The Diaries Of A Sweaty Girl

Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch a conference put on by my church directed toward women. It was so inspiring, empowering and uplifting. I always come away from watching or doing positive things with such a positive outlook and desire to be better.

I just wanted to share a few happy thoughts with all of you from the conference that I loved.

To paraphrase something that was said during the conference, one of the greatest ways that we can show charity to others is by withholding judgement. I love this. I think as humans we have the natural tendency to judge others. We judge people the second we meet them. But to truly love someone and show them charity is to not judge them and we can do this by changing our thoughts and words about others.

Another thing I learned going along with the previous one was that to better understand others we must recognize that we ourselves have imperfections. I think that this shows humility. I think that our purpose on earth is to progress continually and become better people. To be able to do that, we must recognize that we have imperfections. That doesn't mean picking yourself apart constantly. That means being willing to learn and to change. If we are able to do that, I think we will understand that other people are just like us in that they have their own imperfections, allowing us to better understand them and love them.

Lastly, I learned something that has been a reassured truth to me over and over again throughout my life. And that is that each of us have a purpose in life. We each have potential, we each are unique and we have a calling in life. If we quit turning to outside sources and turn to the one who truly can help us-- our Father in Heaven or God-- we can know what that purpose is and be directed each day for a greater purpose. One of my favorite quotes from the conference  was, "The purpose of faith is not to change God's will but to empower us to act on God's will".

I hope you all feel some hope and light in your lives today and can think of something you can do today to be better. :) 

Thanks for reading! Keep on keepin' on!

Diaries of a Sweaty Girl 

Alright everyone! It's that time of year in a couple days... my absolute favorite time that is!!

FALL!!!!
It's officially Fall on September 22.

Ah I love everything about it. The air is getting crisp, the clothes are getting cozy and everything pumpkin is in. I love the holidays and have been known for jumping the gun a bit when it comes to decorating and getting ready for the next holiday. So I just started getting our house ready for Halloween! Yay!! But right about now is when I start looking on Pinterest for all the amazing recipes, decor, party ideas, costumes, etc. So get ready for me to love on Fall and enjoy a bucket list I've put together of some must-dos this Fall!



1. Go pick out a pumpkin at the local pumpkin patch
2. Go to a haunted house
3. Gather a pile of leaves and jump in it
4. Take pictures with the leaves
5. Watch a Gilmore Girls episode that features Fall
6. Make pumpkin bread with cream cheese frosting
7. Make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
8. Carve pumpkins
9. Get a Fall candle
10. Go apple picking
11. Go to a local farm
12. Go on a hayride
13. Go through a corn maze
14. Make pumpkin pie
15. Play/watch a game of football
16. Run a race
17. Take a scenic drive in the country or the mountains
18. Buy produce from a local farmer's market
19. Go to a festival
20. Make some hot cider
21. Fill your home with Fall fragrances!
You can boil some apple, cinnamon, nutmeg and spices for a nice Fall aroma!
22. Dress up for Halloween
23. Host a Fall/Halloween party
24. Pass out candy to trick o' treaters
25. Make some soup!
26. Watch a scary movie
27. Host a Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving dinner
28. Bring out the comfy winter clothes!
29. Go camping
30. Sit around a fire
31. Roast s'mores
32. Write down things you're grateful for
33. Bring out the dark nail polish!
34. Watch ABC Family's Halloween Movie Marathon
35. Decorate your house for Fall
36. Create some leaf art
37. Share a treat with a neighbor

Anymore ideas?? Let me know below!! Cheers to FALL!!!!

Xo,

The Diaries of a Sweaty Girl 

So recently we moved to Indiana while my husband pursues his dream in dental school and I am so, so proud of him! However, sometimes it's hard because my day-to-day life is determined by me. 

Let me explain. I work from home and have a dog that I love, but being in a new place and staying at home the majority of the time, I have to really determine how my day is going to go. I have had hard days when I am not in the best mood, but I have found that when I do these four things that I am automatically put in a better mood for the day. 

1. Exercise

Now I know what you may be thinking: everyone talks about exercise. But it doesn't have to be hard core-- just getting out and walking. I like to take my dog for a walk because I feel like I'm getting out of the house, taking in the weather and becoming healthier. If someone could sell exercise in a pill, they would be rich because exercise has so many positive outcomes. It releases endorphins that make you feel happier and lifts depression, it calms anxious nerves, it clears one's mind and it makes you look better as well which boosts your confidence. So get out and boost your mood!

2. Create a "Happy" Playlist

I have made a "happy" playlist on my Spotify and it's crazy what it can do for your mood! Anytime that I'm recognizing I'm feeling down, I put that playlist on with a bunch of feel-good songs and it automatically boosts my spirit! 

3. Focus on ONE thing you want to get done that day

I used to overwhelm myself with big lists that I needed to get done everyday. I would wake up and be completely anxious with everything I had to do. I started choosing just one project a day I was going to focus on instead of the list of things that I knew I needed to get done throughout the week. Just think of the biggest thing you need to get done today. The other day for me it was laundry. I had put it off for days and it had piled up. So I said, "Today that is what I am going to get done." The motivation to do other things will follow but it will give you such a sense of accomplishment for what you have done instead of focusing on the million other things you didn't get to. 

4. Gratitude Journal

This one is easy! I started a gratitude journal a few years ago and it has changed my days completely! Even if I had a rough day, at the end of the day I write down 5 good things that happened that day. Sometimes they're as simple as, "I got the laundry done today". This will quickly help you realize truly how good life is. 

Now go out and have a better day!!!

Hope these help!! What are some things you do to have a better day?

Xoxo, 

Emmaline 

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been traveling and been sick the last few days so that's why it's been a couple weeks since I have posted.

 Where are some of your favorite places to travel? I was just at Lake Powell with my family. Have any of you ever been there?? Woot woot! It's a blast. There's nothing like it. It's a huge lake, with towering red rock surrounding you for miles.

We usually go as a family about once a year and it's a ball! We stay on a house boat and it's fun because there is not much cell phone service so everyone is less distracted and spending quality time in the sun and nature together. 

I think it's so important to do things as a family. What are some of your favorite things to do with your family or friends? 

Thanks so much for reading! 

Xoxo,

Sweaty Girl Diaries 

I really appreciate all of your questions and comments you have given me! It makes me feel great to know that there are awesome people out there and people who have hyperhidrosis out there too! 

I am sitting here late at night with my mind buzzing about so many things. 

The main thing and positive message I want to convey to you all is to just be yourself. Don't be anything else but that. Don't rob yourself of life. 

I talked about this a little bit in my video yesterday about how I am a huge advocate for being confident in your own skin. While there are so many things that might be a little more sweaty about having hyperhidrosis, there are so many GREAT things about living a happy life. 

So many people have asked tips on how to be more comfortable with hyperhidrosis. It is great to feel comfortable and I believe everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin, but there is also something so liberating about feeling a little uncomfortable. Pushing yourself outside of your limits. Standing up and giving a speech in front of a group of people. Blogging even though the sweat is dripping off your hands and onto the computer (me currently) :). Isn't that what life is about? Taking risks and going for something?

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Go out and get em', you great, sweaty achiever you. 

Thanks for reading!! Have a GREAT week and do something that makes you feel uncomfortable this week!! Let me know how it goes. 

Make sure to follow me on Instagram, subscribe on the right sidebar or check out my YouTube channel so you don't miss a thing! :)

Thank you all for your questions! I'm glad we were able to get a conversation about hyperhidrosis going. I hope to still be able to help you guys so join the conversation! 

Check out the video here!

I loved hearing your questions and stories! What other stories would you guys like to talk about? Let me know below!! 

Have a great Sunday everyone!! 

I have had tons of questions in emails and comments and I want to be able to answer them!! I'm doing a Q&A video on Sunday. Ask my anything about hyperhidrosis or share your story in the comments below!! Let's get people talking about it!!

Or feel free to email me at sweatyandhawt@gmail.com
Let me know your name if you want me to respond directly to it! :) 

Oh my goodness you guys!!!

Life has been so busy and crazy. 

But thanks to some amazing emails and comments from you all, I have decided that I need to keep going with this.

So tell me: what are some things you would like me to blog about??

I have so many ideas but first I want to hear from you all.

Let me know in the comments below!

xoxo,

Sweaty and Hawt

I grew up thinking I would never get married.

Self conscious. Even more sweaty around a boy that I liked.

Nervous. Anxious. Sweaty. Even worse-- drippy. I thought no one would ever think that that was beautiful.

That was, until July 6, 2013.

"I'm so sorry", I said to my boyfriend as I pulled my hand away from his for the millionth time. "My hands are always so sweaty."I was feeling down on myself because I always thought I was grossing people out, and I thought this would be the same instance.

But he pulled me by the shoulders and spun me around to face him. 

"Don't ever be sorry again", he said. "I don't care. I like it. I like you. Just the way you are." He took my hand and wiped it on his shirt, interlaced my fingers again with his, and kept on walking-- talking to me as if nothing had happened.

That was when I knew someone could love me for all of me. When I knew that he was different. When I knew I wanted someone like... like him.

On December 28, 2013, that man held my hands across an altar, I stared into his deep blue eyes, and we were married for time and all eternity.

And

I grew up thinking I would never get married.

I am not writing this to have you all cheer for me and to congratulate me. I am not writing this because I am an exception.

I am writing this so that hopefully you can all change your minds a little bit about yourselves. We have the power to create the life we live in, to create our happiness and our worlds. The results we see in life are in direct correlation with the small decisions we make each and every day. We all have difficulties here in this life. Learn from them. Grow from them. Don't look back or let them hold you back-- we are our greatest bullies. Be the kind of person you want to marry. 

People will bash on you and fight you and tell you you're not pretty enough-- but it is up to you to believe it. And if you do, someone else will too. But if you believe in yourself, and your sweaty hands and embrace who you are, someone else will too. 

I grew up thinking I would never get married.

I am now a wife to my best friend, the love of my life, and the man who believed in me even when I didn't myself.

Xoxo,

Sweaty and Hawt Girl.

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I express myself in many ways. 

I like to believe that deep down inside I have an artsy soul. 

Music, writing.. these all help me to express myself.

Well recently I have been pondering hyperhidrosis and had a negative thought. I began to think, "Man, if I just didn't have this condition life would be so much better." Haha the adversary knows me so well. However, I believe I have learned how to cope with these negative thoughts and so immediately what popped into my head was that "NO. This is partly what makes me me. And I want someone who loves me for all of me. We all deserve people who will adore us for who we are, and who encourage us to be better. Someone who is happy around us and we are happy around them. Otherwise, what's the point? 

The other day on my hike, I was having a great conversation with a man. We discussed how we have the opportunity every day to do something good, better, and to change... but often times we don't. He went on to tell me how he thought that part of the problem we have in society is not that we are evil or bad, but that we are lazy. He told me we have to reach a point where we accept where we are, be okay with that and then continually try to be better each day. 

So. Stop trying to be someone else. The only one you should compare yourself to is to who you were yesterday. 

Happy Wednesday! Be confident and have a great day!

xoxo,

Sweaty and Hawt  

Isn't life a beautiful thing?

Laughter, beauty, love, heartbreak, moving, failures, accomplishments.

It's beautiful. 

One of my favorite verses of scripture says, "there must needs be opposition in all things". 

How would we ever know what happiness felt like if we never experienced something sad?

How would we ever feel the sweetness of winning if we had never lost?

Isn't it funny how it feels the most rewarding to receive something that we have worked hard for?

How would we know love if we had never experienced heartbreak?

Well, today, I am grateful for change.

I am grateful for a moment of dry hands when they are constantly sweaty.

May we find joy in the little things. 

May we be thankful for the hard times, for they allow us to truly enjoy the good times. 

May we not only endure the hard times, but embrace and enjoy them.
May we be open to change, for it allows growth and a new beginnings.
How wonderful it is that every 24 hours we have a new day, an opportunity to rise with a new purpose, motivation, and a different start just as the sun does.

Thank GOODNESS it's Friday!

Thank goodness I'm sweaty, but still hawt. 

Thank goodness you are too:)

Have a wonderful day! 

Love,

Sweaty and Hawt. 

Recently, while talking to my mom, I realized a big problem that we have in our world today, specifically in this era. That is the fact that we are not truly living our lives. We are often consumed and living based on what other people think, receiving unsatisfying, and short lasting false senses of happiness. No, you may not think so -- but then again, either did I.

My Senior year of high school I was tired. Engulfed in a world of a million different things, people and ideas, I was "happy"-- but not truly happy. I realized that I was living my life at the will of other people and other things. Now I don't know if that is because of my own traits, things that happened in my life, or because of having hyperhidrosis, but I found that there was no one to blame but myself. I found that pleasing other people was making me despondent, without even realizing it. It wasn't until the end of that year, when I finally said, "no" to someone, that I realized I had been taken advantage of by others, but mostly by myself. My lifelong tendencies to please other people finally became recognizable, and I decided to make the most out of my life.

Coming out to college I developed more of a back bone, free to do what I wanted to do with my life, and what made me happy.

However, a few weeks ago, without realizing, I had fallen back into the trap. Dealing with the recent breakup was fine, but it wasn't until the other day that I contemplated my happiness and realized why I wasn't the happiest I could be: I was living my life for other people. Trying to gain a sense of "happiness"-- but it was fake, and unsatisfying. I decided then and there to make a change. 

Project: Happiness, I thought.

I began to write fiercely, sweat dripping down my palms, channeling my emotions into something good. Making myself better. I made a list. Goals, if you will. Things that make me truly happy. Things I want to accomplish here at the university, in my religion, with my family, my health, and with my friends. 

Then I made a schedule. I filled up my day with things that were just for me and my truest happiness and took out the things that weren't.

Instead of Facebook, I scheduled in reading a book or talking a walk. Spending just a little more time in my religious studies. Taking the time I would be watching TV or tweeting, to calling a friend or a family member, or writing a note and expressing my love for them. Importantly, I created spending more time on campus, learning, studying, growing. I began to leave my phone at home, simplifying my life, and call me old fashion but guess what? It has been SO nice. I have found I am able to focus more and be more in the moment with people and myself.

I realized in this life changing moment, that I could live for myself, and not for others. Now don't misunderstand. Living for others is different than living for yourself to then give of yourself to others. This is crucial to progress. We must be our own converts to happiness first.

I realized that everything we do in our lives is too often based on what other people think, trying to impress others, and creating this false sense of "happiness" that becomes a viscous cycle and actually binds us, not letting us live. Think about why we do the things we do, and why we say the things we say. Think about technology: why do we post on Facebook? To get recognized? Do we want to impress someone else? Or are we looking at other people's lives, comparing ourselves, and then feel the constant need to post about our own lives, to get the reaction or attention from the world. In breakups- are we trying to "bump into" our ex? Post on twitter to have them think we've "moved on" or that we are "so happy". We are living for something else. People involved deeply with drugs, alcohol, eating disorders-- these are all false senses of happiness, that never last.

These things do not bring us true happiness.

Today I challenge you all to do more of what makes you truly happy. If that's starting completely over, simply not bringing your phone to dinner, making more good use of your time, waking up a little earlier, make progress toward the things you REALLY want in life. After all, it's yours. And it can be GREAT. Don't let the world or other's tell you otherwise.

Today, I challenge you to live.

Thank you for reading.

Sweaty and Hawt.

No, I don't want to go mini golfing. 

And no I don't want to tie our hands together while we golf to "make things more interesting". 

I can't think of anything more tortureous than dripping wet hands tied to yours for an hour.

Let's keep it classy please... and not as awkward.

Can't we just talk about our feelings or something?

xoxo,

Sweaty and Hawt

In thinking of all that has happened recently in Boston, and to our Nation.

Hands: what can they be used for?

They can give a sweet handshake to a fellow bud.

They can clean up the gook and play around in mud.

Hands can be used to make the perfect cake.

Or to sip from a yummy mint milkshake.

Hands can be used to fight,

or to fill people's minds with words--to write. 

Hands can be used to mold,

or to warm another's that are shivering from cold. 

Hands are used at our will,

from a gesture of love to the power to kill.

Hands can take a life, 

or they can save, deliver, and carry one.

Whether they be sweaty, soft, or rough like wood-- 

Be grateful we have hands, and please, please use them for good.

Helen Keller once said, “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”

I have hands, and I refuse to not use them for only for good things. What will you use yours for?

xoxo,

The Girl With Sweaty--but don't be mistaken-- HANDS.