betteryourbest

The Dream is Achieved!

  Better Your Best would like to thank everyone who attended its launch event last night!  I hope you left feeling a little more inspired about making 2009 your best year yet!!   How can you use your new log book today as your tool for success next year?!

Better Your Best is also excited to announce the return of the Mind Body & Soul Challenge!  Challenge yourself this 2009 to live healthfully.  Sign up for the Better Your Best 31 day challenge starting this January 1st.

The challenge commits to: personal program, weekly mind/body & soul challenges, weekly online coaching-including goal setting and useful tips.  You commit to: your goals, your workouts, the weekly challenges and a weekly log.  The overall challenge participant will win a soul nourishing prize from Bellevue Natural Health !!

When you fulfill all of your healthful goals and complete the 31 day challenge $50 will be then donated to the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation.  A foundation dedicated to providing youth the opportunity to achieve their full potential through sports & education.

Cost of challenge before December 15th $175.00
Cost of challenge after December 15th $225.00

E-mail carolyn@betteryourbest.ca to sign up today!    Registration closes on Sunday December 28th.

 

Put your big rocks first!

Tough economic times, a death of a loved one or a personal health scare can often be the catalysts that find people asking “am I living a life with meaning?”

What are your values?  What are your priorities?  Are you healthy?  How are your personal relationships?  Are you getting paid to do something you love?  Take a moment right now to make a list of these.  Check in on each of them, and find out exactly how meaningful your life is.  What stands out the most? 

By bringing awareness you are already raising the bar on living your meaningful life.  The challenge remains in bringing consciousness to these priorities and honouring them daily!  When this is accomplished notice how great your life becomes! 

Lynn Loop

       

Hello hikers!!

After taking a bit of a break this past week our hikes are back on!  This week we will be hiking in North Vancouver.  We will be doing a hike called the "Lynn Loop."  This hike is on the easier side but we will walk it at a good pace and as always do our best to keep our heart rates up!!

Below is a link with the directions and some of the information on the hike.  Essentially you want to take Lynn Valley Road all the way to the end and keep going straight and the road veers left.  There is a smally parking lot on the left hand side.  If there are no spaces available you can usually find a spot around the corner in front of one of the houses.

Don't forget your layers if it is raining!  Can't wait to see you and your dogs!!  I'll see you at 9:15 am on this Friday! 

An inquiry for you to ponder this week: "what does a healthful life look like for you?"

Health & Happiness!       Hike Information & Driving directions

Exploring New Territory

What a great hike we had in Lighthouse Park!  We survived the torrential rain and the little streams flowing through the trails!  We all agreed had it not been for the group we would not have gone out in that weather.  The ocean views, the crisp fall smells and the great conversation made for a terrific morning!

This week we will be hiking Brothers Creek at the top of the British Properties.  This is an area where I have mountain biked before.  The forest is quite lush with lots of left overs from the old saw mill that used to be at work up there. 

If you haven't been able to join us yet I hope that this week you can!  We will be meeting at 9:15AM at the gates to Brothers Creek on Millstream Road.  We will then hike for approximately 2 hours. 

The driving directions are at the bottom of the attachment.  We will be parking in a residential neighborhood.  Again as you all know we hike rain or shine so wear your layers and bring a hat if it is raining!

See you on the trails!!            Brother Creek Map & Driving Directions

A little attention to...

What's an important area of your business that has not been getting your attention lately? 

What will you do about it right now, this week and on a more consistent basis? 

How will shifting your focus to this area of your business better serve the business and maybe even you? 

Hiking in Lighthouse Park!

Hello Ladies!

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to burning off a few of those extra calories this Friday!

This Friday we will be meeting at Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver 9:15 AM. For those of you coming from North Vancouver it is best to take the Caulfield exit and wind your way down to Marine drive. On Marine drive you are going to turn right and Lighthouse Parkis on your left hand side; keep your eyes open for the sign!

As always please pass this invite on to any other amazing women that you know and their dogs!! The drop in cost is $10.  Can’t wait to see you on Friday!!

Simply hit the comments box below to let me know if you’ll be attending so we know how many to expect!!

Health & Happiness!                                           Lighthouse Park Information

First Fall Hike!

Hello wonderfully wise women!

I invite you this Friday at 9:15AM to join our first Fall Hike! For simplicity sake we are going to be doing the same hike that some of us did in August. We will be meeting at 9:15am sharp under the highway in West Vancouver. We will be gone for just under 2 hours; back in plenty of time for any 11:30AM pick ups. 

For those of you joining us for the first time the directions are: when heading up Taylor Way turn right onto Keith Road and follow it right to the end. Feel free to click on the map below to get your bearings. 

The Club fee for the month of October will be $30 or $10 to drop in.  Please bring cheques payable to "Play Like A Girl Athletics Inc."  Also remember to dress in layers-we hike rain or shine!  I also like to bring along water and a snack in my car for after working out. 

Please invite your friends and dogs!! The hike is about getting outside, getting a sweat and connecting with some amazing women! 

An inquiry for you to ponder between now and the hike is “what is your relationship with nature?”

Feel free to RSVP your participation to me by clicking on the comments button below.  Otherwise please e-mail your your participation to me by Wednesday. Can’t wait to see you all and catch up!

Happiness & Health!

carolyn@betteryourbest.ca                              Download Capilanomap.pdf

How do you like to play?

My favorite childhood memories are from unstructured play time.  I spent many an hour with friends riding bikes, climbing trees and rollerskating. 

It has been only in the last few years that I've realized that the reason play is so amazing is because when we are at play nothing else in the whole world matters but what we are engaged in in that moment.  Worries, anxieties and stress from our conscious minds are gone and are replaced with the the creativity of our subconscious minds and the art of being completely in the moment of our being right now. 

What happens to your mind when you play?  What is your favorite form of play?