don’t know about you but that sounds pretty good to me.

Xo

📸 @jamalamyaphotography

What if we stopped thinking that everyone’s feel

What if we stopped thinking that everyone’s feelings are our responsibility?

This post brought to you but yet another epic coaching call.

I used to think that tip toeing around people and biting my tongue made me kind. I mean, I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings!

But what I’m coming to learn is that we can speak our truth AND be grace and love. It does not have to be one or the other.

We can be firm with our boundaries or speak from the heart and it’s OK if someone doesn’t “get us” or agree. Let them have their own feelings and give grace.

I’m an approval hunter. There I said it. I seek approval from those closest to me. I’m not sure why (work in progress here, stay tuned) but I have a hard time with feeling like those I love most aren’t completely and utterly feeling me 100% of the time. Oh that’s not possible? Crap... hello adulthood and your profound life lessons.

The idea that not everyone will get, align, or even approve with our individual choices is inevitable. Ever speak your heart and someone had their own feelings about it? Not your responsibility. Deep breath.

This has been one of my toughest mountains to climb, but since I’m proclaiming it on social media that must mean I’m making progress right? 😆

What’s your toughest mountain to climb on the self development journey thus far?

📸 @jamalamyaphotography

Load More… Follow on Instagram