Courageous & Remarkable Self

Join the Courageous & Remarkable Self Movement!

Thrive Beyond Chaos

Embrace Your Authentic Self

Step Into Your Greatness!

Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Prepare Yourself for What’s to Come. Happiness is on the Horizon!

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Career, Determination, Happiness, Life Lessons, Motivation, Resilience, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies

≈ Leave a Comment

Prepare to Take Center Stage in Your Life. It’s time!

Change is definitely coming. It’s coming from all directions. I’ve been waiting on some change to come into my life. In fact, I’ve intentionally been creating change with myself and allowing myself to learn to take more risks by stepping more and more outside my comfort zone. Facing my fears and committing to goals I never thought I could ever achieve…that’s what I’ve been focused on.

I’ve been living my life with no regrets, and I have traveled to the other side of the world. I’m not waiting for life to happen. I’m creating my life and destiny right now.

Learning how to get out of my own way, and taking a leap of faith, rather than questioning later on what if I had just given it a try. Sharing my heart [Continue Reading...]

Runner’s Diary: Finding Myself one Race at a Time / Insights from a Half Marathon Runner

18 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by Sarina in Determination, Life Lessons, Motivation, Resilience, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Travel

≈ Leave a Comment

13.1 Marathon Series in Chicago 6/9/12 Finished fierce Sarina Tomel at 2:09hrs + Amanda Tomel (sister) at 2:13hrs Nothing is impossible! Be a Risk Taker! Race Photo taken by Marathonfoto

Rise and Shine! Wake up at 4am – Shuttle bus pick up at 5:30am – Race starts at 7am with temperatures in the high 60s going into the high 70s within a few hours. Sunshine will be glazing over us from the Lake Michigan side of Chicago while running many miles in the shade through the parks yet many miles in the sun. Theme song, We Found Love, by Rihanna comes on right as our wave G is up at the start line ready to begin the 13.1 Marathon Series at Chicago.

Couldn’t have been a better way to start the race!

Never in my life have I woken up at 4am for anything, however on this day I did, and then I ran a Half Marathon at 7am. I somehow still managed [Continue Reading...]

Procrastination – I Won’t Let You Get the Best of Me!

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Career, College, Determination, Life Lessons, Motivation, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Workplace

≈ Leave a Comment

feature-today-tomorrow-inspiration-procrastination

Just thinking about all the catch up I need to do can stress me out. Ever feel like this? Seriously, between finishing up work initiatives, social gatherings/events, writing projects, my book proposal, it can all get a little overwhelming.

Thinking about work, there have been times for me when I never thought I would ever catch up with Employee Relations notes. To elaborate further, Employee Relations is simply described as an issue in the workplace related to an employee, whether it is just that employee, between several employees, or even a more serious complaint made against another employee/management or the company.

When people ask me what do I do in my HR role, I typically respond that I manage every aspect of HR for the facility I support, which includes hiring, firing, [Continue Reading...]

Showing up as Your Authentic Self in Relationships

29 Tuesday May 2012

Posted by Sarina in Friendships, Life Lessons, Relationships, Respect and Honor, Self-limiting beliefs, Yoga

≈ 1 Comment

Amanda Tomel (sister) + Sarina Tomel -LI Pulse Magazine Oct 2011 Cover Party - photo taken by Stephen Lang, Photographer

Here’s another confession, so brace yourself for what I’m about to share. I recognize that I can be really intense and have this honest straight-forward-tell-it-like-it-is personality. Let me share a funny dating story to help you get a better sense.

About three years ago during the summer time, I decided to give online dating, Jdate, a try, after being out there single and dating for almost a year. I was 30 years old and had previously ended a seven year relationship with a guy who insisted on us planning our wedding, but he couldn’t take the step to actually propose with a ring he supposedly had – yes, he definitely had commitment issues.

After exchanging a few emails, I had a phone conversation with this 28-year-old guy from White Plains, NY, I met [Continue Reading...]

Learning from Failure – How to Transition From Being Less of a Perfectionist to More of an Optimalist.

16 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Determination, Life Lessons, Motivation, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Travel

≈ Leave a Comment

Take a Risk & Learn to Embrace being Outside your Element Waterfall Rock Climbing Path on my trip -Chiang Mai, Thailand -Feb 2012

Once we master the lesson of Learning from Failure, we can persevere and come back stronger, more tolerant and disciplined, more successful, more flexible, more willing to take risks and be open-minded, and happier as a result of these experiences!! So how exactly do we get to this place?? First, it’s important to understand the difference between a Perfectionist and an Optimalist, so you can adjust your strategy in life to get more out of it and embrace life’s lessons.

As described by Tal Ben-Shahar PhD, author of The Pursuit of Perfect, How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life, a Perfectionist is one who tends to focus on the outcome with goals that may be overly ambitious and unobtainable, is afraid of failure, less of a [Continue Reading...]