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You Belong Here... too
People believe the stories they tell themselves. This is I know to be true. And sometimes the stories we tell ourselves don’t o help us grow but stay stuck year after year.

Let’s talk about the over saturation of wellness coaches, fitness influencers, light workers, trainers, or even Beachbody coaches. Truth is over saturation doesn’t exist. When we have men & women dying and suffering in silence from illnesses that are preventable. Over saturation is a lie! When you know you sister and brother have a disease that she’s suffering from that can be CURED by the way she eats or moves her body daily. Over saturation is a lie! 

There is only one YOU. Only you can make your mark or tell YOUR story using your voice to inspire and empower others! #YOUBELONGHERE! We belong HERE! Black and brown people are the most UNDER represented in the health & wellness, fitness industry! We are PERIODT!

I represent and speak to the healing of ALL women. But when I see my sisters not put their health at priority it hurts.  Or when I hear my sisters speak and it is riddled with limiting beliefs it hurts.  I always have ppl say I don’t know how you do it, I don’t know how you make time with 4 kids (now Baby Moon 🌙) on the way!! I don’t know how your stay so consistent. I see the way you eat I could never do that! 

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People believe the stories they tell themselves. This is I know to be true. And sometimes the stories we tell ourselves don’t o help us grow but stay stuck year after year. 

Today was a day of fun, power talks, smiles, encouragement and women who know who we are and why we’re here!  Especially when we join forces and see how many more faces should be here #representationmatters.  I was so honored to share space with a small population of Queens who are LEADING the pack!! 

Ladies I love showing you what workouts to do and how to eat, I’d love it even more to show you and build with you so you too can pay it forward to your community, your family, your friends. Because the work of teaching and helping others men & women how to take better care of this one body, temple that we have and changing the trajectory of our lives by doing so is work that can never be over saturated.  I’m inviting the first 10 women, couples to JOIN ME, to join us in #fitsoulrevolution. Comment below or Email me at empoweredbycathy@gmail.com for more info on how to lead with Me! 

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You belong here love! I want you here right next to me front and center! There is a power house inside us all. Let’s tap into it! 

xo Cathy

Surrender

My daily routine consists of morning prayer, devotionals and being still before rising and than starting my day and I’ll be honest I drifted a bit, as I do many a days when I am connecting. In this prayer, I professed surrendering it all.  Like all of it.  Let’s be honest sometimes it’s just more than we can handle.

I than received a text message from one someone who I call my spiritual sister whom I’ve been thinking about reaching out to lately but for some reason it hasn’t happened but she’s been on my mind and I’d send Light her way anytime Id think of her. It was a text from her saying the spirit came to her, my name came up and she had sent a prayer up for me 🙏🏾 but what grabbed me in her note and prayer for me the word surrender was there. 

Later that morning as I went to burn some sage I pulled a card from my Universe Has Your Back, by Gabrielle Bernstein deck as I was getting ready to do a quick meditation and this card pictured was the one I picked or picked me. I immediately text my spiritual sister and we were both moved by it.  When you know, you know. It always astonishes you no matter how much you already believe. When the spirit is sending a message to you it will stop at nothing to make it crystal clear what is needed. You have to be open and paying attention i order to receive. 

My meditation afterwards was MIND BLOWING. Like I can’t even talk about it. LOL

I didn’t know if I wanted to share this but I know there are people who are struggling, people who are searching and looking for answers, for solutions for a way out of no way. I can’t stress enough how so many things have shifted, like mountains (whether it was people “in the way of”, things, situations, finances) moved in my favor because of fasting, deep prayer, being still, not giving up (because faith without works is dead), asking the universe, God, The Most High for what I want and if it be thy will be done. Meditating doesn’t have to be long even for 5 mins a day, journaling, getting clear of what you want, writing it down, believing it’s possible and going for it!! Sometimes drifting away even from the ones you love for a moment to reconnect and align with your center, your core has been transformative because that’s what’s needed to clear out the noise. 

Friends don’t stop seeking, aligning, asking, and doing the work. It’s not a one shot deal. 

Today I read if you don’t do anything else talk to God, Allah, universe. Some of the other things you like dare I say yoga, eating clean, exercising daily, drinking more water are not enough.  I’m here for the #fitsouls, not just the fit bodies, but for fit minds, fit spirits that reflect our highest selves.  Yesterday was reminder, a confirmation.  I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t advise you to do some reflection on what it is you believe you are called to do.  The BIG stuff, the scary stuff.  Your purpose awaits you. People are looking for their purpose when your purpose is waiting on you to activate that light inside of you. #surrendering is your compass. 

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Starting Over
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
~Meister Eckhart

Good Morning Beautiful People!! Happy Tuesday <3

Ever feel like you’re trying to put pieces together and not necessarily to create the masterpiece of your life but just to find some type of rhythm, balance, happiness and of course incorporate a healthier lifestyle? I have to say today I started over on my nutrition and workout program because last week was just a really tough week for me with me being sick majority of the week and unable to work out this week I just feel like I could just bring in a whole new, rejuvenated me.

Cheers to anyone here choosing to start over! I’m right there with you sister!! I’m here to remind you that we’re just building stronger foundations when doing so. There is no shame in seeing that you need to change the course, make a BOLDER commitment (to YOU), and this time maybe ditch those inconsistencies, regret, grief that the past decisions bring.

Something I’ve been reminded of and it keeps coming up is that “you are entirely up to you.” Your results, meeting your goals, your attitude towards well everything is TOTALLY up to you. This switches gears a bit for me and my clients when I remind them your win is entirely up to you staying in the game!!! Can’t stay in the game if you prefer watching on the sidelines and cheering on everyone else’s victory!

So I invite YOU to join me today or whenever you’re hear reading this. If you feel like you need to start over with your health and wellness, your fitness journey join me. This invite is for ALL women of ALL walks of life, moms, expecting moms all are welcome let’s do this together because I know that there’s some other women out there who are struggling and who need that tribe and community of sisters to lock arms with and do this together! Let no (wo)man be left on an island join my virtual fit camp. If this resonates with you or sparks some curiosity Lets chat!!! If you’re ready lets get you Enrolled TODAY!!

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Plan A program: Start Date (ongoing)
🕓 25-35 Minute Pre&Post Natal Workouts
📈Beginner - Intermediate Simple yet effective and flexible meal plan perfect for yo-yo dieters, emotional eaters who want to release bad habits
🏋🏽‍♀️ Light - medium Weights 🎖Me as your Coach
👑MY Squad as your support 📍YOU CAN ONLY WIN📍

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Plan B program: Start Date (ongoing)
🕓 30 Minute Total Body Workouts
📈Beginner - Intermediate Flexible and simple meal guides (using portion control containers) teaching you how to eat towards your goals w/o starvation & deprivation
🏋🏽‍♀️ Light - medium Weights 🎖Me as your Coach
👑MY Squad as your support 📍YOU CAN ONLY WIN📍


Best way to reach your results is to start from where you are.

xo Cathy 💛

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Writing New Chapters With the Help of a Winters Sun Rise
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Every morning for years, I’ve I looked out this same window. I am a dreamer if you haven’t already noticed. I’d dream, I’d wonder, hope for more, sometimes I’d smile finish my thoughts and then go and start my day.

I can’t remember when I started looking out my old bedroom window but I do remember that I more often than not I really disliked what I saw for years. I judged everything. All I saw was the bad, the negative, the things that I didn’t like it reminded me of decisions that Ive made in the past that may have led me to where I found myself unhappy, left in discontent and wavering faith. It was really a reflection of where I was mentally and emotionally. 

It wasn’t until I really started to the work on me physically with my daily workouts, heightening my spiritual awareness. Getting to know ME and most importantly the Most High in a more intimate way. Going above and beyond with doing personal development which every business professional, wellness coach, human being should be incorporating into their daily practice. I started waking up earlier in the morning before the sun would rise and would watch the sky move. This was every morning after my prayer/meditation/ devotions. I’d watch the sun peek through the skies. And noticed how the sun brightened up my view. What changed? A different mindset. A different outlook. It was the same view. I chose to adjust my focus. It was mind blowing. Same view, same window, same place I called home. All along all I had to do was change what I chose to see. One of my prayers I asked was Lord I just want a home with a beautiful view. I’ve always had a view just needed a new set of eyes to view it with. To view things more through my soul.

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With tears of joy I walked through our condo for the last time (alone) that we called home for years the sun once again came to shine on me. I felt a wave of emotions because in this very room I prayed, fasted, cried, created, nursed, made love and everything in between. My goodness I’m so blessed I thought. Blessed beyond belief.

Next chapter is about to be SO DOPE. On to new levels. Don’t be afraid to be great y’all! You deserve it!!! 

2018 has been A BEAST. 

Which created a BEAST of BELIEVERS!

2019 you ready? cause the BENJAMINS are!