Mike and I just went LIVE on Facebook to share the story of our business and how we met, more compelling evidence to help you make health and fitness your competitive advantage, AND we shared 5 SUPER simple strategies to make it happen.

In this video that we recorded LIVE, we: 

#1: Share our story with you
#2: Convince you that health and fitness can be your competitive advantage
#3: Give you 5 SUPER simple strategies to commit to healthy living.

Hope you LOVE it!  Please let us know in the comments here or on Facebook if you have any questions at all.

Paige & Mike Wilcox

WANT MORE OF THIS? Be sure to connect with us on Social Media. We post daily on both Facebook and Instagram for motivation, inspiration, and helpful tips, tricks, and strategies for healthy living. You can join our private facebook group to go even deeper with us or book a call to see how you can get started training with us in person. We can’t wait to connect with you and support you along your journey with healthy living!

We are OBSESSED with the client experience and we have thought through every step of the journey. We know that the prospect of joining a new gym or training program can be intimidating, nerve-wracking, ______ you fill in the blank if you have been outside a training program for a very long time or have never trained before in your life.  And we have addressed all of those worries and concerns through our onboarding process that is designed to set you up for success, let you know what to expect every step of the way, and help you feel really confident and comfortable as you are getting started with us. 

We hope to have the opportunity to help you acheive your health and fitness goals.

Lots of Love!

Wilcox Wellness & Fitness


​WANT MORE OF THIS? Be sure to connect with us on Social Media. We post daily on both Facebook and Instagram for motivation, inspiration, and helpful tips tricks and strategies for healthy living. You can join our private facebook group to go even deeper with us or book a call to see how you can get started training with us in person. We can't wait to connect with you and support you along your journey with healthy living.
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Community is central to everything that we do at WILCOX.  It is baked into our culture.  It is rooted in our core values.

Community is EVERYTHING.

We want WILCOX to be your home away from home.  We want you to feel like family.  We are all in this together.

​I’ll never forget the moment I decided to go for it and join this business full time. Mike and I had been at a business conference in Orlando and he was laying it on thick. Our goal all along was for me to join the business once we had been in operation for 5 years… because you know… most businesses fail in the first 5 years.

If I was going to leave a corporate job that I loved - I wanted to know that it was the real deal. Don’t get me wrong - it was always my dream to own my own business - it was always my dream to make a positive impact. I just didn’t feel ready - 3 years in. I can see the street we were crossing, I can see the crosswalk, I can feel the breeze on my face and I remember the inflection in Mike’s voice with the words that changed my life…



“If not now, when?”



These words changed my life. Those words were the push I needed to shift my mindset and just go for it. I made the decision - we went for it - and I never looked back.

And now... I am living my dream life. Our business supports others in living their best life possible. Our business empowers other entrepreneurs to create a positive impact in their local community. And - I get to do it all with my very best friend from anywhere in the world. Like today - we are working, writing, and creating content out at our camp.

I am so very thankful that I took the leap when I did. It was probably the scariest and most difficult leap of my life - but nothing in life that is worth doing is easy.

Can you remember an exact moment from your past that completely changed the direction of your life? Or - is there a decision you are waiting to make? Can I push you to take the leap?

Let's chat!  Schedule a call here!

Lots of love,

Paige

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As many of you know, we recently spent a month in Costa Rica! Before we left we told you WHY we decided to take a month off as a family and try someplace new (to read our WHY click here!) We've been back for about two months and I realized that we updated you when we got  there and while we were away but I didn't really fill you in on how this experience changed and challenged us, individually and as a family. So read on to learn about our experiences - the good, and the bad! ​

 We had an incredible experience in Costa Rica. I am so happy that we took the time with our family and made it happen. Our kids did such a great job traveling (overall - we had our moments and I have some funny travel stories to share for sure!) In terms of expectations, I worked really hard not to set expectations for the trip. Traveling with 2 little kids (a 4 year old and a 1 year old) I knew a lot would be dependent on their mood, the lunar calendar (kidding) and which way the wind was blowing. I did expect that I would be working much more than I actually ended up working. Which is a good thing for this girl who LOVES her work. It was a really good shift for me - I was OK with doing less work and easing into the Pura Vida lifestyle. We also had a really fantastic team that was carrying our weight while we were gone. (Thank you guys!  You are the very best!!!)

A lot of people wanted to know what a typical day was like for us. It is difficult to describe that because we quickly learned that our family did best when we were ‘adventuring’. ‘Adventuring’ meant finding a new beach, or exploring a new town, or driving in the jungle, or visiting an animal refuge, or just trying something new. But one thing I did every day was get up at 5am to get a little bit of work done before the kids woke up. Our rental was tiny - so that meant working outside on the patio just before dawn. It was so loud!  We could hear howler monkeys, cows, birds, and the really loud grasshoppers (I think they are called cicadas). There were ‘condo cats’ - community cats that everyone fed but nobody owned who would keep me company while I worked. ​

The kids (blessedly) would wake up most mornings around 7 and from there it was off to the races. Brooklyn, our 1 year old would get up and look for her swimsuit, her sunblock, and her life jacket to indicate she was ready to go. We would have a quick breakfast of the most amazing tropical fruit and yogurt then be out the door for a walk on the beach before it got too hot. I would carry Brooklyn on my back and we would walk and explore a new beach - picking out our favorite beach houses. Then we all would have a swim / play in the waves or we would explore rocky tide pools. After that, we would get Brooklyn back into the baby carrier and she would get a little power nap in.  

We had to get out of the sun from 11-3pm.  It. Was. So. Hot. So hot you would feel your body slow down to compensate for dealing with the heat. During this time, we would either let the kids sleep or drive somewhere for our afternoon adventure. We had a really great pool at the place that we stayed and the kids LOVED swimming in it. It is really impressive to see how much confidence they gained swimming. Mike put Hazen’s life jacket on Brooklyn as a joke once and she LOVED it - seconds later she was peeling my death grip off her so she could swim on her own and the next day she was jumping off the side of the pool and holding her breath underwater. CRAZY. ​

Hazen made a lot of friends. He met a little girl Grace, from upstate New York and then his ‘best friends’ were a couple of Canadians in their 60s(ish) (Tammy / Earl if you are reading this I hope I didn’t overestimate). We would come back from our morning walk and Hazen would strain his neck walking down the path to see if his friends (60 years his senior) were there to ‘play’.  

The sunsets in Costa Rica were absolutely spectacular but we didn’t see many. The sun would drop right around 6 which was when we were in the hustle to get cleaned up from the day, have dinner and get to bed. Bedtime in Costa Rica was a breeze. The kids were e x a u s t e d and were so excited (just like we were) to get in their bed at night. I wish we could have brought a little bit of that home.

My most favorite day was when we went into the rain forest in the Monteverde area. It was so beautiful. It was a lot cooler - a great break from the heat we were experiencing - and I think I just love hiking. We walked across canopy bridges high in the air, stood on the continental divide where we could see the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, listened to the birds, and looked for monkeys. We didn’t see any- I am pretty sure that Hazen cleared out all wildlife within a 4 mile radius of us. ​

While each day was so different, in general I knew that everything would be a slower pace and I was really really to embrace that slower pace. But… I had my moments when we were out to eat where I just wanted to jump over the counter and make my meal for myself. I could actually feel my grandfather come through me (he was not known for his patience) and groan. I remember a particular time we were all packed up and ready to hit the road for an adventure. The plan was we would stop at the Bagel Kitchen and get 2 breakfast sandwiches and 1 bagel for the road (a girl can only eat so much fish, fruit, and veggies.) The kids and Mike were waiting in the car and I was watching the breakfast sandwich being made. The very nice man cracked the egg, beat the egg, poured the egg into the fry pan, toasted the bagel, fried the bacon, etc, etc, etc, at a pace comparable to a snail. He wrapped the bagel up, put it in a bag, and started on the next one… I just about lost it.  I am not proud of myself in that moment. I heard my grandfather’s groan come out through my body. I truly appreciate everything being made fresh and to order and I also appreciate the efficiency of an american kitchen. I am fairly confident this makes me a jerk.

One challenge we faced was the language barrier. We did our best with language and I think next time we travel we will work hard to be even more prepared. When we went to Costa Rica 2 years ago it was for a weeks vacation - and vacation for a week is much different than making a far away land your home for over a month. The kids did much better than us with language and Brooklyn came home with more words in Spanish than English just because she was in the sweet spot of learning new words. Hazen was fearless with his language skills. He would shout ‘Hola Amigos’ (hello friend) to anyone passing by; ‘Gracias’ (thank you) in not always the right circumstances; ‘con gusto’ (with pleasure / your welcome) in even stranger circumstances; and ‘Adios Muchachos’ because it rhymes (bye dude) - we had to look up Muchachos and make sure it wasn’t anything derogatory. Hazen also practiced repeating a string of sounds back to people which was incredibly entertaining for everyone involved. So - someone would say a sentence or two to Hazen in spanish and Hazen would parrot the same sounds back to that person, I am sure in his very Maine, very American accent. It was so fun to see the kids embrace learning the new language with such ease, curiosity, and fearlessness. It gave us more confidence to experiment and try our Spanish/French linguistic skills without being afraid of getting it wrong or embarrassing ourselves. ​

 But because of the language barrier, we did have a pretty scary miscommunication. We were in Costa Rica in the dry season and in the dry season there are forest fires. Not fires like you would imagine with high branches burning and big flames. Lots of little fires with burning of the underbrush. We would see smoldering ashes on the side of the road - just like when a campfire gets perfect to roast marshmallows. We had been to a monkey refuge sanctuary a few days prior and had learned that these fires the night before had gotten out of control and the refuge lost their water tanks and had a couple of animal casualties. The fire department wouldn’t help and all of the volunteers were working to put the fire out with a bucket brigade.  

So that's the back story.

Then at 4:15am there is a rap rap rap rap rap rap rap on our door. Mike leaps out of bed says ‘stay here’ and I of course was hot on his heels. It is the youngest security guard from the gate and he is getting increasingly panicked that we don’t understand what he is trying to communicate to us. The incredible game of Costa Rican charades begins with him gesturing to the mountains and making flame like motions, then he starts motioning a key, car, steering wheel. OK - got it muchachos - forest fire, evaluate, leave in your car.  Si.

The guard goes and knocks on our neighbors door...

What to grab for an evacuation in Costa Rica? Passports, water, elephant blanket, computers, who knows - we stuff a few things into an already packed bag.  I wake Hazen up and say: ‘Honey, there is a fire, we are being evacuated, you need to wake up and walk’ and I get the baby out of her crib.

The fear hit me when we were walking down the long path to our car and I hear the bomberos (the Costa Rican fire truck siren). I know there is one road in and out. I know we have the option to either go right to the jungle on the bumpy monkey trail or left to wind around the coast line.  I know that we aren’t going to have a team of emergency personnel telling us calmly and in English where to go and what to do. I know this is it. We are on our own. At least we have elephant blanket.   

Just as we get to the end of the path we see Roberta, our host of Italian nationality.   ‘Buongiorno!!!’ she calls to us - walking towards us slower than she should in an forest fire / evacuation situation. After a few Italian niceties she explains to us that we are not being evacuated we just need to move our rental car. There is a truck in full flames of fire and it is right next to our rental car.  

Welp… that was a bit of a misunderstanding - sorry kids - wanna go to the waterslide park?  What time do you think they open?

Thank goodness that was the only "emergency" we faced on our trip! 

​So much has changed since we opened this business in 2015 with 30 personal training clients and Mike Wilcox training them all.  But one thing has stayed the same – our mission.  Every decision we make, every team member we onboard, every new location we open – we ensure that it is in alignment with our mission.  Our mission is to inspire people to enhance their life by forming healthy habits that they can sustain for a lifetime.  That can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.  What does it mean to you?  Please share – it would mean the world to us!  Lots of love – Paige & Mike

Always Fresh, Sometimes Normal.  Misfits Market tag line is my spirit animal and I am smitten!  

I came across this organic produce subscription service recently and I am pumped for so many reasons.  Misfits Market delivers organic produce to your door for up to 50% less than grocery store prices.

They rescue all of the unwanted and 'ugly' but perfectly delicious produce.  They are dedicated to breaking the cycle of food waste by helping delicious food find a good home.  

Our first experience was AWESOME!  I was surprised with how much produce we got and how fresh it all was.  It was super convenient to have it all delivered to our door.  If you want to give it a try for yourself, feel free to use this code to save 25% off your first order!

Let us know how you like it!

Paige

It’s been said that fear of failure is fear of growth. It can be pretty painful when things don’t go as planned, but I am thankful for everything that I learn every single time I fail and I wouldn't trade that wisdom for the world. 

I heard on a podcast recently that most actors have to go to 100s of auditions to get one yes. That is 99 nos and a lot of people give up. UNLESS - you count every no as one no closer to that one yes. Can you imagine that mindset shift? You go to an audition, you pour your heart out and you get your 89th - ‘no, sorry we don’t think you are right for this role.’ Instead of being discouraged you are encouraged - SWEET - 89 nos - I am getting that much closer to the yes. And you are - because you learned something new in those 89 experiences. I am constantly getting nos - learning and failing - failing and learning and I know (or I hope) that is getting me this much closer to my big YES. I don’t even think of it as failing any more - just trying something new that didn’t work.

What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned by failing at something? I’d love if you joined the conversation on our Facebook Page.  Leave your insight in a comment here so we can all learn together!

Happy Training!

Paige




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• You are ready to increase your energy levels so that you can ENJOY all of the things in life you love to do.
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• You want to build momentum through healthy living so you can gain leverage in all other aspects of your life.
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