Tips for Staying Vibrant and Youthful (Even) in Your 50’s

1. Eat well - your body is your temple and what you feed it will be reflected on your face, your skin, in your energy level… everywhere.

2. Take care of your gut health - our gut is called our SECOND BRAIN for a reason. It is the epicentre of our health. My gut reset has changed the game for me (even 6 years post menopause! EVEN at 53!)

3. Challenge yourself to learn new things! Getting out of your comfort zone keeps your mind and spirit young and engaged in learning and it gives you a sense of purpose.

4. Nurture your relationships. If you are around people who are constantly confrontational, untrustworthy or they leave you feeling drained… guard your energy and limit your time. I can’t tell you how much “STRESS” poor relationships will cause your body! “The quality of your life IS the quality of your relationships”

5. Think of yourself as vibrant, fun, and full of zest! Age truly is just a number and how you THINK will be how you FEEL! I truly FEEL like I’m in my 20s but with the wisdom and confidence of my 53 years of life and learning.

Want info on my #1 gut reset program?

Helps you overcome:

• Bloating

• Brain fog

• Manage weight

• Heal your microbiome

• Clear up your skin & glow

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There is NO calorie counting - I coach you on how to transition to a sustainable healthy lifestyle with a combo of healthy whole foods and clean supplements to bridge the nutritional gaps, mindset tips and workouts.

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Grateful to be on this journey with you! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

Raising Inspired Children

Of all the jobs I’ve had over my 53 years, my favourite and the most challenging job, has been parenting our 3 amazing daughters.

We have never treated them like they are our little minions who must obey our every word, but rather, we give them the freedom to be who they are and support them to help them grow into the best versions of themselves.

Our role as a parent in the first few years is to teach our children, as well as to encourage them to develop resilience, to trust themselves and to be okay with making a few mistakes along the way while they also learn the power of decision making. We definitely offer our advice and guidance when asked, we communicate a LOT, and we ultimately leave it to them to come to thier own well informed conclusions. By allowing them to make their own decisions and learn how to live with the consequences of those decisions - good or bad - we set them up to lead a life they take ownership and responsibility in creating.

We cannot protect our children forever, nor is that our job. We want them to be empowered individuals who are confident, we want them to believe in themselves and know how to overcome challenges in order to achieve their destiny.

HA  - sounds easy, doesn’t it?

My husband and I have learned as much from our children as they have learned from us.

Our girls are now 23 and the twins just turned 20. We have been through a lot as a family (what family hasn’t?). Our eldest daughter has a health condition that has layered in an additional complexity that we have all had to learn to navigate in order to best support her on her journey to be her healthiest (which she is thank GOD!). They are ambitious, self motivated, hard working, with a giant vision for the life and work they are creating and they give everything they do their absolute ALL.

We have been asked countless times for tips on parenting as all 3 girls have turned out pretty dang great! We aren’t perfect, we have made mistakes, but we have always learned together and grown together. In response to all the questions and to pay forward ALL that we have learned - we created an online course to help other parents raise inspired children.

In life all wisdom comes through experience….we are parents in the trenches just like you - raising our children while navigating our own challenges. In our UNIQUE course, you will hear from my husband and I, AND our children as we share both our personal successes and challenges, as well as how we overcame those challenges. The purpose of this course is to set you up to succeed based on a solid foundation of practical wisdom rather than theory.

Being a parent is THE MOST IMPORTANT role you will ever have. We are proud of this program and excited to share it with you. Check out the course and please message me with any questions.

Grateful to be on this journey with you! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

PS: Here is an interview I did on the show “Where Parents Talk”

“Meet a wife and mom of three — including a set of twins — whose resume is a fascinating read! From corporate executive to author to global health and wellness entrepreneur, Kim MacGregor describes her current journey running her own business as, “living by design.”

From healthy aging and living with intention, MacGregor’s mission is to live her best life with purpose and impact, while supporting others to do the same.

Filled with challenges, personal growth and tough choices, MacGregor chronicles the steps she took to be the architect of her own business.

Running a team of well over 100, in various countries and continents is an opportunity she embraces and thrives on.

Watch the video interview with Lianne Castelino of whereparentstalk and Kim MacGregor, global wellness executive.”

What NEW EXPERIENCES can do for you…

Last week my hubby and I drove 2 ½ hours to visit friends for the afternoon and stay for dinner.

They live outside the hustle and bustle of the city on a 34-acre property.

I had no preconceptions of what to expect - I was just looking forward to the visit. What we experienced that afternoon was absolutely magical.

An older small green home was the first thing we saw driving up the long road, this is where his spry 97-year-old mother lives. Beside it was a larger home attached to an old barn. All of it is surrounded by lush flowers and vegetation. This is where D and his wife and their 2 daughters live. On a tour of the homes we went on later, the barn was filled with old race cars of all kinds, at different stages of being refurbished, one of D’s passions.

We were NOT in the city anymore!

We went into the house and to the kitchen which D designed. It looked like something out of an Italian film. High ceilings, a huge stove and sink area, rustic benches (brought by his dad from France) and tables covered in fresh fruits and vegetables.

D immediately sliced open a fresh cantaloupe that he picked that morning from his garden and offered us a snack of cantaloupe and prosciutto. Jeff and I had never had this combination of foods together and it was delicious.

We then put on our long pants, sweaters and hats and D took us for a walk to the far reaches of his property. It stretched on for what felt like forever. He shared the history of the property and how he spent 15-18 years old there as a young boy when his parents first purchased it. Years later, when they announced they were going to sell it - he and his wife S, bought the property.

As we walked through the rolling terrain, dense with trees he shared that his father worked with inmates from the local jail to help rehabilitate them and one of the things he had them do was come out of the property and plant trees. Needless to say, decades on, these trees are big and beautiful holding this compelling history in their roots.

We walked through a wide river bed, dried up in the summer heat, that flows spectacularly during the spring and fall.

We returned to the main house and met up with S who had returned from work. She had started dinner while we were out walking and the kitchen now smelt like a combination of fresh produce and marinating fresh seasonings. She gave us each a small cardboard basket and we headed out to the garden behind the house to pick the veggies for dinner. Fresh potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, fresh cucumbers and fresh basil and cilantro.

The meal S cooked for us was one of the BEST Jeff and I had ever eaten.

We felt like total city slickers for the day. I would have PAID to have the entire experience, my heart was so filled with gratitude! It served as a reminder to Jeff and I of the importance of getting out of your regular routine to experience NEW ways of living & new places to expand and shape your understanding of the world. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy just an openness to NEW experiences.

More memory building coming at the end of this month when we head off to South Carolina for our summer trip. I can’t wait!

Have you had an experience that changed the way you looked at things? Would love to hear about it!

Grateful to be on this journey with you! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

Do you have a Growth or Fixed Mindset?

Life is the most incredible journey, isn’t it?

Just when we think we have things all figured out - something happens to create a shift.

When I was 17 in my final year of high school, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was only 41. She was my best friend and the picture of health on the outside. My parents had just gone bankrupt and my mom was the one that had to deal with all the creditors for years leading up to that point. I believe the toll that took on her mentally and physically massively contributed to her cancer diagnosis so young.

At that moment, my life changed. I was the pillar of strength for my mom. She would wake up at 2 am in absolute fear at the sound of rain on the roof- it was my job to comfort her, stay awake and talk to her until she calmed down and was able to get back to sleep.

It was at that time that I started diving into reading any books I could about the power of the mind to heal, to overcome adversity and any challenge that anyone in my family, including me, was dealing with.

Without being fully aware of it back then… I embarked on a journey of building “a growth mindset”

A growth mindset is defined like this…

“Someone with a growth mindset views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and capable of improvement through effort. On the other hand, someone with a fixed mindset views those same traits as inherently stable and unchangeable over time.”

Developing a growth mindset has meant, incorporating reading, listening to books on audio, and listening to podcasts EVERY SINGLE day. In addition to a healthy lifestyle, eating clean, working out and writing affirmations and daily goal setting - the personal growth you can do on the muscle that is the BRAIN can change your life more than ANYTHING!

We are all capable of doing amazing things but If we aren’t aware of our weaknesses or the things we need to do to CREATE that change we will remain stuck in the same thinking. If we remain stuck and nothing changes we will never challenge ourselves, stretch out of our comfort zone and develop new skills, awareness and understanding to develop the potential that lies within.

Human beings are actually hard-wired for change. We are hard-wired to grow and serve and connect and create meaning and purpose. Life is meant to be a journey of learning, self-awareness and growth.

Along my own personal growth journey, the greatest revelation was the sense of responsibility and self-awareness that could help improve my life and relationships. It meant letting go of trying to be “perfect” (that doesn’t exist anywhere) and embracing growth.

I know that without this commitment to growth and the journey I am on… I wouldn’t be the wife, mother, friend, or business coach I am today. I wouldn’t have been able to create the business and life of my dreams without embracing a commitment to daily personal reflection and growth.

If you are looking for a great place to begin your self-growth journey - send me an email. I have read hundreds and hundreds of books on every topic that I would be happy to recommend to you - wherever you are in your journey.

Grateful to be on this journey with you! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

Be Kind

Have you ever walked away from an interaction with someone whether in person or on a call and had a fabulous experience? An interaction that left you feeling BETTER than before? The first thing I always say is… what a KIND person!!! The ripple effect of that interaction is wide and deep.

In the same breath, have you ever had an interaction with someone and felt yourself dragged in to drama, conflict or feeling the need to defend yourself in what should have been a straight forward communication? Whether the person is just having a bad day or struggling with something personal… I generally try to let it go. However, when ongoing communications with the same person ALWAYS turn sideways and put you on edge… it’s more than just a bad moment for them - it’s a behaviour that can be incredibly toxic to have to deal with.

I have immense empathy and compassion for people. Maybe too much sometimes. I have been known in the past to make excuses for people’s poor behaviour. However, the truth is this… EVERYBODY and I mean EVERYBODY including me… is fighting a battle you know nothing about!!! That does NOT give ANYONE the right to be UNKIND or to behave like an ASSHOLE! Regardless of what you are going through, it is not OKAY to drag people down with you - especially people who truly want what’s best for you.

As human beings, I believe it’s our responsibility to do our own inner work. I work on myself every dang day! It is HARD WORK!!! And it is WORTH it! It takes self reflection and owning our actions and being aware of how those words and actions affect those around us. It can be helpful to seek the proper professional care, was we continue to do our own work along the way. AND, when we are human and mess up… it’s useful when we are quick to apologize, in order to make things right!

The most amazing part of taking ownership of our behaviour is that we become AWARE of our impact on others. I often hear people say… “My intention was…xyz”  It’s not intentions that matter. It’s ACTIONS! We are what we DO and SAY, not what we INTEND to do.

When in doubt, choose KINDNESS!

Choose self reflection!

Choose to take ownership of your words and actions!

Choose to live by the golden rule - treat people the way YOU want to be treated!

Choose to leave people better than you found them!

These old adages sound so simple don’t they? In my ongoing journey I have discovered that working on myself, even though it’s hard work, has ultimately lead to a more simple life. It frees up our energy as we move from FIGHTING our way through interactions with others to a new healthier, more self aware approach to communications. Developing a new sense of self allows us to better regulate our emotions, choose our words and actions with greater consideration for their IMPACT.

There is plenty of chaos around us, and sometimes within us, our job is not to create MORE CHAOS, it’s to simplify our lives and to grow! Always striving to be better today, than we were yesterday.

NOT perfect by any stretch… GOD knows that perfection does not exist for ANY HUMAN BEING. But to be KIND… now that’s something to aim for.

How do you deal with these types of situations in your life?

Are you looking for any good books or podcasts to reference on your journey? Message me -I am happy to share what has worked and continues to work for me.

Grateful to be on this journey with you! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

If you can DREAM it - you can LIVE IT!

If you can DREAM it - you can LIVE IT!

Are you where you want to be in your life?

Do you feel a KNOWING inside that you are meant for more?

My entire life I have felt this way.

I know I was put on this earth to do BIG things! I have lost my way more times than I can count. I have wound up in jobs doing things so far from my passion. I have cried in my bed questioning everything I thought I knew! I have sat quietly in my car and contemplated how I got where I was… so far off track from what I had envisioned for my life! I have passed time with an anxious feeling in my gut that led to me living for Friday so I could get to the weekend, and then on Sunday, dreading Monday when the whole cycle started over.

I am here to tell you - YOU ARE meant for MORE!

If you have a feeling, a calling, a KNOWING inside that there is something greater for you… PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE IT!

Whatever you want… wants you!

Decide that you are going to step out of your comfort zone and START!

If you aren’t sure where to begin… start by writing down all the ways you want to feel, and what your life will look like. You don’t have to know exactly what the THING that will get you there is… BUT you do have to be CLEAR on what THERE looks and feels like!

11 years ago - I had a tug. I got a call to look at something NEW to me. I FOLLOWED my tug and my entire life has changed forever as a result.

Know that your dream life won’t always show up the way you saw it… so remain open to everything! The universe is a magical place that brings you just what you need, right when you need it! Remain OPEN and I promise you magical things will show up!

If you are looking to create change and live out the life of your dreams please reach out to me! I have mentored hundreds of people to do just that… to transform their lives. I would love to learn more about your dreams.

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

How to Set Healthy Boundaries

This has been one of the most challenging lessons I have learned over my 53 years… how to set HEALTHY BOUNDARIES! And to be totally honest… I am still working on it!

If you struggle with people-pleasing, getting caught up in other people’s drama, or having a hard time limiting your exposure to toxic behaviour from ANYONE - colleagues, friends or family - perhaps this will give you some strength and tools to be able to make new, ultimately HEALTHIER decisions for yourself that will have a profoundly positive impact on YOU and those around you who actually DO want what’s best for you!

Let’s start with what you might be experiencing as signs that you need to set healthier boundaries:

1. You feel that it’s your responsibility to help make others feel better

2. You feel guilty when and IF you take personal time - you have a belief that you should ALWAYS be available to anyone who “needs” you

3. Regardless of the valid reasons why you cannot help someone - you feel terribly guilty, like you’ve done something wrong

4. You are nervous to speak up for yourself and let your personal needs and desires be known

5. A great percentage of your time is spent listening on the phone, in the office, in person - to others who are constantly venting to you - as you’re the sounding board for all - with no support returned. This leaves you feel taken advantage of

“Shining neon lights” that a relationship is in need of some healthier boundary setting, include:

1. Your behaviour around this person is not in line with your personal values

2. This person can’t accept you for you and is constantly trying to change you

3. Even when you have attempted to set boundaries, they don’t pay attention to them and treat you as if you haven’t set any at all

4. This person cannot be happy for your happy moments

5. You’re afraid to disagree with even the most basic things with this person because they will “lose it” on you and lash out at you

6. This person will manipulate you emotionally disguising their behaviour and saying they care about you

Have you experienced any of the above? I certainly have!

It’s EASY for people to rally around you and support you when you are going through a challenging time… BUT… the measure of a healthy relationship with someone is that they want what’s best for you and they celebrate your wins with you - they aren’t resentful, minimizing or belittling.

When you do decide to set a boundary - be clear and direct and let the person know by using the word “boundary.” Then DO NOT WAIVER or be talked back into the relationship with false promises. They will be upset and challenge you but just remember the only people who will take issue with you setting boundaries are the people who cannot respect them.

Last year I had a few toxic relationships in a few different areas of my life. I could feel my self esteem slipping, my self respect declining and the unhealthy relationships I was entrenched in almost daily, were taking a toll on my stress levels and were causing me signs of physical illness.

I remembered my beautiful mom, who had a hard time setting boundaries and passed away at 53 of cancer, I realized that my life quite literally depended upon healthy relationships and healthy boundaries.

A NEW me was born!

The big epiphany came last year when one of my trusted business mentors said to me, in response to my asking for coaching on how to manage a challenging business colleague, and she replied with the adage, “We teach people how to treat us by what we are willing to accept.” That sunk in DEEP! I realized I had enabled this poor behaviour and if it was to change it was up to me to create boundaries!

Trust me when I tell you this will be difficult and you will feel sick about it… BUT only at first as you transition into new behaviour. You will feel 1000% BETTER on the other side of it - with your dignity and self respect in tact when you prioritize HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS!

One of my fave quotes is.. “The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships” ~ Tony Robbins.

What do you ultimately want the quality of your LIFE to be? Do the hard work of “editing out” the toxic people. You can still LOVE THEM where they are… and not have them in your day-to-day life. I literally put all the people I have created a safe and healthy boundary around in a heart on my affirmations page daily and write “I bless and release you. I send you love and wish you well.”

Let me know if you try this? I promise you your life AND your health will improve immensely.

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

Why I’m so passionate about healthy aging

I lost my mom when I was 29 and she was 53. My mom was my best friend and the first example of strength, unconditional love and an unstoppable quest for learning.

While she was a fitness and wellness buff, she got breast cancer at 41 and died of colon cancer at 53.

I turned 53 in November 2021 and it has been an emotional and deeply meaningful year for me. I have pivoted a great deal from prioritizing everyone's health around me, to really listening to and paying attention to my body and how I feel - energy, joy, weight, my joints, how healthy are my relationships and mental clarity?

I fully believe that our health is not one single factor but a combination of things done right that creates overall VITALITY… and that is what I am going for - not just feeling OKAY but YOUTHFULNESS AND VITALITY!

These past 6 months I doubled down on my nutrition. While I have been using the most amazing supplements since I was 47, I would often give myself months of pure indulgence (I had a MAJOR sugar addiction that I didn’t truly identify before this time). Cutting out inflammatory foods like gluten, dairy, alcohol and coffee was not difficult for me but cutting out processed sugars was my weakness.

As I assessed how I really truly felt - I realized that having the desserts and sugary treats in my 80/20 months was not benefiting me in the slightest.

I know what you’re thinking… Kim you have to live and enjoy. YES I do agree 100% and trust me I LIVE and I ENJOY - I have simply prioritized how I FEEL as an ongoing focus of mine -so having achy painful joints, bloating and feeling sleepy from sugar was NO LONGER worth it to me! I cut processed sugars out completely in Jan 2022 with the above inflammatory foods and I HAVE NOT MISSED IT one bit!

Here’s the thing I have learned (and I coach this to my clients)… your body doesn’t lie! It is telling you how it feels all the time - you just aren’t listening. It’s no longer enough for me to negotiate with MYSELF why it’s okay to have sugar simply because it’s MY RIGHT and I don’t want to FEEL deprived of what I want! DO you follow where I am going with this? It’s me against ME! I want to feel AMAZING, energetic, clear-minded, ZERO bloating in my gut, fit and healthy and I want my skin to glow! (I know demanding aren’t I! But WHY THE HECK NOT!)

So yes - I don’t eat inflammatory foods ANDDDD because I have helped my gut by incorporating supplements and nutrition - I NO LONGER CRAVE inflammatory foods OR sugar. The way our gut works - Our microbiome - is that it craves the state of the environment. So when we are living in a state of overgrowth of BAD bacteria (from eating inflammatory foods, stress and lack of exercise) we crave SUGAR, ALCOHOL, dairy all the things that clever but nasty bad bacteria FEED OFF OF!

By focusing on healing your gut health you get rid of the cravings that keep you in the loop of poor health, bloated belly, lack of energy, hormones feeling out of whack and brain fog…it all stems back to the gut!

I owe a great deal of my health at 53 - 6 years post menopause to my nutrition plan which is why I am OBSESSED with paying it forward to as many people as possible. People are willing to invest in their health - because it truly does matter what you feed your body. 70-80% of your immune system is in your gut. I am grateful to have coached hundreds of people through the program and of course, to lead from the front showing women what is possible when you prioritize YOUR HEALTH and invest in YOU. It’s the BEST investment you can make.

I know there’s a ton of confusion in the “diet culture” and please be clear, what I am talking about is NOT A FAD DIET  - rather it is about developing a healthy LIFESTYLE - 2 very different things.

Next blog I will be talking about BOUNDARIES and how creating healthy boundaries in all areas of my life has made a massive positive difference.

Send me a DM on IG @kimmacgregor1 or an email at kimmacgregor@rogers.com with “I’M READY TO GET HEALTHY KIM” in the DM or subject line of the email so we can connect and I can coach you on your most precious health journey!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo

How I got out of the 9-5 GRIND

When I was a young girl in university I had these grand illusions of what it would be like to work with a big company, have my own office, have business cards to give out and sit in "important" meetings discussing work and creative ideas with motivated people I was learning from daily. I imagined how inspiring it would be to earn a big paycheck and all the things I could do with that; like travel, buy nice things like towels (I always wanted nice towels for some reason), drive a nice car, live in a nice home, have a great family...you know...the DREAM LIFE.

And then I did it. I worked with some of the largest companies like Walmart, Amazon, Disney and Alliance Films, amongst countless others (many of which are actually out of business today). While working with these companies was rewarding for a time, I quickly realized it wasn't EVER going be ENOUGH to satisfy my internal feeling of being on PURPOSE, of making a DIFFERENCE in the world or of having more time FREEDOM and CONTROL and OWNERSHIP of my own life, to actually do all the things I dreamed of doing.

I also realized that the growth curve to get ahead and earn the kind of income I dreamed of through the corporate channel was long, drawn-out and actually left me with VERY LITTLE time for my family and ZERO ownership in my life. I had anywhere from 11 days to 15 days holiday in corporate. And I took the jobs anyway because that was all I knew, all I saw around me.

While I was ALWAYS dreaming up ideas to make money "on the side" and tried countless things including, creating TV shows that I tried to pitch, writing books, doing consulting work, life coaching...nothing provided me with the FINANCIAL solution I had been looking for, at the global scale with the massive reach I dreamt of.

Fast forward to 2010, I was back in the corporate grind, surrounded by very Uninspiring people, many of whom spent most of their day BITCHING and COMPLAINING about how much they hated their job or how frustrated they were and I wasn't learning ANYTHING new from any of them that was helping me grow as a person...other than that I DID NOT want to be LIKE THEM and waste my time complaining about what I hated about my life but remain STUCK and doing NOTHING to change my circumstances.

I started thinking there has got to be a BETTER way to make a living and earn money and feel good and have time freedom and create the "Life by design" I had always dreamed of. The harsh reality after over 25 years in corporate was that corporate was NEVER going to give me what I was looking for TIME and FINANCIAL FREEDOM.

So I began praying for a SIGN (isn't that what EVERYONE does when they feel like they are at the end of their rope?).

Have you ever been there? Just wishing something or someone would show up with a magic solution to all your problems and all your desires. I frantically searched online watching Youtube videos on "how to manifest your greatest life," on anything I could do online but most things seemed too hard to learn and a bit sketchy. I worked on trying to shift my mindset. It was hard and frustrating. With our children all in the VERY COSTLY sport of competitive dance, our costs were mounting and we never seemed to be able to get ahead of all our payments. My husband and I were both working hard, getting paid well, but STILL all our money was SPENT before it even hit the bank account.

I was so stressed out about bills, I felt so OFF track with work and extremely unfulfilled and EMPTY that I even developed HIVES on my elbows and waist from stress (STRESS is NOT good for your health...and it will do a number on your body!).

I believe in divine intervention...that our thoughts and our prayers are heard.

At that moment, a contact on Facebook whom I did not know, but who occasionally "Liked and commented" on my posts reached out to me and invited me to hear about a "business opportunity." This is where my spidey-senses were BOTH piqued and sceptical all at the same time. I was curious, to learn more about other options to creating change and somehow creating a PLAN B that could allow me to get out of my full-time job, without interrupting my full time job.

I will tell you this...the answer to my prayers came in an entirely DIFFERENT package than I had imagined...to be honest...an entirely DIFFERENT package than I had ever even been OPEN TO. But I was sick and tired of being sick and tired of my daily grind, my lack of time, my desire for more money and MORE purpose and MORE ownership and MORE wealth and MORE inspiration and MORE MEANING and MORE positive people I could learn from and grow with. Being OPEN to NEW ideas...to NEW opportunities is the best gift you can give yourself because, as I have learned, nothing NEW or GREAT or life-changing comes from within the confines of your comfort zone.

That openness and desire for more led me to a meeting where I heard, for the first time ever, about an online health and wellness business in the social marketing space, that I could start part-time (8-10 hours a week) alongside my full time job and that with consistent effort and vision, I COULD replace my full time income, just by switching my brand and using better safer products - products I was ALREADY using from a couple of dozen different store bought brands. AND AND AND AND I could build this business GLOBALLY on my laptop or cell phone with a wifi connection and the courage to share this with other people, who may be feeling that sense of "quiet desperation" reaching for their THING, their way to belong and feel meaning (just like I WAS feeling).

So I JUMPED IN!

I started my own side hustle, part-time, in the form on an online franchise with a mega-established brand (almost 40 years old now), in the fastest growing industry, health and wellness and beauty. I plugged in and followed a simple system, LEARNING new concepts of business I had NEVER understood or had knowledge of from my 4 years in university OR from over 25 years in corporate. I was learning new concepts, from successful-ordinary people who had done what I was setting out to do and who were teaching ME to do the same.  I started CRUSHING limiting beliefs about what I was capable of, what my life could ACTUALLY FOR REAL look like IF I got off the hamster wheel of working for someone else, and EXACTLY HOW to, not only have dreams and visions, but to MANIFEST and LIVE them out! The important thing to know is I STARTED afraid and not knowing how it was all going to come together, but TRUSTING I would learn and IT WOULD HAPPEN with consistency and FOCUS on my end goals!!!

All of what I dreamed of AND MORE has come to pass! My next level of dreams is set. I LOVE that I get to LOCK arms with people all over the world, who like me, have drive, ambition and a desire for MORE but no IDEA how that looks or how to create it!

OPPORTUNITIES don't always arrive in the shape you think they will - but they can offer the GREATEST gift of change if you just take a little leap of faith, step out on the skinny branch and JUMP IN!!!

As the famous thought leader Jim Rohn said, "For things to change YOU have to change. For things to get better YOU have to get better. For things to improve, YOU have to improve. When you grow everything in your life grows with you."

I continue on this amazing mission to empower, uplift and unite people to help them step off the crazy GRIND of an unfulfilled life and take steps towards building their version of "LIFE BY DESIGN" just as I have been blessed to do with this business. We are a global team of over 350 people and we are JUST GETTING STARTED!

If you ARE NOT where you want to be in your life, in your work, in your health, with your finances but you KNOW you are meant for MORE - I would LOVE to chat and share my business and journey with you! I am on a mission to locking arms with hard-working, kind, determined people with GRIT to teach them my strategies for living an abundant life and ESCAPING the 9-5 GRIND and join our growing TRIBE of visionaries!!! Message me today to schedule a call: kimmacgregor@rogers.com

Thank you for being a part of this journey.

Never stop believing one person can make a difference... that one person is YOU!

With love and gratitude,

Kim xo
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What it TAKES to create CHANGE in your life

There are have been MANY years where I have struggled in my relationship, not had the BEST health, years I have gone to work feeling like a “hamster on a wheel”  totally UN-inspired and stressed, and MANY MANY years where finances where tight and I KNEW in my gut I was capable of far MORE!

Ever felt ANY of that?

Trust me you are not alone (sadly!)

IF you felt RELIEF hearing that you are not alone – that’s GOOD and BAD! It’s good because you don’t want to feel like you are the only one struggling, but it’s BAD because we have this bizarre from of “social bonding” where we love to get together and commiserate about just how shitty our marriages and jobs are, how stressed we are financially and how it seems everyone else is getting ahead – EXCEPT US!!! The danger in that is if you CONTINUE to hang around OTHER people who are all as miserable, uninspired and as BROKE as YOU – you will ALLLLLL continue to go NOWHERE!!

“You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with,” motivational speaker Jim Rohn

Think about that for a moment.

IF you aspire for MORE…you have to break away from the pack that’s going nowhere fast and get around NEW people who are LIVING the life you aspire to live, even if it’s just listening to an audio or watching a motivational YouTube video. You have to create CHANGE. The minute I did this…learning from the WINNERS, from those living the LIFESTYLE I craved…everything in my life started to change for the better.

“For things to change, you have to change.” Jim Rohn

This isn’t as hard as it sounds, but it does take reflection, being HONEST with yourself about where you are AND where you really truly want to be, and a decision to ACTUALLY do something different (over and over and over again) in order to create the relationship, the income, the passion, the LIFE you KNOW you should be leading!!!

How do you start? With ACTION. Start with baby steps in the direction of where you want to be!

When I was rebuilding my broken marriage it took CHANGE – from ME first! When I wanted to get healthier and feel better – I needed to CHANGE what I was eating to healthier options and exercise daily (even if it was only for 20 min). When I was ready to level up my income, get out of debt and replace my corporate salary I had to create CHANGE by layering in a #SideHustle that would provide the EXTRA I needed. ALL of those things took learning, growing and consistent action repeated over time AND MAN OH MAN where they ALLLLLL ever worth it! To be THRIVING in all areas of my life today because of a DECISION to CHANGE is something I WISH for EVERYONE to experience as you become a NEW & improved version of yourself – which ripples into every aspect of your life!

If you aren’t where you want to be yet! If you are SO SICK AND TIRED of being SICK AND TIRED….that’s a NEON flashing sign your body is giving you to pull yourself together and change so the REAL you that’s buried inside can SHINE THROUGH.

Are you ready to create change?

Are you ready to level up?
What areas do you need help in?

Make 2019 your BEST year yet! Your future self with thank you (a million times over).

If you would like to contact me with questions, for tips or to lock arms and join my global tribe of leaders, I’d love to hear from you. Please email me at kimmacgregor@rogers.com

Thank you for being a part of this journey. Never stop believing one person can make a difference… that one person is YOU!

With love and gratitude,

Kim xo
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Embrace Aging…it’s not as bad as you think!

So it happened!

FINALLY!

I turned 50!
Actually, I have to laugh at myself because I have been talking about it so much for the past 6 months that when “the day” FINALLY arrived it was all rather uneventful. My brother called from LA and asked if I felt different, and I replied that I didn’t. And I still don’t.

Aging, like so many things, is a matter of mindset.

If I feel old….I will most certainly see myself as old and I will bet you that if I see myself as old, others will see me in that light too.

The truth is LIFE, VITALITY, ENERGY, JOY is timeless. It defies age – really and truly – defies age. I don’t mean to assume that you are going to look exactly the same at 50 that you did at 20, that would be unreasonable to expect and I actually don’t want to look the same. Nothing about me is the same…I’ve grown so much as a person! BUT I DO BELIEVE that you can be more radiant, more glowing and certainly feel better from the inside – out. Particularly if you make a commitment to look after yourself. To work on your relationships, to work on your mind, to be healthier, to take better care of YOU…mentally, physically and emotionally! To lead your life with a greater sense of meaning than ever before…because I do believe that meaning gives your life more beauty and depth and purpose.

So this whole 50 -thing – this aging thing…I am really rather liking it. I am grateful to be ALIVE and to be healthy and to be getting healthier every day and every year. My beautiful mother-in-law who is about to turn 80 (but actually looks like she’s in her early 60’s) told me that she liked her 50’s but that her 60’s and 70’s have been her favourite decades so far. Isn’t that awesome to hear! I could see how that could happen too.

I have found this magical elixir to life that oddly, has come to me partially from the brand I represent, Arbonne. It sounds so silly to say, but what we put on our skin impacts our health. What we put in our GUT (which is our second brain) affects our health…our clarity of mind, focus, brain-fog, bloating, inflammation, our skin. If you think you can keep living on coffee and bagels and cheat yourself to a healthier body you’re sadly kidding yourself. Luckily I clued in to that at 42 …but at ANY age you can make changes that will buy back YEARS of health and literally help to turn back the hands of time.

WHO KNEW?

If you have decided that 2019 is going to be YOUR year (regardless of your age) and you are ready for a healthy nutrition reboot (we have an AMAZING 30 day reboot nutrition program that is my SECRET weapon – I am on now and LOVING the energy, reduced inflammation and bloating and glowing skin), or to chart a NEW more meaningful path, to stretch out of your comfort zone and start an online business…wherever you are at, whatever you are looking for to make this year BETTER…I would love to have a conversation with you and see how I can serve you on your journey. You never know what magic you can create until you try NEW THINGS!

I wish you health, love and adventure this month…this year…and for all the days of your life. YOU deserve to live your most amazing life!

Always remember one person can make a difference…that one person is you.

With much love always,

Kim xo

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Countdown to the big 50…

Hello there!

Wow it has been a long while since I have written here.

I have attempted to make a comeback a few times over and can’t make any excuses for what happened other than a clear lack of “Consistency.” Man oh man have I done a lot of living, learning and growing over the past several years….well now I am BACK with more to share than ever before!

Maybe it’s age and the wisdom that comes with that…I am 18 days away-and counting- from turning 50 and I have a new perspective on life and what it means to me to grow older.    

Picture by the amazing Helen Tansey

Maybe it’s the ongoing journey of self-actualization that I am on…and how getting to know yourself and challenge yourself to BE YOUR BEST NO EXCUSES really is like cracking a code on the other things we long for.

Maybe it’s my focus on what matters most, in my heart and in my soul…. my marriage that I have worked hard on, through many storms, to create bliss…my children and the recognition that in order to leave my next generation stronger and more equipped for life – I have to work on myself so I can model it for them and walk my talk.

Maybe it’s the success of my digital business…a success that came as a result of hard work and years of dedication but that is far greater than anything in my career, corporate or entrepreneurial, that I have ever experienced before.

Maybe it’s my passion to empower others, especially women, to see how they can truly HAVE IT ALL, but that it WILL look totally different than you thought, than you studied for, or even than society told you it would be.

Weekly, I will be sharing bits and pieces of my journey from trials and challenges to profound joy and “success” measured in a variety of ways, not just the typical ones but all the markers that make for a truly GOOD LIFE.

So stay tuned…get ready to learn and go on the adventure of a LIFETIME together as I continue to grow, expand and share the joy of life through…relationships, parenthood, healthy living and entrepreneurship amongst ohhh so many other things.

Let’s do this!!!

Always remember one person can make a difference…that one person is you.

With much love always,

Kim xo

How to make 2018 Different…LEAP!

As I write this blog post, it’s almost 1:00am, I am finishing up editing a short video for a 30-day healthy reboot/detox program I’m running, and I should be in bed (to get my 8 hours beauty sleep LOL).

But here I am writing a blog post that I have to get out!!!

We are almost finished the first month of a new year and I am filled with determination, reflection and excitement for all that this new year has to offer. Crazy isn’t it, that we are the only creatures on Earth that treat days, months and years with so much significance, while all the other animals just go about their habitual behaviour with little regard for whether it’s Monday, Friday or January for that matter? But isn’t that (one of) the most AWESOME parts of being HUMAN – our capacity for reflection, growth and change.

And what better time to create change than the beginning of a new year!!!

I am ramping up to create the very BEST year of my life (so far). I’ve had some really really really rough years (who hasn’t), and I’ve had some really really really awesome years. I am in full swing towards making this year ALL that I desire. Accomplishing this involves not only raising my game to be BETTER, but also recognizing what I have accomplished in the past because that serves as a reminder that I truly CAN do anything I set my mind to…and so can YOU…so can ANYONE in fact!!!

What I’ve learned from a combination of; writing and publishing 3 books securing an endorsement from Celine Dion; creating a grassroots movement with a YouTube video that went viral and has garnered almost 4MILLION views; writing 4 songs (and recording ONE professionally); creating a soulful amazing marriage; raising 3 AWESOME, confident, strong teenaged girls; AND starting a health and wellness business in the network marketing industry part-time, alongside my full-time job that allowed me to replace a full-time income in under three years…is that (drum roll please) you’ve got to LEAP!!!

What exactly do I mean by that. Let’s break it down…L-E-A-P:

LEARN

You’ve got to learn from what you HAVE accomplished as well as from the goals you missed. Each misstep has just as much to teach you as each WIN does. You have to be honest on both ends so that you can quickly figure out where the gap is between where you are and where you want to be – between what IS working and what is NOT.

This “learning” piece isn’t going to last for JUST the month of January, or ONLY the first quarter of the year. Heck it won’t even end when you finally achieve all your goals. LEARNING is an ongoing component of getting to where you want to be in life.  Because your goals will constantly be growing and changing, your learning will have to keep up. Think of it like bathing – you don’t do it ONCE and call yourself clean for the rest of your life, it’s a daily practice (I paraphrase from the motivational speaker Zig Ziglar).

ENVISION

I love this word because I love the power of it’s meaning to create MASSIVE change in your life. Here is the dictionary definition:

verb (used with object)

1. to picture mentally, especially some future event or events:

to envision a bright future.

And that is exactly what you have to do to get yourself to an entirely NEW place in life – you must SEE IT as IF you already have it. You must see yourself living the way you dream of, FEELING the way you will feel when you achieve that goal. Take a moment, every day, to ENVISION your dreams ACCOMPLISHED with FEELING and gratitude and joy and excitement. The more you can attach positive feelings and good VIBRATIONS to the realization of your dreams the better chance you have to accomplish them.

Successful athletes, including the most decorated Olympian in history with 22 medals, swimmer Michael Phelps, stays ahead of the competition by using visualization and mental preparation techniques that allowed him to see the outcome he wanted – over and over again – before it actually happened.

Using positive affirmations, paired with envisioning is a powerful tool in achieving what you want.

ACTION

It’s not enough just to learn and fill your mind with information, or just to visualize and say positive affirmations WITHOUT the crucial step of getting into ACTION!

Action = Motion!!!

Without motion – nothing moves – nothing happens. Many people miss this crucial step and it is THE single greatest tool to get you going and turn your GOALS and DREAMS into reality.

Figure out your ACTION – what it is you need to do (if you’re writing a book – you need to WRITE, making a product – you need to MAKE IT, building a team – you need to connect with people) and take steps EVERY SINGLE DAY that will get you closer to your desired outcome. Which leads to the next point which is…

PLAN

In order to take the necessary ACTION, you must make a plan and then FOLLOW the PLAN. The best way to do this is to determine WHAT you need to do, HOW much time you need to do it, and WHEN you want to get it all done by. Then break that down into your day by scheduling time in your calendar daily as a NON-NEGOTIABLE, to take at least 3 steps each day towards pushing your goals ahead!

I’m sure you’ve heard the famous saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Doing all the steps above and leaving out the planning part, will inhibit you from actually achieving your goals. We are easily distracted, we procrastinate and can even lose sight of our vision if we don’t have a plan and we haven’t actually scheduled TIME to make it happen. When we sit down to work on our goals, without a plan, we can be AIMLESS and just spin our wheel sin circles, without making progress.

Be aware too, that in setting your plan, with limited time, you WILL need to give up certain things that are not going to help you get to where you want to be. For example, if you work full time, have a young family, and you are attempting to write a book, you will need to have at least 2-3 hours a day scheduled into you calendar that is non-negotiable time to DO the work that needs to be done (in this case writing). You may need to get up earlier than usual and repurpose what used to be downtime (give up TV time – this will buy you HOURS each week)?

I write out my schedule and my “What I AM ACCOMPLISHING TODAY” list (I like the INTENTION of this wording better than a “To DO” list) – THE NIGHT BEFORE, so that when I wake up in the morning, I know exactly what needs to be done and I can check it off as I accomplish it!

This four part strategy LEAP is simple and has been the key to achieving so many things already, and so many more things to come.

Borrow this strategy for YOUR own goals this year and keep me updated as to how it goes!

You’ve GOT THIS BABY!!! THIS IS YOUR YEAR!!!

GO make a difference and create the most amazing life of your dreams!!!

Always remember ONE person can make a difference, that one person is YOU!

With love,

Kim xo

Missing mom…8 Lessons learned from losing a loved one

Twenty years ago my beautiful mother, Faith Suzanne Bonnell Bourne – Bonnie as everyone knew her, passed away from colon cancer.
She was 53.

I was 29.

I was married only 4 years at the time and we hadn’t yet started to have children.

My beautiful mom just weeks before she passed away

Losing anyone you love is difficult. Losing them so young feels unimaginably overwhelming. Before she passed away, I feared that I would go right after her from pure heartbreak.

She was my best friend. She was my mom for goodness sake, the person who carried me for 9 months and brought me into this world. The person who loved me UNCONDITIONALLY and BELIEVED I could do ANYTHING!

In the past two decades so much has happened in my life, both good and bad. I have struggled through some very dark, sad days when I missed her more than ever, to be able to talk to and hear her sound advice. And I have experienced overwhelming moments of pure joy and gratitude for all that I have in my life today, despite the loss and hardship.  Today, we are raising three of the most amazing young ladies who my mother would have adored, and who would have loved her right back. I ache for my children who never got the chance to meet her, spend time with her and be loved by her.

My mom was crazy, inspiring, childlike, feisty, spirited, loving, lovable and so much more. She was that unforgettable presence that lit up the room when she walked in. The one everyone asked after and told funny stories about.

Having her pass away just days before Christmas put a real wrench into the JOY of this holiday for many many years after her death. Despite the fact that I had children shortly after she died, Christmas was just not fun for me for about 8 years (8   L-O-N-G years I might add). I suppose I needed that time to grieve, but I missed out on a lot of fun with my own girls by allowing myself to be stuck in the “loss” for so long.

Even if you have lost a loved one in any other month than December, Christmas is a time for family being together and it can be a real trigger for sadness when that loved one is so obviously missing from the festivities.

With age, comes growth and wisdom and the understanding of what life is all about. I have learned many things over the years and decided to share some of what I have learned to help ease the journey for anyone mourning the loss of a loved one at this challenging time of year

1. Give yourself permission to cry

I say this to everyone. I held in my tears, the best I could, for so long, to appear strong. In the end I think it weakened me inside. Crying is a beautiful, therapeutic way to release emotion. Let it flow. I have discovered that the recovery time is much faster when I give myself permission to cry, and it is incredibly healing.

2.     Speak about them

When someone passes away, people around us tend to stop talking about our loved one out of fear it will trigger us to “think” about them, which could make us feel upset (or God forbid CRY). The best thing you could do is to speak about them, reminisce about what they did that was funny, tell stories, share pictures or videos of them with friends and loved ones. Doing this eases the pain for the survivors and allows us to celebrate their life – something we do not do enough of. This helps keep their spirit alive and honour their life!

3.    Create NEW traditions

No you don’t have to entirely abandon the traditions you had established when they were still alive, but being open to morphing and changing your traditions, layering in new things, is an important step in healing. Feel the gratitude of all the joy they brought when they were alive AND acknowledge how much they would have loved certain things (NEW or OLD).

4.   Take time to LOOK at what you DO HAVE

We can get so bogged down in the feeling of  sadness and loss that we actually MISS what is right in front of us. Our families, significant others, spouses, children are here with us TODAY, creating NEW memories and looking to us to bring meaning to our celebrations and our time together. Take the time to look into the eyes of the people you LOVE who are standing right next to you and HONOUR their presence and LIFE. There is no greater tribute you can give to those with you now, to yourself and to those you have lost. Life truly does pass by so fast for us all, and time is the one thing we cannot get back, so make the most of the time you have today because one day, this season, this year, will also be a distant memory.

5.   Believe that time WILL heal the pain

I remember people saying the phrase to me, “Time heals all wounds.” I can tell you when my mother’s death was fresh and raw, that was the last thing I wanted to hear. It actually felt dishonourable to think that one day the pain of losing her would fade away as if she didn’t matter. Well, over time, I have discovered that that couldn’t be further from the truth. There will forever and ever be many many spaces in your heart reserved only for your loved one, filled with memories and love, that will, for all eternity be a part of your soul. They have helped shape the very fabric of WHO YOU have become and those can never be taken away.  It is a beautiful thing to LOVE someone so deeply and come to realize that that love NEVER goes away and that by YOU continuing to live your life, shine your light, share your tales and stories of the person you have lost, with your friends and loved ones, for generations, you have created immortality for them. The pain WILL lessen as time passes. You WILL still cry. They WILL live on in you every single day and that is a pretty magical, underrated quality of living and loving.

6.    Know that it IS better to have LOVED and lost than never to have loved at all

Another phrase that used to scare me. The fear of “losing” someone I love and surviving with any quality of life seemed pretty remote. I believe that the very BEST part of being HUMAN is our capacity to LOVE, in a myriad of different ways. We are at our BEST when we are loved, and when we LOVE in return. Although I miss my mother like crazy every single day, I would not be who I am without HER, without my love for her and her love for me and in the end that is all we have and all that we keep with us.

7.    Find GRATITUDE in TODAY

Gratitude is a feeling of “appreciation and thanks” for all that we DO HAVE! Gratitude is the single best way to shift our energy from sadness to feeling better. We can find gratitude in so many different things – big and small. We can find gratitude for the fact that we are HERE today with the chance to make life better for ourselves and those around us, gratitude for the life we are living, gratitude for all that we have learned not only through the loss of our loved one, but also through their life and their impact in our own life, gratitude for the opportunity to love more and share more and give more, gratitude for the ability to live amazing MOMENTS today that will last a lifetime in the hearts and souls of those around us long after we are gone. You will not be grateful for their “death” it is sad and heartbreaking, but we can be grateful for their LIFE and how much richer in spirit we are for having had them in our life for the time that we did. Gratitude for today is healing.

8.    A commitment to LIVE your BEST life

Death is a reminder that life is precious. It is a reminder of WHY it is important to TRULY LIVE with passion, courage, truth, abundance, forgiveness, openness to new challenges and always leading with LOVE!! As I celebrate my mother’s life, I have also over the years taken time to reflect on the things she shared with me that she wished she had done, the regrets she had. I am reminded that life is fleeting and it is our duty to LIVE our very BEST life imaginable, to leave the world better than we found it, to forgive and to LOVE with passion so that there are no regrets. So that we can leave behind a legacy of love that will forever remain tucked away in the little corners of peoples’ hearts whose lives WE have touched while we are here.

I hope you gain some peace from what I have shared from my own experience of loss and that even one nugget will help you navigate your way with grace, through the holidays. I wish you nothing but LOVE and beautiful moments celebrating LIFE at this wonderful time of year.

Always remember one person can make a difference…that one person is you.

With much love always,

Kim xo