Welcome back! If you haven’t already, please drop me a note at calie at broccolicupcake dot com. You can also subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve been thinking on this all day and wondering how to sum up two days of workshop, speaker and attendee interactions.  I’m still exhausted and a little overwhelmed, [...]

I come across lots of things every day that inspire me, but I didn’t expect to find it when shopping for workout clothes. But hey, I’m grateful for it where ever and when ever I find it. I’ll admit, it was the stylish workout clothes that attracrtred me to this company initially, but it’s their [...]

You know what’s really frustrating?  When you work really hard at something and don’t get the desired results.  Last week, I had my annual physical including blood work.  I have to admit, I went into it feeling a little overly confident.  Afterall, I had made some significant changes to my lifestyle and I was feeling healthier than ever.  [...]

It’s about to get personal ladies.  I’ve gone back and forth about sharing this, but it plays a significant role in my effort to improve my health and wellness and it impacts my life on several levels: physical, emotional, mental and relational.  I’ve been open about everything else and I remind myself that there are probably [...]

I recently participated in a workshop where I was challenged to do something nice for myself for one week.  When we met again the following week we received another round of homework beginning with the same assignment - do something nice for yourself every day this week.  Week two was more challenging than week one and [...]

I couldn’t let the day pass without reminding everyone that National Women’s Health Week kicked-off today and will be celebrated through May 16.  With the theme ”It’s Your Time,” the nationwide initiative encourages women to take simple steps to live a longer, healthier, and happier life.  Isn’t that what we all strive for?  So I encourage every [...]

I was recently asked “How did you come up with the name “broccoli cupcake” and what’s the project all about?”  I thought it only makes sense to answer this question as my first official post.  So here goes. If you continue to visit broccolicupcake.com the full back story that led to the name and the [...]