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Join the "No Shame Summer" Movement and LOVE your body!

How often do you find yourself saying negative things about your body?  Once per day?  5 times per day?  20 times per day?  We all do it.  Our bodies are amazing vessels and are awesome, but we constantly tear ourselves down, mentally, because something about our bodies doesn’t live up to the standard that we... Read more »

By Melanie Bolen,
May 28, 2014 at 1:20 pm

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  Melanie Bolen

  Hi! My name is Melanie. By trade, I'm a certified personal trainer. By nature, I do my best to be an optimist. Life has a habit of throwing us through the ringer... trust me, I've been there too. One of the biggest factors for me being able to trudge on, and accomplish great things, is my mindset. I want this to be a place that you can come to be uplifted when you are having a crappy day. It's time to see the shiny side of life.

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