by CJ Blaquera | Jul 29, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
On a recent Sunday night, I felt myself bracing, clenching, getting ready to suck it up and endure five days at work so that I could get to the next weekend. I felt dread. And I realized that I was working this equation: Five Days of Dread + Two Days of (Attempted)...
by CJ Blaquera | Jun 4, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
There is some kind of trigger… Something your boss or your spouse or your kid or a friend said. A relationship that is not going the way you want it to. More traffic than usual on your commute home, a “bad day” at work, an emergency, something...
by CJ Blaquera | May 11, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
I was conceived during the confusion of the divorce between my parents. My mother was using a diaphragm. As a child, I will interpret this to mean that I was: A mistake. Unwanted. Unplanned. And therefore, undesired. I...
by CJ Blaquera | Apr 28, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
Without “Life is unfair,” there is action. Without “They ruined my life,” there is building the life you want. Without “They should have ,” there is only, “I will .” Without “It’s too hard,” there is...
by CJ Blaquera | Mar 26, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset, Weight Loss Videos
The “Welcome Video” below for my current 42-Day Jump Start to Permanent Weight Loss is a great example of imperfect action, which is how you will accomplish dissolving your weight struggle. There is no undertaking that has been worth doing that was done...
by CJ Blaquera | Mar 22, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
On a recent flight, the plane was landing four minutes after my connecting flight was scheduled for departure. I began to worry from thinking, “I’m not going to make my flight.” After the plane touched down on the runway, it taxied for what seemed like...
by CJ Blaquera | Mar 17, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
A client of mine was not treating herself very well. She asked me: What do you recommend I do to start catching myself sooner? I told her: Start allowing for it to be 100% okay to simply observe “what is” (i.e., beating yourself down, judging yourself,...
by CJ Blaquera | Mar 10, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
With wolves, the offspring’s very existence depends on the mother’s ability and willingness to provide mother’s milk. If the mother is not able to produce milk (isn’t capable) or, for some reason, rejects the offspring and won’t provide milk, the offspring will...
by CJ Blaquera | Mar 2, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
A coach I admire and respect (and who has worked with me for several months without ever having seen my face) recently had the opportunity to see a video that I created. She commented on the video and then included this at the end of her email: (oh and you...
by CJ Blaquera | Feb 17, 2012 | Life, Weight Loss Mindset
I recently worked with a client who saw herself as having caused her mother’s unhappiness, thwarted her mother’s creative expression, and impeded her mother’s freedom to enjoy her life more and go out and make her own way. Here’s what I told...
