Monday check in! 

Heart center ✔️. 

Mindset ✔️. 

Scanning everything from your crown to the tips of your toes. 

We will get through this.  I think for the first time many of us are feeling the same thing. 

Uncertainty.  Bringing up a lot of what ifs. Bringing up a lot of questions, concern, fear, time and also clarity. 

A shift is happening. 

When we come out on the other side of this we have a choice to make.  We can all be healthier, focused, READY, more determined, more compassionate than ever. 

The most eager we’ve ever been to experience new heights and live a full unapologetic life. Free of judgment, fear. Adaptable to change. Having a new depth of gratitude and understanding was the vision all along.  Many of us were already on the same wave length when we said 2020 would be the year of clarity. 

Perfect vision.  Right?!  

And since things seem very blurry for many of us right now. Maybe that’s how we’ll truly see and SHIFT our focus to what truly matters. 

Many of us probably wouldn’t have shifted  or made necessary changes if we had not been forced to. So here it is. We’ve been presented an opportunity, more idle time, to stop and switch some things up in order to see more clearly. In order to come out of this better, agile and more flexible than ever before. 

What better version of yourself are you looking forward to becoming? How are you positioning yourself to use this time to recreate, to shift, to focus, to rest and be restored when this is all over, cause a new beginning once we come out of this will be required of many of us.  

If we come out of this exactly the same we’ve missed the mark. 

#EmpoweredbyCathy #afitsoulrevolution

“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! 

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! 

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

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.

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!

Happy Friday Beautiful People

No.1 thing ppl say to me is if I didn’t see your transformation pics I’d never believe you were “overweight” followed by what did you do to make it click? When and how did you find your motivation to be so consistent.

Short answer: 
I got tired of my own B.S and what I was doing to my body.

Long answer:
I was always "active" but looking back I didn't really watch what I ate. After having my two children it became more difficult to stay motivated to do anything else other than work a job I didn’t love, tend to my home & family of 6, & keep up with the kids long list of activities.

So btw life happening, falling into a bout with depression something I never dealt with after having both of my children I didn’t make time for self care. I didn’t even know what that consisted of. I didn’t believe there was time...for me. Struggled with high cholesterol, had a Lyme disease scare so I knew enough was enough I needed to take care of myself so I could be a better parent, wife and person for them and most importantly for myself. 

First I changed the way I ate. A little over 9yrs ago for Lent I gave up meat and from there eliminated all meats with the exception of fish. This jumpstarted something in me but other than that I had no limitations. This was also combined with lots of late night eating, unhealthy snacking, drinking. I’d get a run in here or there or do a Pinterest workout. Nothing consistent. So there was still major work to do.

I’m much more conscious of what I eat more so how my body reacts to the things I eat. Since introducing my daily super foods shake March 2015, and making necessary changes in my nutrition and daily movement my high cholesterol dropped considerably! From 258 (2014) to 212. Still high but the drop gave my dr & I hope that I was finally on the right path. 
Right before my Primary Physician was going to make me take cholesterol.

At 5’3 being 160+ lbs was not okay FOR ME! Non pregnancy weight was at a all time high and my self esteem, motivation was at an all time low. So I had to make a decision...and quick! Plus these blood tests were costing me $$ every 3 months.

That's when I went ALL in & haven't looked back since. I was introduced to at home workouts which made sense for my lifestyle with small children. I than became an advocate for health, joined the Beachbody family the following month to pay it forward to other moms who were like me. Tired, seeking more. Just wanted to find something that worked, have support to stay consistent w/ ppl who knew what they were talking about & actually lived the lifestyle themselves.

Since than I've completed multiple at home workout programs. I’ve studied at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to further my education to really hone in on my passion to empower women on their wellness journey. To be able to touch the places that need to be healed in order to truly shed the weight.
To date I've gained some much more than I’ve lost. And I’m grateful for it all. Cause now I get to pay it forward.

These incredible programs, my support system (hubby & kids), my 4eva coach, my growing team and this entire community for keeping me accountable & showing me that there’s so much more work to do. I’m grateful for investing in myself all while being able to help others do the same for themselves. It’s a beautiful process watching women win! As a mom sometimes we tend not to make these sacrifices but in the end my family now has the best version of me each and everyday. So much more goals to attain!

•If you’re to b/c you’d like to start your health and fitness journey and want a friend/mentor to coach and support you..I’m a message away.

•If you’re here just for the motivation! I’M ROOTING FOR YOU!

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