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Transform with Trina

Working parent. Marathon finisher. Systems builder.I document what it actually looks like to close the gap between the life you keep picturing and the one you're living.

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Hey you, Some weeks you do it all. This wasn’t one of those weeks. Daycare was closed, work stayed busy, and we packed up and drove to Oklahoma City to see family. Somewhere in there, content just had to wait. I used to feel guilty about weeks like this. This time I didn’t. I’m okay with that, and I think you should be too when your weeks look like this. One Thing to Think About This Week I watched a TEDx talk this week that was tooooo damn good. Dr. Kim Foster talked about why change doesn’t...

Hey you, I turned 42 this week, and somewhere between the candles and the math of “if I live to 100, that’s 42% done,” I had a whole moment. More on that below. One Thing to Think About This Week 42 years old. If I live to be 100, that’s 42% complete. Scary to think about… but honestly? Motivating too. It made me realize how easy it is to coast on “I’ll get to it eventually.” Mobility work. Gratefulness. Flossing your damn teeth. The tiny stuff that feels optional until you’re 80 wishing...

Hey you, This week I finally named the thing quietly sabotaging me since the marathon, and it wasn’t motivation. It was research. Turns out you can “plan” your way into being completely stuck. One Thing to Think About This Week I was talking to a friend about my YouTube rut and the recent realization that I’ve been taking in so much creator advice… all of it good, all of it well-intentioned, and it kept me stuck instead of setting me free. I gave him an example. Told him about a creator who...

Hey you, It’s Sunday, which means the 90-day challenge is officially over. And I’ve got thoughts. Some fitness, some feet, some feelings, one not very dirty cabin air filter. Let’s get into it. One Thing to Think About This Week I downloaded Mark Manson’s app, Purpose, a while back and never even started the trial because I wanted to give it a real shot before judging it. And it got me thinking… we do this with everything. We want something to be amazing for us, but if we don’t give it the...

Hey you, It’s been a full week of celebrating someone else, realizing my body was more fatigued than I wanted to admit, and talking to peacocks at midnight. Let’s get into it. One Thing to Think About This Week I saw this Alex Hormozi clip online this week. Someone in the audience was basically saying they work so much that they barely see their kid anymore, and now when they do see her, she doesn’t even get excited. He makes good money. He’s busy at his job. And Alex just asked him straight...

Hey you, Today I ran my toddler straight into a sprinkler to get a small army of ants off both of us while he laughed like it was a game. , That’s a pretty perfect metaphor for this whole week. Chaotic, a little painful, and somehow we both came out fine. Two weeks left in this challenge. Rough sleep, a hard night with our guy, a brain that would not shut up at 1am… and I’m still here, still showing up, still learning more about the process than I ever have about the outcome. One Thing to...

Hey you… this is the week the thing I love started to feel like work. Let’s talk about it. For the first time ever, sitting down to write this newsletter felt like a task instead of the thing I look forward to all week. Not dread exactly, just a pause. A “should I do this?” where there’s never once been a question before. It was always just duh, of course, this is one of the best parts of my week. And this week it wasn’t. So let’s get into it. One Thing to Think About This Week The lightbulb...

Hey you, This week tested me in the “show up anyway” department. Sleep was garbage, Ledger ran a fever, and somehow I still made it to the gym six days. Let’s get into it. One Thing to Think About This Week Someone asked me this week, in one sentence, how to get into flow state. Off the cuff, this is what came out… make sure your space is clear of distraction, headphones in, box breathe (3 deep breaths, 4 seconds in through the nose, 4 second hold, 4 seconds out through the mouth) to mentally...

Hey you… Week 8 is done. It was one of those weeks that looked a little chaotic from the outside but felt really grounding on the inside. Three days off, a garage transformation, a body scan that made me do a little happy dance, and a toddler whose lawnmower broke mid-session and completely lost it. Real life is so good. Let’s get into it. One Thing to Think About This Week Stop the leak before you fill the bucket. A quote showed up in my feed this week and I couldn’t stop thinking about it:...

Hey you… It’s Sunday. And before you map out the week ahead, I just want you to sit in this one for a second. Because this was a good week. Like… a really good week. Even when it didn’t feel like it. Let’s get into it. One Thing to Think About This Week Jim Rohn asked a question this week. What has you turned on right now? What has you turned off? He said without a strong enough why, your how just gets bigger. Heavier. More complicated. You think you want the million dollar home… but do you?...