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Standing on the Ledge of a Mountain…

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Sarina in Adventures, Anxiety, Career, Courageous Self, Embrace Change, Facing Fears, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Goal Setting, Happiness, Hiking, Liberation, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Motivation, Overcoming challenges, Relationships, Resilience, Runner, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Travel

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5/2014 Liberation Moment at the Megaliths cliff Schunemunk Mountain Hike with Discover Outdoors

Following the precise steps of the hiker in front of me, I chanted mantras (in this case out loud to keep focus), “One with the rock, one with rock, one with the tree,” until I safely made it through the bouldering cliff climb upward and onward. I carefully fangled my way around each enormous rock and reached for the tree trunk to my right, realizing I was on a ledge of an undetermined height (I told myself not to look over my right shoulder, because it didn’t matter, I had to keep going.) This was just one of the many moments along the edge of Schunemunk Mountain, an 8-mile hike with Discover Outdoors, taking us through changing terrains of trails and stones that we had to navigate through.

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Learn to Love Something You Hate –Shift Your Life!

18 Wednesday Dec 2013

Posted by Sarina in Adventures, Anxiety, Career, College, Embrace Change, Facing Fears, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Goal Setting, Happiness, Liberation, Life Lessons, Overcoming challenges, Relationships, Resilience, role models, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Travel, Workplace

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9/2013 Cow Harbor 10k Race - Northport, NY
My 5th running season & 4th time running this challenging race!
Sarina + Amanda (sister) + Annemarie (HS friend!)

Today I want to share some life-changing insight with you from a book that made me realize that everything I’ve ever achieved was because of the principles behind it. I recently finished reading The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy, publisher of SUCCESS Magazine and NY Times bestselling author. Of course, I highly recommend you get yourself a copy of this book.

There were so many ah-ha moments in this book that just explained why when I had approached life or a challenge in a certain way that it either worked for me or against me. One ah-ha moment for me was the fact that overnight success is not how it happens, but it sometimes appears that way to others.

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Performance Reviews & Keeping Your Self Worth!

15 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Career, Embrace Change, Goal Setting, Happiness, Liberation, Life Lessons, Motivation, Overcoming challenges, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Workplace

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It’s performance appraisal time in the workplace. Don’t you just love being judged on what you’ve accomplished? Ah, yeah, not so much.

Truth be told, as a HR professional, I used to dread and really dislike the entire process –self-appraisal, performance review with my boss, how I was measuring up to my boss’ expectations, and receiving constructive feedback.

As a Recovering Perfectionist, I definitely get it. I wanted to be a Super Star in every aspect of my life, which isn’t possible. I wanted to achieve “exceeds expectations” rating basically on every objective, while demonstrating the values & behaviors. I was making myself crazy and causing unnecessary stress for myself.

Performance Review process would almost always leave me thinking, “Was I good enough in my role and for this organization?”

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10 Simple Steps to Green Juicing & Living Like You Mean It!

22 Wednesday May 2013

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Facing Fears, Goal Setting, Happiness, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Lessons, Motivation, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Yoga

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Alright, I’ll admit to it, even after being somewhat reluctant to adding something else to my hectic lifestyle and to making another daily commitment; I’ve become obsessed with Green Juice! And I’m having a serious love fest with it!

That’s right “Fiber Queen” is making her way to becoming “Green Juice Queen”. Who would have thought that this could be such an adventure and so much fun? Everything from going to the market to selecting a variety of veggies, fruits, herbs, and roots, to figuring out how to prep a piece of ginger and beet, to all the abundant and creative recipes of green juicing/smoothies! Of course, I had to ask my sister, Amanda, for help on what to do with ginger root and the beet. Wow, there was so much [Continue Reading...]

Take on the World & Become a Force to be Reckoned with!

22 Friday Mar 2013

Posted by Sarina in Career, Determination, Facing Fears, Happiness, Hay House Authors, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Motivation, Relationships, Resilience, Respect and Honor, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies

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Tell me are you interested in keeping the momentum going towards your goals, and connecting to similar like minded individuals for synergy, support, and friendships? How about feeling like you can take on the world and become a force to be reckoned with? Well, then I hope you’re staying true to your commitment about always being a student of life because that’s the approach – to stay connected to your authentic self and desires in life!

I’m keeping the commitment to myself to continue to approach life as a student, recognizing that I don’t have all the answers, being open to receiving the wisdom, insights, strategies, creative awareness/inspiration that comes when I self indulge into learning, reflection, mediation, yoga, and retreats. All in all, it’s about taking in what really resonates with me [Continue Reading...]