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Be you, always!

No-one is coming to rescue you or fix you. That’s your job!

  When you decide to make life changes whether big or small, remember, it is all you.  No-one is coming to rescue you or fix everything.  It’s all you. Making life altering decisions takes balls and even if you look timid on the outside, when you decide to do something that’s going to likely piss…
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November 17, 2021 0

Adoption Day a.k.a. Gotchaday – Thoughts & feelings on family & parenting 8 years later.

  November 7th, 2013 is the day we became a forever family and here’s a piece I posted as a first blog entry a few years ago.  Take a read if you like and please enjoy. A big day for us in so many ways.  Our family grew as we brought home an 18-month-old baby…
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November 7, 2021 0

Tools, Tips & Truths: A Health & Fitness Series by Shireen Fabing

    Oh hey! This is an ongoing blog series sharing my favourite tools, tips and truths related to health, fitness and wellness.  Just my perspective and my experiences a mom, an athlete, boxing coach, personal trainer and entrepreneur – not always all at once and not always in that order!  My goal is to…
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September 21, 2021 1

DITCH THE GUILT OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND LET’S FINISH 2021 STRONG AND NOT BURNT OUT!

  Do you ever feel guilty when you’re taking time to work on yourself?  Don’t!  Making yourself a priority is just that, a priority and more importantly it sets you up for success! Here’s the thing – we all need a day or two off, a few hours alone, a solo walk, a break from…
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September 14, 2021 0

Create your happiness. Think it, believe it and real life it!

    If something doesn’t serve you or make you happy anymore it’s time to move on.  Create your happiness.  Start the first chapter of whatever that new story for you will be.  Think it, believe it and then real life it. The hard part is doing it or, speaking up and out. This was…
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March 16, 2021 0

Celebrate YOU today and everyday! #IWD2021

  Women’s Day is every damn day, or it should be.  My #choosetochallenge is celebrating ourselves. Yes, there are a few days a year to recognize and publicly commemorate us but don’t wait to be celebrated.  Let’s just do it! Celebrating ourselves can take many forms.  Taking and making time for ourselves includes and is…
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March 8, 2021 0

Fierce, Confident, Unstoppable, Beautiful: Make these feelings the norm!

  More red lipstick please!  I want to wear it whenever I can.  In fact, I want to create more opportunities to whip it out.  There’s something about my Ruby Woo shade by M.A.C. cosmetics that makes me want to strut!  The belief that I can accomplish anything and make everything work.  I want to…
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February 24, 2021 0

Lessons in Quarantine

  Last week I ran three consecutive km’s.  Twice I may add!  By EOW I aim to be at 5km.  I’m recovering from a knee injury and due to COVID, suffered way too long before I could see a physiotherapist.  Healing has seemed like an eternity at this point! Sharing the lessons I’ve learnt during…
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July 20, 2020 1

SAY. THEIR. NAMES.

“Can daddy die like George or like the jogger mommy”? Read that again. I felt the colour drain from my face and that pre vomit taste in my mouth make it’s way to the surface.  That was earlier this morning and about 8 hours later I’m still shook.  The week started heavy enough to hear…
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May 28, 2020 1

When you’re ripe, you rot…

When you’re ripe you rot, when you’re green you grow.  – unknown Unknown (to me) but it’s a good one.  I’ve had bosses, mentors and coaches use it.  I have as well in my own moments of teaching and efforts at inspiring others. What’s this got to do with boxing, or anything in life for…
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May 9, 2020 0