Featured Member, Melissa Bauknight, Golden, Colorado

MEET MELISSA!

This month’s featured Ranada Fitness member is Melissa Bauknight -  wife, mother, medical sales rep, director, friend, leader and adventurer who lives in Golden, Colorado.  Whew!  She’s impressive.

I wanted to feature Melissa because she is the quintessential self-leader and beautifully demonstrates how to practice self-leadership in our everyday lives. 

Read on to learn more about Melissa and all the wisdom she shared with me in our recent interview!

Tell me about yourself:  I believe in creating a life that lights me up and that happiness is truly a choice.  I am addicted to learning ways to constantly improve myself and believe that everyone has a gift inside of them that makes a difference in the world.  I wear many hats: I am a wife, a mother of a 17 month old son, a medical sales rep, a Beautycounter director, a friend, a leader & an adventurer.  I strive to live a healthy, active lifestyle and love creating and connecting with new communities.

Greatest strength:  Giving people confidence

Best tip for living a healthy lifestyle:  Prioritize self-care 

Favorite type of exercise: HITT

Favorite type of body part to workout:  Legs

Favorite Ranada Fitness 21-Day Challenge workout:  Day 11: Ballet Kicks/Booty from the 21-Day Summer Barre Fitness Challenge

Favorite thing to do for personal self-care:  Get out in nature.  Getting out in nature can be something simple like going for a walk around our neighborhood in the foothills.  It often is a hike somewhere local or a short drive to the mountains.  I find that when I'm in the mountains my mind slows down and my heart is happy.  

Favorite healthy food snack:  A simple protein shake

Favorite healthy product line you promote and why:  Beautycounter because we are a B Corporation committed to revolutionizing the entire beauty industry for better.  Not only do we have a rigorous 5 step screening process and do 3rd party testing, but we have banned over 1500 potentially harmful ingredients from our products.  On top of the safety profile, the products are incredibly high performing and actually work beautifully!!!

Favorite non-profit organization you support and why:  My husband and I support the Children's Hospital Burn Camps.   These programs give children who are victims of burns the opportunity to connect with other similar children, identify powerfully with themself outside of their injury and a space to simply be themselves. 

Favorite quote:  "How you do anything is the way you do everything." - Matt Linderman

Best relationship tip:  Try to see things from the other person's perspective

Best money tip:  Spend less than you make

Best stress management tip:  Play more

Best tip to overcome fear and life challenges:  You get to choose what meaning you give in every situation

Best tip to achieve any goal:  Create a goal that you can see so clearly and write it down

Greatest accomplishment:  Completing the full landmark curriculum gives me the courage to go after what I want in life

Describe what retirement looks like to you:  Retirement looks like having financial freedom.  It’ll be the ability to have time, freedom, location independence, and abundance to give.  I would like to feel generous and unrestricted surrounded by the people I love.

If you could tell your future self something, what would it be?  Enjoy now.  Everything you’re working towards will happen in time.  

Melissa, thank you for being this month’s featured member at Ranada Fitness!  Thank you for being YOU, practicing self leadership and for being a wonderful role model for women to live a healthy, fit lifestyle they can absolutely love.

To learn more about healthier products, such as, Beautycounter, click here.  To learn more about one of Melissa's favorite non-profit organization, Children's Hospital Burn Camps or to donate in anyway, click here.

I would LOVE to feature YOU in the Ranada Fitness Community!  Click here to fill out our questionnaire  for a chance to be featured in an upcoming blog.

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To an amazing, healthier you,

Ranada xo