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Day 31 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/30/2014

Hello my friends...I hope everyone is well from the horrible storms last night and the ones we are all gearing up for. I must say the weather this year has been crazy; I feel like Mother Nature is a little upset with us.

Today I wanted to talk about what is already inside of us. No matter what is being said to you, you need to know how powerful you already are. We alone have the power to be strong no matter what. We can choose to internalize what is being said or we can stand strong and not let it bother us.

Sometimes people who are closest to us will say things that make us feel small and that same person can make you feel larger than life. Again, we choose how we are affected by what is said. I am not always that strong person who can let everything go, sometimes I do internalize it and I feel terrible.

Our journeys are our own. Every step we take and every mistake we make is moving us forward in life. Our mistakes take us to places that we learn from and even create miracles. Don't let anyone make you feel small from your mistakes...Always remember we all live in glass houses, not one of us is perfect.

Sometimes when we grow our friends and/or family get nervous. They feel maybe they will be left behind, so things will be said to knock us back a bit. Do what you can to stay strong; it is not your problem it is theirs; even though it feels personal.

Until we meet again my friends...I gave you a little insight of how I am today...Tomorrow will be amazing!!!

Rita

Day 27 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/26/2014

Good morning my beautiful friends. I hope you are all doing well...I wish the sun would come out and act like it is summer....

Any hooo.....Today you are in charge. You are in charge of everything that happens to you whether it is good or bad; you are in charge. Sounds crazy doesn't it?

Well, when you are in charge, you are also in charge on how you react to the situations and to yourself. Think about it......You have a say on how things are going to go. We don't have control on the outside world, but we have control on how we react. That makes us in charge. We are in charge on how we speak to ourselves in any given situation. Always choose to love and respect yourself. You are always listening to what you say. No matter what happens today, always speak kindly, be the one in charge on how things are going to go.

Have an amazing day my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 26 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/25/2014

Good morning!!! I am so excited to be here...I can't believe it is Wednesday already....how time flies is amazing to me.

Everything is Energy. Can you imagine how true this is? Look around you, we know scientifically it is, but can you see it and feel it? Seriously take a second and look around, look at all the energy around you working and functioning so we can get things done.

Now take a gander in your own head...what kind of energy is living there? Is the energy light or heavy? What kind of life are you living? Is it full of drama and negative events or is it full of happy memories and awesome opportunities? It is an amazing thought to think about.

Everything starts with the energy that we keep in our minds. If we are thinking bad thoughts or dwelling on situations we perceive as bad, our attitude changes to a negative one. If we are thinking about happy thoughts and dwelling on situations we perceive as good, our attitude changes to a positive one. Our emotions start to change and before we know it we are having a good day or a bad day.

It truly is something to think about. I catch myself doing it all the time...if I am getting things done, happy with my accomplishments and a tiny little thought will sneak in; for example my husband would have done it better...that thought will send me sailing into a storm I can't get out of. However, if a thought sneaks in like "my husband will be surprised" that will send me into a happy let's get her done momentum. It's so true. How many times have you irritated yourself as if the person was right in front of you? I can honestly say countless times for me.

If I keep my head in the game and squash those negative thoughts, I feel a million times better. I can overlook silly comments that would normally get me going. This really is an amazing quote. "Everything is energy. Your thought begins it, your emotions amplifies it, and your action increases the momentum"; that my friend works both ways, good thoughts and bad thoughts, good momentum and bad momentum.

This is why it is so important to be practicing self love every day. If you are loving and kind to yourself and only keep in the positive parts of life, things will be so much easier. I know what you are thinking or saying right now; "Yesterday so and so did this to me" or "You don't know my life, you don't know what I have been through". I get it. Trust me, I get it. However, I have been through quite a bit in my life and I have learned to take all of it as learning lessons for myself. I am able to live an amazing life by deciding to look at the positive side of things. I am not telling you it is easy, I just want to share with you a better way to live and enjoy your life.

Really dive into this inspiration today. Take notice how you respond and react to situations. Are you fueled with fire, or are you fueled with love. I am sometimes fueled with fire, and then I take responsibility for it and fuel myself with love. I don't want to be the complaining Crabby Patty; I want to be the rainbow seeing Wrapping Rita.

Have an amazing day my friends...take this quote seriously and take inventory on what is happening in your mind. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 25 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/24/2014

Good morning my friends....Happy Tuesday! What a great morning so far, not sure what the weather wants to do, but I am in for anything.

Today I wanted to talk about pressure...this inspiration is so important to really absorb. We are doing incredible things with our lives. We are setting goals, we are achieving wins, and we are learning from the journey we are on.

Sometimes when we have wins we feel like we have to be winners all the time, and that causes unnecessary pressure. For me personally I start to set the bar pretty high for myself, then I start to hide and not want to do anything. That was me yesterday....I have been doing great things, and then I start to put that pressure on me like I have to be awesome all day every day. That get's to be tiresome.

We have to remember we are human and no one expects us to be perfect all the time. It is great to challenge yourself to keep motivated, but if you don't enjoy the victory for a moment, you will start the next task and put undue pressure on yourself. I battle this issue all the time.

I watch my husband keep moving; he goes from one thing to the next and does not stop. That is totally not me....and I know that about myself...however I continue to beat myself up and feel guilty I am not that person. This is an example of unnecessary pressure. This kind of pressure will beat me down and stop me dead in my tracks.

Today I woke up and I had to talk myself out of not wasting another day. I love my life and what I do, but sometimes I get tired and yesterday was definitely my day to rest. I could not even blog yesterday. I could not find anything that was so inspiring I just had to write about it. That's a type of day that scares me...that is when I know I have put too much pressure on myself and I haven't mastered the balance yet. Sometimes those kinds of days will literally last for days....but I am learning to pick myself up and start again quicker.

My friends, we are truly only human. We can do anything we set our minds to, but sometimes you need to stop and smell the roses, look around and see the beauty around you, look around and see the friends and family that is around you, enjoy what you have created and be grateful for all that you have.

Take the pressure off yourself. Be great in your moment; don't worry about anything but what you are doing in that moment. When you take the pressure off yourself, no one person can put the pressure on you...love yourself, be kind to yourself, let yourself know you are whole and complete just the way you are.

Have an amazing day my friends...until we meet again.

Rita

Day 23 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/22/2014

Good morning my friends....I hope you are all doing well and are safe. These storms that keep coming through are crazy angry. Yesterday we had a tornado in McHenry and left some damage and 12,000 people without power. I hope everyone is safe.

Today's inspiration is so fitting. When we have goals or we are on a journey we always want the end result right away. Sometimes it won't happen for quite a while. Sometimes we have to go through all the ups and downs, swirly twirly roads. Sometimes we need to take a few steps back to take few steps forwards. It truly is amazing.

We always have to remember to practice patience. Our lives are so amazing, what we do while we are here is so important. God has created us for a reason. There is something that each and every one of us is supposed to do. Some of us know what that purpose is and some of us don't, they are still trying to figure that out.  Every step that you take during that process is so crucial to who you are. Every mistake that you make is a very important piece to who you are. Every step that you take forward and keep going, never giving up are all the keys you are collecting for the big reveal.

Our lives are all different. If we keep trying to get closer and closer to who we are and what we are created for, we will be so much happier and confident for it. We should always keep our blinders on no matter what. We may be on the same journey with someone else but how we are to reach the destination will be completely different from that person. Each of us have our own separate way, we each have our own lessons to learn and too teach.  That is so amazing to me.

I always have to remember this for myself. Sometimes when I look around I see someone on my same journey and they seem to be going faster than me, or even slower than me...that is why we need our own blinders so we stay focused on what we are doing, not on what others are doing. Leave the judgment out and keep trying to reach for that next step.

Have an amazing day my friends.  Keep your focus on you and only you. YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!!

Rita

Day 22 on Empowering Woman to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/21/2014

Good morning....it is SUPER SATURDAY!!!! Who is loving the weekend already??? I had my girlfriends over last night to play 80's bunco...it was so much fun!!!! Woke up today just feeling awesome; house is clean and I am ready to take on my Saturday. Who enjoyed yesterday's little video HAPPY??? I hope it put a pep in your step for the day!

What are you passionate about? This inspiration really allows you to think about what it is that you are being called to do. I am always passionate about inspiring women to know how wonderful they are. To allow women to realize they deserve to be treated the very best way possible.

Since I was a little girl I always wanted to be that someone who makes a difference in women's lives. I have always wanted women to know their value and not allow men or anyone else treat them badly. I would say that is my true passion and calling. That is why this blog is so important to me.

I want to reach as many women as possible, so they can start to realize if they don't already, how important and special they are. That they deserve the best things that life has to offer. I want women to realize they are stronger than they think and they can do anything they put their minds too. If they are in a position that is not desirable, they can reach out to someone who is strong and get the help they need.

Too many times I have seen some of my friends be in relationships that are not good; me myself included. I was in a relationship that gave me the greatest gift of my life, my son. However, over time the relationship was toxic. I was not physically abused, but I had a husband who got arrested frequently along with having affairs as I was trying to keep the family together. It was a period of time that put me in a place that was very low. I had zero self esteem. I felt like I only deserved what I got, until the last time I caught him cheating. My son and I went to a counselor as we had in the past....but this time this counselor asked me if I had any respect for myself. I could not believe what I was hearing. Then he looked at my son and said you are raising a man; how are you going to raise him to treat women? From that point on I got myself back and I have been strong ever since.

I share that piece of myself, again not for sympathy but to show that no matter what your situation, you can always change it. You can always pick yourself up, dust off and be the woman you were put on the earth for. I am a stand for all women. I don't think that anyone is better than another. We are all equal and we all deserve a great life.

I ask, what is your passion? When you realize what that is, BE THAT!!!! Until we meet again my friends.

Rita

Day 21 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/20/2014

Good morning my friends....Today let's just be happy and clap along together....It is FRIDAY!!! I hope everyone enjoys the video I am sharing of me, my husband Michael, my son Frankie, my girlfriends Mary and Tish....we had so much fun creating this video for you....Take the message and run with it today.

Until we meet again my friends....

Rita

Day 20 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/19/2014

Good morning my friends....I am so excited to be here and sharing my life with all of you. I truly hope that you are all getting something out of my blogs to help you be strong confident women.

I found myself waking up today and appreciating what I have in my life. I appreciate all that I have gone through because I truly have turned into someone I love being.

A friend of mine Stacy Frano posted this quote today and I absolutely love it. We don't realize how much we have been through in our lives and who we turn out to be is amazing because of it.

Today I truly appreciate all that I have gone through, a lot of it has been dark times...but who I am today is amazing...I don't recognize myself a lot because of it. I never thought in a million years I would be blogging and sharing myself this way. But I find the more I blog, the more I acknowledge all that I have learned and all that I have become. With that, I have been able to help women realize how amazing and confident they truly are. There are too many of us who don't know how important we are, it is so sad to me. I want every woman to realize her power!!!

Be the butterfly my friends....who cares what has happened in your life...I say that with love...Because you are not what has happened, you are the butterfly because of what has happened. We all have something to teach when we learn our lessons. We have the compassion to help and be strong for someone when they cannot be strong for themselves. It's true!!! I am living proof.

Be the butterfly that you are...even if you don't realize your beauty still be the butterfly, eventually you will get it.

Until we meet again my friends....

Rita

Day 19 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/18/2014

Good morning my beautiful friends...It feels like God turned on the air conditioning for us. It's nice to have a little relief this morning, but I sure would not mind if the sun came out and the heat was jacked up. I love the summer season....mostly because I love to be tan!!! hahahahahah I totally crack myself up.

When I blog I always go through my inspirations that I receive and think about what is happening in my life or if something significant stands out for me. I had a couple of inspirations picked out for today until I came across this one.

I have had a lot of people come in and out of my life, but I have also gone in and out of many people's lives as well. I am sitting here thinking about all I have learned in my past, the good with the bad. I remind myself how much I have grown to be the woman who is writing this blog today.

When I started out in life I was a crazy little girl. Always laughing, making jokes, and trying to be the funny girl. Then as I got older life started to happen and I put that little crazy girl away for a long time. I became an angry girl and blamed the whole world for my life. I would take on everything that had ever happened to me and put it on my shoulder to carry around for all to see. Then one day someone shared with me a better way of life. This woman was only in my life for a short period of time but she helped me see there is more to me than what happened. I started to dig really deep into myself and I decided to change my life. I decided to learn from every experience and make the absolute best out of everything.

I love who I am for everything I have done, everything I have gone through and everything that I will continue to do. I have accepted myself fully. When I have friends who have or are going through hard times I am there to really listen and support them on that particular journey. When I have friends who are going through amazing times and are blossoming, I am able to be with them and celebrate their lives with them. It is an amazing honor to be in someone's life like that.

I can say every event that has occurred in my life and every person who has been in my life, THANK YOU!!! I am this amazing woman who is confident and beautiful because each and every one of you.

Until we meet again my friends.

Rita

Day 18 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

6/17/2014

Good morning...I hope everyone is safe from the crazy storms last night. The sun is trying very hard to peak through the clouds....Come on Sun...I want to be bathing in your delight at the pool with my good friend Paige.

Today's inspiration is so very interesting. As we are going through our journey's we will find ourselves suffering or being inspired. Our last journey I was inspired but I also suffered quite a bit. We always get to choose what we are going to do.

I used to find myself waking up in the morning and it felt like all the work I did yesterday on myself always got washed away. I always felt that little bit of a dread that I would have to start from scratch to do it all over again. I could not wait until that day came when I was good no matter what.

When I came across this inspiration today, I realized that I am choosing to continue my accomplishments from yesterday. I am choosing not to start all over again and I am choosing not to dread when I awaken. I am choosing to continue to ask for help when needed and share my feelings so I can hear out loud my struggles.

This journey Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident is changing my life daily. It no longer is about the size of my body, but the size of my self confidence and how I see me. When I see myself as an amazing strong and capable woman I feel healthier that I did yesterday. I don't seem to get sick and my body is slowly melting.

I realized this morning when I saw this inspiration shared by an old class mate Michael Las Vegas Novelli; I realized I have finally decided to change. Every day I decide to change and be a better version of myself from yesterday. I decided to keep moving forward on my journey instead of being stuck starting over every day.

I hope each and every one of you feels just as inspired as I do. I feel like I can do anything I want in this world. My whole self is changing and I am loving it. My business with It Works Global is taking off and helping me make my dreams come true. My body is finally releasing the unwanted weight the keeps me down, and how I carry myself in public has changed. I am finding myself getting dressed, doing my hair and putting on a cute pair of heals no matter where I go. I am feeling like a whole new person.

My friends please decide to change when you wake up. You will be so glad that you did. Until we meet again.

Rita

Rita OWEN

I have been through a lot in my life just as everyone else; I have found that what I have gone through has always been for my highest good. There is not a thing that I would change in my life; I would keep the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Sharing my lessons with you helps me to be the best version of myself. What I have learned, I share so you are the best version of yourself.

When we stand together we are strong and tall making a more confident and loving world. We are forgiving our past and embracing all that is learned. We then are teaching our children to be human and the best version of themselves.

Rita Owen

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