I have had the great blessing of finding a terrific walking partner who loves to do really long walks. These sorts of people are hard to find! When you add to the mix that this woman is also a fabulous conversationalist, you get someone who is a rare gift indeed. I haven’t known her for long, and she and I are, in many ways, very different. However, throw a...

So, as part of my 12in12 challenge I wanted to get back out walking starting February 1. Today I just found this cool walking challenge that starts on the 1st and encourages you to walk 1049 minutes (30 minutes a day for 35 days) and the number of minutes is based on the number of miles for the Iditarod Sled race. Here are the details from the site: The Idita-Walk...

So, on Friday I talked about my journey into the Discipline of Discomfort and my desire to push through the uncomfortable barriers in my life that are keeping me stuck. Now, if you’re like me, and a bit of a “Type A” personality combined with ADD you will have a list a mile long of things that need to change in your life, or things you want to push...

Hello all! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you get a more relaxed week this week to enjoy family and friends! I had an amazing Christmas! My husband and son are techies. One of their favourite things is to find me some new techno-gadget for Christmas, and this year was no exception. The first gadget thing was a pair of incredibly warm gloves that...

If you could only do ONE THING to vastly improve your health, what would it be? Watch this video and see: I’d love to hear your comments! Happy Walking (more so now, than ever!) Darlene Be A Star! Post your comments below and join in the conversation (or get it started!) and then share this post with your friends using the...

So, here we are at week 4! Lookin’ good. I’m so pleased with my results so far. My week was kind of up and down – a big birthday celebration for my daughter at “The Olive Garden where I simply enjoyed myself and my dinner consisting of Shrimp & Crab Tortelli Romana, their amazing endless tossed salad and breadsticks (only had one of...