"You gotta get up out your head and realize you've won."

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Hi + Hello

Happy Week 14! On my side of the world, April Fool’s Day came and went without a joke or a quip or a wisecrack. The people seemed to know that, as much as we could use a good laugh right about now, it is not the time to do it at our expense. Yall understood the assignment. Thank you very much!

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✍🏾 #RandomSessionNotes

1. You can want two conflicting things at the same time.

2. You can't see your own back without help.

3. Don't discount what you've already done to get where you are.

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I recently attended a training on psychological flexibility and was reminded of the immense influence of our personal values, and the internal chaos that ensues when we don’t behave in line with them. (Ok, that sounds a bit dramatic, but I’m basically describing cognitive dissonance and moral injury, which, to be fair, both also sound quite dramatic.) Our values are the core principles that shape how we think, choose, and move through the world. They give us a clear lens for decision-making, for figuring out next steps, and for staying focused on what matters most. When our actions align with our values, we tend to feel proud of our choices, but when they don’t, it often shows up as stress, second-guessing, or feeling off. That’s not to say that making choices based on values always feels good, because they don’t, but we can say that making choices in line with our values does help us feel true to ourselves.

Not sure what your values are? Here is a short and a less short assessment to help with that.

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😏 Unrelated Musings

One thing I love about living in NYC is you never know what you might overhear on the street. Overheard New York is popular for sharing the outrageous bits because there’s so much of it, but there’s wisdom, too. Recently, while walking, I heard,

“I’m not worried about it my *expletive*, I’m always gonna get my blessings back tenfold,”

and thank you sis because that was exactly what I - we - needed to hear! With good intentions, when putting all this good into the world, no matter the actual immediate return, I want to believe that the blessings, the return on the goods, will always come back tenfold (times tenfold times tenfold). As a strong believer in healthy mindsets, I’m adding this one to the list. I wanna feel like Miss Mississippi…

My favorite possible self writes another blog post in approximately one week! My mantra says I follow through, so I must! See you there!

xo janelle

ps. If you’re in the market for free custom workouts, I make them and update them every Monday here. For unrelated personal chaotic workout videos, random photos of my life and happenings, and more, come hang on IG =)

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