Kaitlyn Marino-Walker Wellness

“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 & 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩; 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.” ⁣
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I read this quote in my Book Club book last night before bed & all I could think about was how incredibly grateful I am for the women in my community. ⁣
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Y’all, changing your life for the better is hard enough. But it’s especially hard when you don’t have people to lean on, to vent to, to cheer you on & pump you up & make you believe in yourself when you’re down. It’s so easy to give up on your goals when they seem too big or out of reach. It’s too easy to say tomorrow, next Monday, next month “𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵...(𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧)” ⁣
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But when you surround yourself with women who get it. Who have good days & bad days too, but they’re tired of quitting before they even start...𝐈𝐓 𝗪𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄. ⁣
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When I think back to the person I was 4 years ago before I met these amazing humans...I see a girl who was limiting her life in every way possible. Who didn’t believe she was capable of BIG CHANGE. And now I look in the mirror & see a woman who is PASSIONATE about growth. About finding new ways every single day to become a better person than I was yesterday. ⁣
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And I owe it all to them. 💕 I would NEVER be where I am today without my ladies in the cheering me on, every single step of the way. Encouraging me to get uncomfortable & RISE WITH THEM. ⁣
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I’ll never be able to put into words what their love & support has done for my life. But I can continue to open the doors to every woman who’s ready for something different. Let us show you how POSSIBLE it is to reach your goals. How amazing it feels to be empowered & uplifted every day. Join us & make our community BETTER for you being a part of it. ⁣
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Drop me a comment to chat. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝗪𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐓 𝗪𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐔𝐒!!! 🥰 @ Lucas Oil Stadium

✋HEY YOU...scrolling through Instagram comparing your body to the perfectly posed ones you see on your feed...

HERE IS YOUR DAILY WAKE UP CALL ☎️

This butt...is also this butt. 🍑Our bodies can be strong AND soft at the same time. You can have muscle & tone & STILL have dimples, cellulite & hip dips. Your REAL body is PERFECT exactly the way it is.

DO NOT EVER let a leg pop & a camera angle make you feel inadequate. LOVE ALL OF YOURSELF. Every last inch.

Your body is the one that gets you up every morning, pumps blood through your veins, breathes oxygen into your lungs, gets you from one place to another, hugs your family, confides in your friends & comes up with your most brilliant ideas.

LOVE HER. 💕 Exactly who she is & HOW she is in this moment. Recognize that she is more than WORTHY of your appreciation...she DESERVES it.

When you make that mindset shift, that’s when the real change starts to happen. ✨

“If you feel something calling you to dance or write or paint or sing, please refuse to worry about whether you’re good enough. Just DO IT. Be generous. Offer a gift to the world that no one else can offer: YOURSELF.”

Imposter syndrome is the product of comparison...and comparison is the thief of joy.

You can start out with good intentions - searching for inspiration...and before you know it you’re spiraling into a pit of self doubt. The trick is...You’ve got to catch it before you get to the bottom & put the fire out on the passion burning in your gut.

You are the ONLY you there will ever be, you’re the only one with your unique set of experiences & the only one who can take your story & create something beautiful. DO NOT EVER let that sneaky little comparison monster make you forget that.

You are just as beautiful, talented & capable as the next girl. So do the world a favor & GO FOR IT! ✨

✨Beautiful girl...

Don’t ever settle.

Don’t ever let anyone’s opinion make you doubt your greatness or steal your joy.

Never forget you are WORTHY of love, kindness & respect.

You are strong, you are confident, you are capable, and you are making the world a better place.

Just keep shining your light.

The Universe is working FOR you. And you will rise, as long as you stay true to who you are.

Keep moving forward. You’ve got mountains to climb. 💕

🎉 HAPPY GOTCHA DAY to our PJ lovin, wiggly butt, snuggle boy - Motor!

It’s been one whole year since he walked into our house & won us over with his sweet face & his HUGE heart. He’s his brother’s BEST friend & partner in crime & he’s our favorite cuddle buddy.

One year ago today I told I was going to divorce her for bringing home another dog 🤷🏼‍♀️ & today I can’t imagine our lives (especially the past year) without him in it! I hate that he had such a hard beginning, but I’m so glad that we get to show him FOREVER LOVE for the rest of his life. 💕

@ Greenville, South Carolina

✨You don’t build habits for the good times, you build them so when the hard times come...you don’t completely lose yourself in the mess. ⁣
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I fell last week y’all. 🙈 Like a big, fat slip & go 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐌.💥And it was NOT okay. So I took a week off of any form of intense exercise so I could let my back heal up. ⁣
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🤷🏼‍♀️ I took a long walk, did a little stretching, did some yoga & then today I finally pressed play on the workout I left off on last week. And I took it easy & used low-impact modifiers for every single move, but I did the damn thing 🔥⁣
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𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 : I’m proud of me & how far I’ve come. In the beginning I remember thinking - 𝘎𝘖𝘋 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳! 😫 Even 2 years ago I would’ve let something like this completely throw me off track for weeks or even months. But I kept getting back up & trying to make this thing finally stick. I wanted movement to become a 𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘛 𝘖𝘍 𝘔𝘌 & who I was & how I lived my life. And...it finally happened y’all. It became a HABIT. 😳⁣
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𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡...all this time, it’s never gotten easier. It’s gotten more & more challenging & my belief in myself has gotten so much stronger. With every workout, every goal achieved, every misstep...I’ve learned & grown into who I am today 🙌 ⁣
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The point of this whole thing 👉 if you’re in the beginning stages of trying to implement more positive habits into your life right now - I know it’s hard & I know it feels like your goals are so far away. But I’m sharing my story so you realize that if I can do this...𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃. Remember that when you want to give up. And if you need a reminder, drop me a comment or a DM so I can be your # 1 cheerleader! 🎉

👏TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY👏

Hard truth: I remember looking at this first photo & being SO cruel to myself.🙁 I was so excited to see all our photos from our engagement shoot with , and instead of finding the beauty & joy in our faces, I flipped through the album & tore myself apart.

⏩ FF three & a half years - and LOTS of personal growth later...and I can truly say the most IMPORTANT part of this journey for me has been mastering that mean girl in my head. Is she gone for good? Of course not - I have to shut her down on the daily - but I can say with full confidence that I LOVE myself & know that I am worthy & beautiful at any size. I am proud of the mentally & physically strong woman that I’ve become. 💪 I am humbled by the community of incredible women that now look to me for guidance & advice on how to overcome body shame & negative self talk. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that this journey has given me the opportunity to BREAK the vicious cycle of self-hate & put GOOD back into the world around me - that I have the chance to help other women realize how powerful & capable they truly are! 🔥

Building this community of women empowering each other to reach their goals is the most important thing I’ve ever done. It makes me a better wife, friend, sister, daughter & coworker. It fills my soul & gives me purpose. And I want to share it with ALL OF YOU! 🤗

So if you’re like the three-years-ago version of me, and you’re fighting a losing battle with the voice in your head...PLEASE reach out to me. 🙏Nothing would make me happier than to introduce you to the women who have changed my life, so that we can help you change yours! 💕

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Also...shout out to my cutie wife who has never stopped loving me through it all! 😘

👏TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY👏

Hard truth: I remember looking at this first photo & being SO cruel to myself.🙁 I was so excited to see all our photos from our engagement shoot with , and instead of finding the beauty & joy in our faces, I flipped through the album & tore myself apart.

⏩ FF three & a half years - and LOTS of personal growth later...and I can truly say the most IMPORTANT part of this journey for me has been mastering that mean girl in my head. Is she gone for good? Of course not - I have to shut her down on the daily - but I can say with full confidence that I LOVE myself & know that I am worthy & beautiful at any size. I am proud of the mentally & physically strong woman that I’ve become. 💪 I am humbled by the community of incredible women that now look to me for guidance & advice on how to overcome body shame & negative self talk. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that this journey has given me the opportunity to BREAK the vicious cycle of self-hate & put GOOD back into the world around me - that I have the chance to help other women realize how powerful & capable they truly are! 🔥

Building this community of women empowering each other to reach their goals is the most important thing I’ve ever done. It makes me a better wife, friend, sister, daughter & coworker. It fills my soul & gives me purpose. And I want to share it with ALL OF YOU! 🤗

So if you’re like the three-years-ago version of me, and you’re fighting a losing battle with the voice in your head...PLEASE reach out to me. 🙏Nothing would make me happier than to introduce you to the women who have changed my life, so that we can help you change yours! 💕

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Also...shout out to my cutie wife who has never stopped loving me through it all! 😘

𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋, 𝗪𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐙?!⁣
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Umm...right here in my home office/gym/safe place. With 30 minute workouts, minimal space/equipment & a community of badass women cheering me on & holding me accountable. 💪⁣
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A year of pandemic-induced anxiety & emotional bingeing hasn’t UNDONE all the hard work I’ve put in over the last few years. Because I’ve always had everything I need to feel good right here at my fingertips. ⁣
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Did I gain the “quarantine 15” - 𝘺𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. Decreased daily activity & struggling mental health can make that happen. But I still feel GOOD, I still feel STRONG, & I know that the positive choices I made in regards to my health last year HEAVILY outweigh the not so great ones (ahem Christmas treat overload). 🤷🏼‍♀️⁣
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And the best part : I don’t have to join the New Year, New You craze of diets, detoxes & unhealthy “lose 30 pounds in 2 months to get your membership free” challenges - to get back to feeling 💯!⁣
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All I have to do is walk from one side of my house to the other & press PLAY. ▶️⁣
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When are you finally going to run out of reasons about why you shouldn’t join me?! Come try it out, give us a shot for A MONTH, & if it’s not for you - 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐍𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 - I get that this program is not for 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, but it is for 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 who is willing to try! So what are you waiting for?! ⁣
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Drop me a 💪 to get more info on ✨2021 ENROLLMENT✨

❌ CUT 👏 THAT 👏 S**T 👏 OUT ❌

All the “typical” New Years resolutions are about cutting, restricting or subtracting things from your life in an attempt to make it better, right? 🙄 Cut the carbs, cut the weight, cut the sweets, cut the couch time, cut the indulgence.☝️But I’ve got a WAY BETTER idea.

👉 What if instead - we talk about what we can ADD?! What if the goals we set are about putting things INTO our lives - instead of taking them away?

🤔Think about it this way: We were all kids once, and a lot of you have kids of your own...and I just want to ask you one question : When you tell a small human they CANNOT have something, what is the result 99.9% of the time? 🤷🏼‍♀️ A hissy fit? A meltdown? A battle to the death to get the EXACT thing they were told they couldn’t have, right?

So why, as adults, do we think the most successful way to get something we desire is to place our lives on restriction? To subtract the things that bring us joy? To focus on the things we “CANNOT” HAVE?

What if we said goodbye 👋 to cutting things out & started talking about the things we’re adding in:

•An extra glass of water
•A 5 minute dance party
•A new recipe
•A gratitude practice
•30 minutes of joyful movement
•A new book

🔄 When you switch the narrative from less to MORE, it gives you something to look forward to. It makes you excited about something NEW instead of resenting the changes that are supposed to be POSITIVE! So lets try it out...What have you ADDED into your life since the New Year that brought you joy or made you feel good? 👇👇👇

👉What is ONE THING you could stop doing that would improve your overall quality of life?!

This was one of the questions I asked myself when I was making goals for this year. And the FIRST thing I wrote down was:

❌ NEGATIVE SELF TALK ❌

And I have a feeling I’m not the only one.

I’ve done A LOT of personal development & mindset work over the past few years that has thankfully given me the awareness & the tools I need to quiet the mean girl in my mind. But...I’m still human. And last year was rough & too often recently I’ve found myself looking in the mirror & falling back into old, self-destructive habits.

So this is how I’m choosing to stop that ugly voice in its tracks. 🖐 I put positive affirmations where I will see them EVERY SINGLE TIME I look in the mirror & I’m leaning into my community of incredible women for support & accountability. I’m reading a book about creating Badass Habits & I’m going kick that rude bitch to the curb. ✌️

So what is ONE thing you could stop doing in this New Year that would bring you more joy & get you that much closer to living the life you want for yourself? What is ONE thing you’d be better off leaving back in 2020 with the rest of the garbage?

Drop it in the comments! I’d love to cheer you on 👏