Revelations Counseling & Wellness

09/22/2025

Your body is the gateway to your mind. Physiology controls psychology.

When your body is depleted, your mind will follow. When your body is strong and fueled with intention, your mind becomes sharper, calmer, and more resilient.

Energy mastery isn’t about extremes. It’s about daily choices that fuel you instead of drain you: - Move your body every day. - Fuel it with food that sustains performance and clarity. - Rest with intention — recovery is a skill, not a luxury.

Energy is the foundation of everything. Without it, your work suffers. Your love suffers. With it, both thrive.

This week’s mastery: Make one intentional choice each day to strengthen your energy. Small deposits compound into vitality.

09/15/2025

Most people are running on empty — exhausted, unfocused, and disconnected. The problem isn’t effort. It’s neglecting the three pillars that shape every choice, action, and result in life: Energy, Work, and Love.

Energy is the foundation. Physiology controls psychology — how you move, eat, breathe, and rest directly affects how you think, feel, and perform.

Work is your contribution. It’s not about being busy. It’s about being intentional — showing up with focus and discipline in what matters most.

Love is your connection. First with yourself, then with the people who matter most. Without love, even success feels empty.

Neglect one, and the others fall. Strengthen one, and all three rise.

This week’s mastery: Begin noticing where you’re thriving — and where you’re surviving — in the Big Three.

08/25/2025

We often think of rest as the absence of effort — a break, a pause, a luxury.

But real rest? That’s a skill.

In a world obsessed with hustle, we wear exhaustion like a badge of honor. We grind ourselves into the ground — physically, mentally, emotionally — then wonder why we feel disconnected, burned out, or stuck.

But here’s the truth: You can’t grow what you don’t recover. You can’t lead if you’re always running on empty. You can’t live with intention if your schedule is the only thing driving your life.

Without intentional pause, we become servants to our own routines. Mastery isn’t just about knowing when to push — it’s about knowing when to stop. When to reflect. When to reset.

Rest isn’t a reward. It’s part of the plan.

This week’s mastery: Take back control. Choose to pause. Recovery is not weakness — it’s wisdom.

08/11/2025

Action calms anxiety.

Overthinking is exhausting. We try to solve everything in our heads — waiting for the perfect plan, the right moment, the certainty that never comes.

But clarity doesn’t come from thinking. It comes from doing.

You don’t need to feel confident before taking action. You need to take action to build confidence.

A single step forward quiets the noise. It shifts your energy from fear to focus.

You can’t think your way into right action. You act your way into right thinking.

Don’t let hesitation rob you of progress.

This week’s mastery: When in doubt, move. Even the smallest action creates momentum. Clarity lives on the other side of motion.

07/31/2025

Our Wellness Director Matt Plutko had the opportunity to sit down with This is It -The Podcast by Thriving Yinzers to talk all things self-mastery. Click the link to check out the episode!

07/31/2025

✨ New Episode Alert! ✨
We sat down with Matt Plutko from Revelations Counseling & Wellness to explore what whole-person health can look like. From mental health to movement, nutrition, and Self-Mastery—this episode is packed with insights to help you thrive.

🎧 👉 Listen to this episode
🌿 Healing isn’t one-size-fits-all—but we all have a path forward.

07/23/2025

It's one of the most common complaints that I hear.

"I've tried this. I have success in the beginning but can't ever seem to reach my goal."

I've been there; I had to lose the 100 pounds. I understand the frustration. But because I've been there, I can also tell you what all the excuses are just that, excuses.

It's not because of your genes.

You aren't destined to be overweight.

It's not because you don't have enough time.

It's not because you're too old, or because work is stressful, or because you have kids.

None of these are the reasons you aren't reaching your goal. It is the thinking that these are the reasons you aren't reaching your goal that is causing the problem.

I honestly believe that we are all capable of reaching any goal we want. When we don't reach it, it's because we didn't want it bad enough.

Don't get me wrong, some people do store fat easier than others, but it doesn't make it impossible, it just means you have to work harder.

Some peoples' lives are busier than others. It doesn't make it impossible; it just means you have to plan more strategically than others.

When you get older, it does become more difficult to do things and see results that came easier when you were younger. That doesn't make it impossible, it just means you have to work harder and sacrifice a little more than you used to.

The only thing standing in your way of achieving your goal is you.

If you want to achieve your goal bad enough, you can and you will. You are more than capable of achieving your goal and I'm here to help support you and give you the tools to help you along the way.

Start thinking like a winner, replace the excuses with the willingness and the drive to succeed. When you do that, the results will follow.

Visit our website to learn more about our self-mastery program: https://www.revelationscounselingwellness.com/

07/21/2025

Your environment shapes you.

You don’t just need motivation. You need a system. And your environment is part of that system.

“You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” – James Clear

If your fridge is full of temptations, if your schedule leaves no space for recovery, if your inner circle doesn’t support your growth — then even the strongest willpower will eventually collapse.

Structure your space, your time, and your relationships to support your mastery.

This week's mastery: Audit your environment. What can you remove, add, or adjust to make the healthy choice the easy choice?

07/21/2025

Believe you’re worth showing up for…because you are 💕 Such a great post from The Thinking Branch Are you ready to become the best version of yourself in energy, work and love? Check out our self-mastery program https://www.revelationscounselingwellness.com/self-mastery

I was completely embarrassed.

Mortified, really.

Wanna know why?

Well, I recently shared that my husband and I started the Self-Mastery program through my friends at Revelations Counseling & Wellness

It’s a program described as a disciplined journey to take you from theory to practice to mastery in the three biggest aspects of your life: Energy, Work and Love.

Now mid-journey, I’ve had a multiple a-ha moments. Some have been frustrating to tackle. MANY have been enlightening. But ONE that is sticking out like a sore thumb.

And you want to know what spurred it?

The fact that I just didn’t show up on time to THREE of my weekly meetings with Matt, my Self-Mastery guide.

THREE.
Every one was on my calendar.
Every one I saw in said calendar that morning and made a mental note to log in at 2pm.

But every one of them fell victim to my “everyone else” mentality. I got so caught up in the summer months of taking care of my family’s needs, that the 2pm time came and went.

My immediate thought?
I let down Matt.

But when I finally came to our meeting (tail between my legs) he said something that went straight to my core.

“You not showing up isn’t about me. It’s a concrete example that you’re not wired to prioritize you.”

He paused.

“And this is why I’m here to help.”

Gosh, did I appreciate his grace.
But I was devastated that he was right.

Because if 2pm was a kid’s practice?
Would’ve been top-of-mind.

If 2pm was a work function?
Would’ve been there.

If 2pm was a family member’s doctor appointment?
I’d have been there at 1:45pm.

But because 2pm was … for ME?
My mind naturally put it at the bottom of the list.

I’m heartbroken by that.
I also know Matt is helping me through that.
And I know it's something that Self-Mastery is helping me address.

So many of us KNOW we struggle with the concept of prioritizing self-betterment, and sometimes you need someone to help you get there.

THAT is why I love this Self-Mastery work.

And while this is NOT the way I saw myself learning this particular lesson, it IS one I’m not going to skip. Because if I want to show up as the best version of myself in Love, Work and Energy – I have to first believe I’m worth showing up for.

And you do, too.

Learn more at https://www.revelationscounselingwellness.com/self-mastery

07/14/2025

Setbacks are inevitable. Missing a workout. Stress eating. Sleeping through the alarm. It happens — to everyone.

The problem isn’t the first miss. The problem is letting one miss turn into two… or five… or falling completely off course.

This is where self-mastery lives: in the recovery.

Missing once is human. Missing twice is a decision.

You don’t need to be perfect to transform. You just need to protect your momentum.

One slip doesn’t undo your progress — unless you let it.

This week's mastery: When life knocks you off track, get back on immediately. Build the skill of bouncing back faster. Don’t miss twice.

07/07/2025

Big goals are exciting — but they can also be paralyzing. The truth is that massive transformation doesn’t come from grand gestures. It comes from stacking small wins, consistently.

It’s waking up and honoring your morning routine. It’s choosing movement when you don’t feel like it. It’s making one aligned choice with your future self in mind.

These small wins, repeated daily, compound into confidence and real change.

This week's mastery: Focus on one small promise you can keep today. Nail that. Then do it again tomorrow. Mastery is a stack of micro-victories.