Taylored Action

05/27/2022

A great way to kick off the weekend.

05/13/2022

Failure sucks. Failure is rarely welcomed, painful, and disheartening.

When I found out I failed my test to become a CrossFit Level One Trainer, I cried. It was something I really wanted and failing, by one effing question no less, sent me into a spiral of doubt and lack of self-confidence that I wasn’t meant to support others with this work.

But what if failure is a reminder that what looks and feels like a No is simply a Not Yet? What if it’s the universe’s way of asking, “Are you sure?“ Sometimes you need to fail in order to work just a little bit harder so when you do get it, you appreciate it that much more.

Sometimes you just need to try again before you get your Yes. I know I’m glad I did.

’tQuit

05/12/2022

💆‍♀️ Cancellations = opportunity for YOU!
Open tomorrow 5/13:
@2:30 - 5:30
Call/Text 216-264-9838

05/09/2022

Hello, hello! Here is this week's in-person sessions available for massage 💆‍♀️ and/or mobility ‍🧘‍♀️. Call/Text 216-264-9838 if interested or for more details.

When & What: Wednesday, 5/11 @4:30pm. and @6:00pm.
30, 45, 60, or 75-minute sessions available.

Where: 4015 Darrow Road, Stow, 44224

(Psst. Need a different day or time? Reach out to me as let's see what we can do. ✨)

Make it a great week! 💜Diane(

05/01/2022

Hello Friends! I have some in-person sessions available for massage 💆‍♀️ and/or mobility ‍🧘‍♀️this week. Call/Text 216-264-9838 if interested.

When & What: Wed., 5/4 2:30pm.-6:00pm.
30, 45, 60, or 75-minute sessions available.

Where: 4015 Darrow Road, Stow, 44224

Need a different day or time? Reach out to me as let's see what we can do.

Make it a great week! 💜Diane

04/07/2022

Hello Friends!

I am looking to rebuild my massage therapy practice. Various shifts over the past couple of years have created the opportunity for me to accept new clients again.

I love working with those who:

- Value their health and well-being
- Value and appreciate alternative forms of healthcare from a licensed professional with over 16 years of experience
- Are seeking relief from general aches and pains
- Are interested in easing their physical, mental, and emotional stress

🌟Referrals are a key factor in my success.🌟

If you know 1-2 people who fit this general description, I would appreciate it if you would keep me in mind. All I ask is for an introduction or direct referral and I will take it from there.

I can be reached via phone or text at 216-264-9838 or email diane@tayloreaction.com. You can also send them to www.tayloredaction.com for further details. Currently I am operating out of the Besso Clinic of Chiropractic in Stow.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

As always, I appreciate your continued support.

Yours in health,

Diane

Massage ● Mobility ● Motivation

03/11/2022

How many times do you use that F-word: FINE.

Be it with family, friends, coworkers, or strangers, how often do we share with others how we’re REALLY feeling?

“How are you?”

“Oh, I’m fine.”

I get it. We’re often in a hurry or don’t want to feel like we’re burdening others.

I’m guilty of this myself. Just the other day someone I hadn’t seen in a while asked how I was doing. “Fine.” And it was total bu****it! I wasn’t fine. Far from it. The truth was that it had been a really hard week on so many levels and it wasn’t going to be easing up anytime soon.

And people need to know that. I mean how can we expect anyone to support us or give us what we need if we are constantly blocking them out?

When we don’t share how we’re REALLY doing, that weight, that pressure only builds and builds to the point where we explode, be it with our behavior or some other form of compromised health.

What is one small shift you can take to open yourself up to receive the love and support others have to offer?

10/06/2021

10/06/2021

08/22/2021

Coaching and being coached.
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Hi, I’m Diane, and I am a BodyMind Coach. I am also a product of coaching.
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As a coach, I love helping others shift from thinking to doing, getting out of their heads and instead using to their bodies to guide them towards taking simple daily action steps rather than continue mulling around in the “what ifs”, ceasing to move forward.
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Six months and 30lbs ago 💁‍♀️, I finally stopped thinking about losing weight and took action towards making it happen. I’ve always struggled with the How so I needed to find the Who, the someone who knew the path and would support me along the way. Enter my nutritional coach,
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Working with Erin has magnified tenfold what I can now accomplish both in my personal and professional lives, and at my home gym I have never felt healthier, stronger, or more driven to positively impact everyone and everything else around me because how you feel on a daily basis 100% translates into how you show up. 100%. THAT is the value of coaching. THAT is the power of being coached.
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Erin has been just one of the key influences that has changed me for the better, and I will be forever grateful. Our work together continues, and I can’t wait to see what the next phase brings.

07/05/2021

It all counts.
➕Weekend calories. Cheat meals. Staying hydrated. Fueling your body with what it needs.
➕Working too much. Not working enough. Struggling to the point of burnout. Letting it be easy.
➕Taking breaks. Taking time to breathe. Taking time to laugh.
➕Sleeping in. Going to bed early. Giving yourself a pep talk to power through. Giving yourself permission to rest and receive.
If you feel out of balance or if things are not where you want them to be, take a step back and look at what you are choosing on a daily basis. It’s the small, daily choices we make that have the greatest impact. It’s the little things that add up.
Even on holidays. Even on days off.

05/14/2021

Do you have locked up hips? Tight hamstrings? Stiff lower back?

I am excited to share that I am now certified to teach Gravity Yoga!

Gravity Yoga is a mat-based, targeted mobility training method that works to open up your body. I like to call it "Yoga Minus the Woo" meaning there are no candles, chanting, incense, Sanskrit, chakras, etc. We're simply stretching the body so that you can move better, maybe a little bit quicker, and hopefully with less pain and stress.

How do you really know if something is a good fit for you until you dive in and try it out? That’s exactly why I’m offering you a FREE virtual Discovery Session!

I am inviting in a limited number of 1:1 clients so if you’d like to improve your flexibility, upgrade your current fitness level, or perform daily tasks with greater ease, click >> https://linktr.ee/tayloredaction to schedule your free session today! No experience required.

How would it feel if your body could move just a little better?

04/17/2021

Holy crap, you guys! Down 12.9 lbs. in six weeks?! For someone’s weight that never seems to budge, my mind is blown. Here are 3 unexpected game-changers (plus one bonus) I believe have gotten me to this point: 1. Working with an Expert 2. Measuring 3. Eating with Intention.

1. Working with an Expert - You do not know everything and it is impossible to even try. I don’t know jack about food or nutrition or at least enough in a positive, healthy way that my body would respond to (and was so done trying to figure it out myself) so I had to find somebody who did like (Please note: I am also on an ANTI-raw, NON-salad 🤢, bacon-friendly 🥓🤤, peanut butter topping, snack embracing meal plan. Zero supplements. Zero pills. I am eating FOOD. Enjoying it, not feeling deprived is just a huge bonus.)

2. Measuring - Do you know what 100g of blueberries looks like or 4oz of chicken? Neither do I. Quit guesstimating. Stop “eyeballing” or that “use the palm of your hand” bu****it. Buy the damn food scale. It’ll be your new BFF, I promise.

3. Eating with Intention - A few weeks in I realized that my mindless grazing had come to a screeching halt, something I didn’t think was possible. No more random handfuls of this or that. Everything I eat is done with 100% intention, and it is plentiful.

4. (Bonus!) Telling others - Telling others about my decision, especially my family, was huge. Accountability is one perk, but by sharing this with them ahead of time, I knew I would be saving myself the weird looks and questions about not partaking in that meal, or cheesecake or pizza. You can absolutely still “belong” while doing your own thing at the same time.

Final thoughts… if you are struggling with something, if you are determined to figure out the solution on your own, do yourself a favor and let it go. Let it be EASY! There is a reason why the term “expert” exists. It’s because that person is embodying their zone of genius! If your roadblock is a toy in their sandbox, sit back and let them play! Save your time and energy for doing the work so that you can reap the benefits faster and with greater ease!

03/16/2021

So this happened. 😆 But more importantly I want to share that over the next several months you will be seeing less of me... as well as more of Me. Let me explain...

I have been controlled by food my entire life. The temptations, the voices from the kitchen and snack drawer screaming my name (anyone else have this experience? The pizza, the ice cream... ugh, just absolutely relentless! 😔), and my inability to say No have fed (pun intended) into probably the most unhealthy relationship I’ve ever had. It wins Every. Fu***ng. Time. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to eat healthier but simply the shear overwhelm of options and mixed messages and clever marketing would defeat me at every turn. I knew I could not figure this out on my own and was tired of trying. I needed help.

And then help showed up. The very next morning after finally declaring, “I can’t do this alone!” I overheard someone at my gym talking about their nutritionist and how she designs customized weekly meal plans (and with a grocery list too! 🤯). Damn straight I got her info!

Within the first few minutes of meeting I knew she was my person. I had finally found my food guru, my expert, the one who was not only going to help me figure out what my body needed but hold me accountable. (Psst, I also get to eat dark chocolate AND bacon! 😍)

I don’t know what the next several months holds or what the results will be, but I can say with confidence that I had never been more motivated to take the required action needed and to give this my absolute best effort.

Are you still trying to figure out “all the things on your own? 🏳 In what way are you (or your ego) resisting getting the expert help you need?

By the way, there is no medal for struggling. 🤨

02/16/2021

Years ago I wondered if there was a branch of yoga that focused on just the mechanics of the poses themselves - the alignment, the lengthening of muscles - minus the chanting, the Sanskrit, the quest for enlightenment, etc.

So I directed my curiosity to some yoga forums to see if those in the yoga community could give me a solid answer.

Holy crap, did I make a huge mistake! 🤯

“Yoga without enlightenment is NOT yoga!”
“What you’re describing is exercise, not yoga.”
“You absolutely can not dissect yoga, extracting the pieces and parts you like the best and then throwing away the rest. It is a whole and complete entity.”

Yikes! As you can see my inquiry was not well received.

It wasn’t about excluding what many would consider the controversial parts of yoga but rather highlighting or diving deeper into the areas that really caught my attention. Unfortunately, it’s those components and people’s beliefs around them that often turn people away from exploring yoga in the first place and missing out on all it has to offer.

Even though I still believed that parts of yoga could be extracted and spotlighted on their own for the benefit of others, I was deterred enough to stop the search and find other non-yoga ways of bringing flexibility into my life and the lives of others.

Well folks, I’m pleased to announce that the search is OVER! It may not have existed back then, but it exists now, and I’ve found it!

⭐️And better yet, I just signed up to become a certified instructor! ⭐️

It’s called 🧘‍♀️, and it’s exactly the type of movement training I’ve been wanting to learn and share with others.

It focuses on:

🔹Lengthening tissue (muscles, tendons, and the super-duper important fascia) so there’s less tension on your joints and neighboring structures
🔹Engaging both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems so you can learn how to embrace the uncomfortable moments and trick your body into responding
🔹Using gravity and your own bodyweight which means little to no fancy props
🔹Increasing mobility and spaciousness within your body so that you can do more with less pain

Not only am I excited about sharing this work with you but this course aligns beautifully with my experience as a BodyMind Coach, 15 years as a licensed massage therapist and bodyworker, and as a CrossFit enthusiast.

So let me ask you...

Are you tired feeling stiff all the time? Would you like to kneel or bend forward without the fear of remaining forever stuck in that position?

Although the course doesn't begin until mid-April, I would love having YOU and your body in mind as I receive my training live and to hit the ground running.

If you are at all interested in improving your flexibility, simply give a 👍 in the comments below and let’s start embracing our inner Gumbys!

01/19/2021

Change is… Constant. How often do you find yourself gripping onto something SO damn tightly that your fingers and hands begin to go numb because you are scared sh*tless to lose it or have it change in some way?

How’s THAT working for you?

Is it even working? Is the struggle, the amount of energy you have invested in trying to stop the tide from flowing worth it?

If given a choice there are some things we would love to remain unchanged forever. But there is only one thing we have 100% control over: Ourselves - our actions, our beliefs, who we allow into our lives.

We can surely influence the hell out of others and circumstances around us, but there will come a time when you realize that the absolute final decision is out of your hands and what is meant to happen will always find a way.

What if you instead loosened your grip? Imagine how it would feel if you laid back, closed your eyes, and surrendered to the flow, to the waves that weren’t meant to drown you but rather support you from underneath allowing you to float effortlessly.

Can you imagine for a moment the immense amount of relief flowing through your body?

11/24/2020

🚀 It’s Take Action Tuesday!

We’re continuing to take a closer look at the steps in my free guide, “5 Steps to Creating a New Routine”.

Go here to download your copy: https://linktr.ee/tayloredaction

Today’s Take Action Tuesday focus will be on steps 4 and 5: Take Action and Boundaries

Did something resonate? Drop your comments below or DM me. I would love to hear what came up for you.