If you really just want to know about me, feel free to check out my official bio.  That’s what I use when PR folks and big companies insist on getting the traditional “blah, blah, blah” version of what I’m all about.   There’s also a before picture of me there because I’m very visual so I get annoyed when people say “I used to be big,” but they don’t show any pictures. 

However, if you want to actually know me – who I really am – this is where you want to be. 

In no particular order, here are some (completely) random facts that will give you a glimpse into my little world…

Like many of you, I’m a woman who struggled with weight for many years before realizing that there had to be another way.  I recognized that I had nothing to lose because there was no way that I could consistently endure a life of painful workouts and unpleasant meals.  Ironically, once I learned to let go of my weight obsession, I began to find happiness in every area of my life.  Funny how things move along when you have goals beyond reducing the size of your thighs.

I was raised amidst a family of ADDers (Attention Deficit Disorder), and that left me with a bit of a need for my own acronym.  Unfortunately for some, I ended up with some OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) tendencies to balance out the rest of my clan.

Adoptive parents are among my most admired peeps in the world.

I. Love. Butter. Pecan. Ice. Cream.  I can dive into a bowl of any kind of butter pecan ice cream, but I’m very partial to the Publix store brand.  Yes, I favor this over even the premium fancy schmancy ones because the flavor is perfect, the texture is creamy, and the ratio of pecans to white space is just right.  Seriously.

My father died from cancer not too long ago, so I think cancer sucks.  We “traded in the same currency,” and I’m not quite sure anyone will ever get me like he did.

I’m bad at returning personal phone calls.  I have every intention to do so, but I’m just not very good at it.  I don’t like it when people blame their shortcomings on a lack of time, so I won’t do that.  The truth of the matter is that I do have free time, but I don’t want to spend it talking on the phone.

I have a brilliant older brother who rocks, and my sister is my very best friend.

I really enjoy a good cup of extra hot tea.  I purposefully acquired a love for tea because I absolutely love hanging out at coffee shops, but I don’t like coffee.  I needed something to hold so people wouldn’t stare at me.

I’m still self-conscious of my freckles.

I grew up fat, but I didn’t know I was fat until someone at school told me.  Even then, I thought the girl was mistaken because I felt so beautiful in my home with my family.  I grew up middle-class, but I thought we were rich until I met a girl who actually was rich.  Illuminates how much of our self-esteem is based on how others see us.

Helping women find happiness, health, balance, peace, and confidence is my true calling.

I’m a doting mother to a beautiful baby girl, and my favorite smell is the crook of her sweet little neck after she has her nightly splash-filled bubble bath with lavender scented infant soap.

My guy told me that he read every bit of my website, but I don’t believe him so…Honey, look me in the eye and say “bananas are purple” when you read this so I’ll know that you’re telling the truth.

I love to cook, but I always seem to be missing one ingredient so I never quite know how things are really, really supposed to taste.

I’m so good at keeping secrets that I actually forget my own secrets.  My best friend from college has to remind me of my secrets that I told her.  This is true.

I think the stuff in the mall food court tastes good.

I have no movie memory.  If more than 6 months has passed since I watched a movie, I’ll be on the edge of my seat in anticipation of the climax as if I’ve never seen it because I just can’t remember movies.  I can’t explain this phenomenon.

I wish I didn’t have to rinse out the containers before I recycle. 

My mom found my prom dress at Nordstrom Rack for $15, and with that she earned my respect as the most efficient bargain hunting shopaholic known to man.  No one has topped that yet. 

I spend a good portion of every day, and night, thinking of ways to help my clients.

Nothing makes me smile like hearing a woman say, “I am beautiful” and mean it.

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.”  - From the ancient Indian yogic text The Bhahavad Gita