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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

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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

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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...]

I’ve Got Perspective & Perspective is Everything!

09 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Friendships, Life Lessons, Resilience, Runner, Stress Strategies, Yoga

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Ever have one of those days when everything seems to be going wrong? What about when you’ve thought your worst nightmare came true? You are so lying to me if you tell me you’ve never had one of those days or thought possibly one of your biggest fears may have become a reality. How did you react and deal with all of this?

Well, allow me to share how I’ve reacted and have coped with these situations. First, I may initially panic over the thoughts running a million miles a minute in my mind of everything negative that could possibly happen based on news I received -focusing on how my world is about to fall apart.

Then I may even (quite often) break down crying or get angry or laugh out of nervousness, [Continue Reading...]

Week 3 on How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed!

31 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by Sarina in Life Lessons, Motivation, Resilience, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Yoga

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Picture Yourself Walking a Red Carpet Event or at an Awards Ceremony.

Welcome back to the final week of How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed!

Previously, in the first week, we spoke about how the outcome of your goals and dreams is greatly influenced by your motivation as much or even more so then your ability, in many cases. At this time, I would like to introduce another concept to you, which is Self-efficacy. What is self-efficacy?

Self-efficacy is the belief in your ability to accomplish a task. Research tells us that even when the factor of ability is controlled, self-efficacy has an impact in performance.

Self-efficacy is different than self-esteem/confidence. Self-esteem or confidence is how you feel about yourself overall. Whereas, self-efficacy is really about how you think about yourself in one particular area. A person can have low self-efficacy in a sport or particular [Continue Reading...]

How being Resilient can make all the Difference with Peer Pressure, Stress, School, Family, and Relationships.

26 Sunday Jun 2011

Posted by Sarina in College, Determination, Friendships, High School Students, Life Lessons, Peer Pressure, Relationships, Resilience, Self-determined, Stress Strategies, Students, TeenNewsNet

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Let’s start with the definition of resilience before we speak about it further. Wikipedia defines resilience as the ability to positively cope with stress and adversity or challenging negative situations. It’s seen as a process more so than a personality trait. So that means it can be developed by anyone at any time, and it doesn’t happen overnight. This is important to know. Starting with today you can develop resilience and build on the resilience you have created so far.

This is how thinking ahead to a certain degree and knowing how you will deal with negative situations (peer pressure, family conflict, difficulties in school, stress) becomes very beneficial. It’s about staying true to yourself and not allowing yourself to become vulnerable to the extent that you compromise your own values [Continue Reading...]