Every notification...every buzz…every alert... ...is a bid fighting for your attention, emotion and time. As a society so dependent on cell phones, it’s extremely important to be conscious of how and when you’re using yours.

As part of the Working Against Gravity program, we encourage our clients to complete a weekly mindfulness exercise to ensure we are approaching our fitness and nutrition plans from a place of love.

As CrossFitters, Weightlifters, and fitness enthusiasts -- we love measurable data. It’s harder to grasp measurable results when it comes to your mental game. But it’s not impossible.

Mindfulness - A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.

All the noise in our daily lives cause us to forget the ride, and focus too much on the outcome. The biggest challenge is training ourselves to respond rather than react to everything that happens.

Changing our mindset can have a profound impact on our experience. More often than not, all that we need to turn our day around is a change of focus.

The inspiration for this post is from one of my client’s who took my homework of creating very specific goals to the next level.

Whether you use it as a way to keep track of your day or as your own personal therapist, journaling provides a rare opportunity to be 100 percent open and honest with yourself. So no wonder it’s now a popular way for many people to start or end their day.