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 here. Confessions of another dirty bathroom photo.
Confessions of another bathroom photo…
I made some big decisions lately.
Iâm going down part time in radiology. This is my last full-time week & I booked a legacy photo shoot for my 40th in August.
I read a past journalist entry this morning dated October of 2020.
It read, âMy coworkers & I were going thru our schedules & I had a gut check moment. Iâve had 3, THREE whole days off in 2 months.â
My reaction, âWTF, Katie! You have a problem.â
Iâve confided in yâall about how I have an addictive personality.
I was never addicted to 1 thing. I discovered thru therapy I was addicted to filling voids.
Itâs a hard shot to swallow. Most truth bombs are.
I reflected on my journey this mornin & gave gratitude for how far Iâve come. And I hope yâall can do the same. Be proud of yourselves!
My addictions were similar shades.
Mornings writing with Pete (and coffee, of course)
Iâve been all 50 shades & shapes & sizes of fugged up, mentally & physically. They affected all my relationships.
Like the memesâŚ
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Quoting @lizzobeeating seems like a positive life decision for me at this point
You?
My biggest fear used to be gaining weight.
Now, Iâve quickly discovered my biggest fear is missing out on life & working my life away.
I enjoy coaching yâall, writing, speaking, networking with my community, nurturing relationships, & helping others more at this season in my life than trading my time for money.
I want to spend as much time with my mom & dad, my friends & family as I can, making as many memories as I can. Loving the sh*t out of this life, squeezing every drop.
Thatâs my true wealth.
I hope I gave yâall a laugh, & let you know that itâs OK. We are always 1 decision away from a completely different life.
âAddiction is an attempt to regulate a nervous system chronically stuck in fight or flight.
Addiction is an attempt to escape from feeling a pain and emptiness that runs to the core of a persons being.
Addiction is a form of self abuse. When we are abused or emotionally neglected as children, we can become our own abuser. Itâs all we know. Our brains seek to repeat the familiar.
Addiction is the result of not having childhood co-regulation. An inability to self sooth. A lack of healthy ways to cope.
Addiction is the result of witnessing things that were scary, overwhelming, or downright terrifying without having a safe adult to help you understand them.
Addiction is the childhood LACK OF EMOTIONAL CONNECTION, manifested.
Addiction is an attempt to silence the âdarkâ thoughts that re-play (like a broken record) the voice of the critical parent.
Addiction is the result of a societyâs greatest lie: that says some people arenât lovable, worthy, or valuable.
Addiction is SHAME. And itâs usually a shame that was never that persons to carry.
Addiction causes a person to engage in survival based behaviors they wouldnât otherwise engage in like: deception, abuse, theft, or betrayal.
Addiction is a slow spiritual death that no human being consciously chooses.â
Hailing from Fishers, Indiana, Katie is an aficionado of health, mindset, human connection, & entrepreneurship. Writer, speaker, doer of many things, she grew up on her familyâs beef cattle & crop farm where agriculture was her first love. She is a Purdue University graduate well known for her storytelling of life lessons & personal transformation through her own relationships, Crohnâs Disease, disordered eating, CrossFit, & adapting a carnivore diet lifestyle. Katie also has over 16 years experience as a Registered Radiologic Technologist, Nutritionist, & Sales Consultant. You can catch her via Instagram @lil_bit_of_fit & blog, Lilbitoffit.com
Good morning & happy @spotify new music Friday, Loves. Couple of my favorite things about Fridaysđnew music đś & đđźââď¸ payday đ°đ¤đđ)
Just like getting up early âď¸â° Just like writing for myself & yâall âđźđŠđźâđť Just like expanding my mind, via podcasts, books, YouTube đ§ Just like doin chores đââŹđ§šđ𧟠Just like eating well, all the meats𼊠Just like getting workouts inđđźââď¸đđźââď¸ Just like spending time with friends & family đ¨âđŠâđ§âđŚ Just like taking time for ME đ
Still woke up at 6 AM despite getting home at 1 from the @MorganWallen concert #earlybirdproblems
I take pictures, snap stories, & write to connect emotions & memories of my everydayâs â to remember, reflect, learn, & connect. ⣠My IG is my digital journal. âŁStories. ⣠Stories are important. They create your identity.
Iâve read âAtomic Habitsâ twice, a section talks about stories. âŁ
What stories are you telling yourself? ⣠Who do you want to embody? ⣠What systems do you have in place to help you achieve goals?⣠⣠3 areas of life affected by the stories we tell ourselves âŹ
âŁ- Money stories⣠â Relationship stories â Food & Body stories ⣠I fxcked up over the years, too.đ¤ˇââď¸ Like my IG bio says, âđđ¤đ§đ˘đđ§ đ´đŞđ¤đŹ đ°đˇđŚđłđ¸đľ đŁđłđ°đŹđŚ đŁ*đľđ¤đŠâ đ
In some form I told myself I wasnât worthy in all 3 of these areas, setting blocks instead of boundaries â thereâs a difference. ⣠Example, with Relationships: if I was asked to do something & really liked a person, Iâd lose myself & completely change my plans to suit them. Or shxt like settling for a booty callđŤŁ
I know, I know…shxt happens, y’all. Dust yourself off.
Learn your lesson.
(Steps off soapbox đŚđ)
This was me not valuing my worth. A block. ⣠Now, instead of denying myself of my plans/needs I simply say, âLet me get my workout in (insert whatever task or commitment I had) & I will connect with you & confirm plans because I would like to spend time with you.â⣠⣠This is setting a boundary not a block. ⣠Example, Food & Body: instead of saying, âIâm not a morning person, I donât have time to meal prep.â Set a system & a worth affirmation. âI donât like to get up early but I will commit to 3 mornings this week & meal prep lunches because I want to be healthy.â
Now repeat & build from here. ⣠⣠These are all pivotal changes we work on via coaching. They will get you to your goals, I promise.
âđź đ Journal exercise for the day: write down the identity you want to embody around money, relationships, food & body. ⣠⣠MineđđťâŁ đ°MONEY: I am safe, able, successful, abundant, & provided for. âŁ
đĽ°RELATIONSHIP: I am special, loved, seen, heard, safe, understood, & chosen. I allow mental real estate for the people in my life giving me the same respect.
đĽŠFOOD & BODY: I am healthy, safe, strong, & beautiful in every season. ⣠Inner calm, outer orderđ⣠âŁ
Xoxo Coach K
Hailing from Fishers, Indiana, Katie is an aficionado of health, mindset, human connection, & entrepreneurship. Writer, speaker, doer of many things, she grew up on her familyâs beef cattle & crop farm where agriculture was her first love. She is a Purdue University graduate well known for her storytelling of life lessons & personal transformation through her own relationships, Crohnâs Disease, disordered eating, CrossFit, & adapting a carnivore diet lifestyle. Katie also has over 16 years experience as a Registered Radiologic Technologist, Nutritionist, & Sales Consultant. You can catch her via Instagram @lil_bit_of_fit & blog, Lilbitoffit.com
I love storytelling. I love storytelling my life & I love hearing people share stories about their lives, emotions, & experiences.
I loathe small talk.
Most likely a big reason I find dating exhausting. Too many people are only willing to scratch the surface of actually getting to know someone, putting in the minimal effort required, vapid conversations.
Hardly anyone actually asks you out on a date or even coffee to meet face to face anymore.
I thoroughly enjoy a confident, masculine man who takes the lead & is on the old fashioned side.
Speaking of old fashioneds, âď¸ point if you too fancy this beloved cocktail of choice. Double ribeye points (I just can’t say brownieđ) if you buy me one AND tell me stories about your ambitions, your big goals, your likes/dislikes, weird thoughts, dreams, whatever – I wanna hear it.
Embrace who you are.
Since freeing myself from the chains of people pleasing & what I thought I “should be” & blazing a path of my own, that painful path has led me to being the happiest I have ever been. It has allowed my light to shine & attract the right people, places, lessons, & opportunities.
Not all these things were rainbows & sunshine & sweet cocktails & coffee that taste like heaven. Some felt like gaping wounds that you poured salt on & chased with a shot of bad tequila or a yager bomb.
GAG.
BAD memories from college. Same with anything peach or that semi resembles jungle juice.
Oprah Winfrey said, “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.”
Happy birthday to Queen O today btw. I love Aquarians, from one “weirdo” to another, I see you.
To all my astrology nerds out there, I’m a Scorpio Rising, Cancer Sun, & Sagittarius Moon. Very much a Scorpio/Sag.
Kinda like I’m the most positive, open minded, free spirited, fun person to be around, but my feelings run deep & I will cut a mf if I have to to protect my peace, my family, my people, & my money.
Today, a reminder to just be you, be weird, be kind to people, get to know one another. And realize you’re never behind, there are no timelines, & fulfillment means something different to us all.
I haven’t traveled the world, but I’ve experienced some really cool places. I’ve lived thru moments of what some people back home would only dream of, but yet, I’ve found more fulfillment in my morning coffee, writing, caring for livestock & my plants, that 1st bite of delicious food, listening to music that brings back smiles & memories, watching the flowers & trees dance, feeling sunshine on my skin, & somehow those are more savory.
Feeling pretty & PRETTY STRONG this mornin. Shamelessly admiring my arms in the freakin awesome lighting𦾠@hotworx.fishers
Your homework is to take time to simply love on yourself today, too. Youâre magnificent!
Photo dump on IG of my morning success habits which includes me writing to yâall (& myself) every single day.
Workout at HotWorx Fishers. Loving the new Blast workout!
Post workout breakfast. 1.25 lbs of 80% ground beef #meatbars Airfry. 380. 12 minutes. Did not consume the fat in the bottom of the airfyer to make it leaner. Recipe is on my IG, link in bio & in highlights. I bring an Airfryer to work . Instant Vortex 6qt.
Happy light! I use this portable light everyday for 30 minutes. On Amazon Favorites List on IG. Link in IG Bio.
I had a great workout & sweat sesh while learning & listening to @iamsahararose & @itskrista talk about The Law of One. Well done sistersđđź this was mind-blowing 𤯠& remarkably expansive!
Sparked what I felt nudged to channel & share with you guys:
Uncomfortable truths I wished I had realized & accepted earlier in life âŚ
Here goesâŚ
Happiness is the byproduct of living your purpose. Happiness doesnât make you happy, having purpose makes you happy. Once you become at peace with your purpose, your life & your body will fall in line. You wonât feel the need to numb & self sabotage with emotional eating, gluttony, self-loathing, overspending, sleeping around, excessive drinking – pick your poison.
Talking with clients & reflecting on my own journey, the reason we self sabotage is because weâre trying to find love & stimuli outside of ourselves & feel we have no purpose, no significance.
Itâs like eating when youâre bored. Itâs like the elderly & their partner dies or theyâre put in a nursing home or you take their keys away, they often expire shortly after. Itâs like taking away their purpose.
Gut check moment, right?!
Learn to redirect your mind & you then learn how to redirect your life. Itâs your choice.
We all have definitions of heaven & hell. We are all deliciously unique individuals. Just let people BE. Loving someone in the hopes that they will change is not truly loving someone. Truly loving someone is giving them the free will to live as they choose. This includes learning to lovingly release & let people go. Remember everything happens for you not to you. Stop trying to cram a round peg into a square hole.
Not everyone wants to be in the same kind of ârelationships.â The definition of a relationship will be different for us all. Weâre all One. One Love. There is no right or wrong way to live your life, itâs all an experience of your choosing.
I personally feel there is no requirement to have to slap labels or legally binding contracts on relationships to make them more significant or lucrative.
What âsuccessfulâ looks like, what âbeautifulâ looks likeâŚif they make you happy & fulfill some part of you, let it BE & savor the moments. And if you choose at some time to be exclusive or to change your definition in a different way, let that BE & savor the moment or the season. Stop over complicating shxt.
Have a partner who wants to see you thrive & evolve WITH YOU or no partner at all. Yâall, being around energy vampires whoâre trying to keep you small is painful af – AND your decision. One of my best friends, as well as myself, have been in a relationship(s) where the other persons needs & goals were always way more important. You felt all that mattered was that you made it as easy as possible for THEM to move forward & be comfortable. If you achieved success, they were jealous, felt you were overshadowing, it was never as good as theirs, & your goals were ridiculous.
Even though we sometimes canât choose whether we fall in love or not, we can indeed choose whether we stay with someone. Thereâs a big difference in being alone & lonely. I will repeat this to my very last breath. If your partner constantly dulls your shine & all you feel is your energy waning & seeking to people please, itâs probably the wrong partner.
A rich relationship should be full of support, nourishing challenge, & encouragement. If someone doesnât want to see you achieve your dreams, they wonât be there when you hit rock bottom either. Sorry Sis, no, quit bullshxttin yourself. And just because a relationship has lasted âa long timeâ doesnât mean itâs working.
Life isn’t âfairâ it just âis.â If you expect life to be fair, youâll be disappointed & never reach your potential. Shxt happens, & sometimes, thereâs no reasonable explanation for why things happen or why people do what they do.
Ultimately I do believe we manifest our lives & attract what we get, we attract what we are. So think about that & control what you can control, which is your vibration & reaction to things.
There wonât ever be a better time to start. Most people waste their lifetime procrastinating instead of living their desired life because they think there will be a âbetter time to start.â You never know how much time you have left, & life is certainly too short to postpone experiences that bring you joy. Making a wrong decision is better than making no decision. Itâs like that saying I love SO much, âItâs better to ask for forgiveness than permission.â đ
Money is simply energy & it has power. No matter if you like it or not â money matters. Learn to love it. Learn to appreciate it. It isnât bad. It doesnât make people bad. The vast majority of the global population spends 40+ hours per week working for money. Most people hate their jobs, but stay because they need to âpay the bills.â
Many of us spend a significant part of our lives working for money, I personally LOVE working, it brings me happiness & a feeling of purpose, but most people deny its importance or they let it define them.
Stop denying the power & importance of money & start learning how to use it to your advantage & give back. Make it work FOR you, stop wasting it on useless things, use things love people, invest only in things that bring you joy & upleveling.
Money isnât everything, but it certainly brings you freedom, the ability to give back, & makes life a whole helluva lot easier & more fun.
Social media can steal your time, energy, & your soul but it doesnât have to. I have a love-hate relationship with Social media. The trolls make it unbearable some days, haters gonna hate, hurt people hurt people, etc. etc.
Your voice matters, donât let other people stifle what you want to share with the world. Be proud of your life & your body. You can decide whether you use social media to make your life better or worse. You have control over what you consume & what you see.
Choose to be a creator, not a consumer of content. I loathe the word influencer, I choose to be an Authority. Sorta sweet, sorta Beth Dutton vibes. đ đźââď¸đ Where my Yellowstone fans at?! đ
Final thoughts⌠Life ainât always easy but itâs always good. Itâs a privilege to wake up & be alive. Donât expect life to be fair, create your own rules. Or do as I do, I donât do rules I do what feels right.đ
If you constantly choose comfort & ignorance over courage & awareness, youâll end up being the puppet of others. If you, however, manage to embrace the following truths, you might be able to design an extraordinarily fulfilling, purpose-driven life earlier than I did.â¤ď¸â¤ď¸âđŠšâ¤ď¸âđĽ
