“Honey, we need to sell the salon...” Those words were incredibly hard to hear, yet alone accept, as together my husband and I had owned and operated a seven chair full service salon which employed 14 young women at one time. It was never my dream to own a business and I certainly wasn’t trained to do the job well. This journey begun when my husband came home and told me I needed my own salon, only after being a stylist for two years, and said it was time that we buy one. In less than a month, …
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I Lift and I Like It (part 1)
“Lifting weights makes you bulky.” “I don’t want to look too muscular.” “That’s great that you can lift that much and you don’t look too manly.” “Wow. I could never do that. I’m not very strong.” “You do what? You’re too little to do that.” “I’d have to get in shape first before trying that.” These are just a handful of excuses that I hear from women about being reluctant to lift weights. Instead, I see them literally running in circles to burn fat and be slim. I was like you, I tell …