I love how so many of us are motivated at the beginning of each year to create something bigger and better for ourselves. If only we could maintain this momentum the whole year through.

Unfortunately, many of us end up dropping the ball by the end of January; we feel bad about ourselves and we spend the rest of the year letting life happen to us. Now that might be a little exaggeration, but I don't think I'm too far off base.

I really believe that resolutions shouldn't be something we do at the beginning of the year, but something we do every single week of the year.

The other day I sat back and pondered the last 5 years of my life.

Most of what I thought about brought a great big smile to my face. I was proud of what I had accomplished, both on my own and with my husband Clayton.

I thought about our marriage and the energy and time we both poured into it (and still pour into it) in order to create what I now consider to be an unbreakable foundation.

I thought about my two little angels, Raylen and Cara, and how much work it was (and still is) to raise them with conscious intention.

I used to believe it was selfish to take care of myself; to make my needs important.

Nothing could be further from the truth for me now.

If there is one thing I know for sure about me, it's that when I take extremely good care of myself, I become a strong and powerful woman who can love and take extremely good care of others.

The same is true for my husband. I support him in every way I can so he can take really good care of himself. Just like me, when he is happy our whole family benefits because he is able to give us so much more of himself.

How do you define success? What would have to happen in your life in order for you to feel successful?

Would you need a big house? A closet full of clothes? A fit body? A bank account with six or more figures? All of it?

I definitely strive for all of the above! But for me, all of the above is not what makes me successful. For me, I am successful when my mind is at peace.

Does that sound flaky or can you relate?

We all have our moments. We do things that make us feel bad about ourselves. We choose behaviors we're ashamed of. We say things we're not proud of. And at the end of the day, when we screw up, we sit in guilt, shame and powerlessness.

But imagine if we loved ourselves unconditionally. How would it impact our lives if we loved ourselves despite our errors? Even if we screwed up over and over again and made the same mistake over and over again... what if we loved ourselves anyway?

Some may argue that we are giving ourselves permission to behave inappropriately and while there may be merit to this claim I tend to have a little more faith in the human race.

Imagine if you lost $400,000 to a VLT and slot machine addiction. What would that do to your life? Your self-image? Your marriage? Your family?

Meet Gisele Jubinville, a wife, mother and grandmother, author, successful business woman and inventor. Nobody would have ever guessed the pain she was living with...

Gisele lost $400,000 to a severe VLT and Slot Machine addiction. She nearly lost her marriage, her self-esteem and she nearly lost her life.

But what kept her going, was a gut feeling that something wasn't right with the machines she was playing.

While tangled in her addiction, Gisele went on a mission. She became a huge government nuisance asking for information and accounting figures. She spent countless hours doing her own research, studying numbers and even picking through casino garbage cans looking for machine receipts that would eventually help her put everything together. At the end of a 10 year period, Gisele compiled a hockey bag full of files exposing a government cover-up that will forever change the perception of VLT and Slot Machines AND the people who become addicted to them.

A while ago I made a really important decision.

I decided to change the way I perceived my bad days.

You see, I was tired of having a bad day and perceiving it as a huge dramatic crisis with no possible solutions in sight. I was tired of always judging myself. I was tired of looking at my life as if I were a victim. I was tired of being ungrateful. And I was tired of seeing myself as someone who needed to be fixed.

The truth is, I had a moment of enlightenment... I realized that no matter how much I worked on myself or how much money I would spend on my self-care, there would always be days that would suck. Period.

When I had this light bulb moment, it was as if I put down my sword and shield and surrendered to life itself!

Did you know the National Post said coaching is the fastest growing industry in the world behind the IT Industry?

This makes me so excited, because anyone who knows me, knows how extremely passionate I am about helping people. I've been in business for 3 years now and things are really starting to take off! I am thrilled to be able to share my gifts and talents with the world (or as my coach says 'share your brownies with the world')!

But here's the thing... the National Post says coaching is huge and yet when I talk to a lot of people, they still seem pretty confused about what I do. So I wanted to make sure that my peeps (who are you) are not confused at all about what coaching is and how I can help.

From my perspective, coaching is a collaboration of two or more people (coach and client or clients) who commit to attaining some sort of desired end result. In short, you hire a coach to help you get what you want. There are so many coaching niches such as business, life or personal, spiritual, career, parenting, and the list goes on and on.

Is there something or someone in your life that you find yourself obsessing about on a daily basis? Maybe you're unhappy about your professional life, maybe it's your body image, the desire to meet your soul mate or maybe it's the almighty dollar that has complete control over your life.

No matter what or who it is, the attachment to this person or thing is probably making you miserable. I know this because I have been there soooo many times in my own life.

When we are attached to something or someone, we NEED it or them to be a certain way in order for us to be happy. This often leads to disappointment, because let's face it, we don't have control over other people and sometimes we don't even have control over certain situations.