‘View others with generous intent’ is something that I aspire to practice and role model, but the truth is, I often fail miserably. Just this week, I clapped back at someone who wrote the comment, ‘This looks like a way to destroy your lower back,’ on a reel I posted about how to lift and …
“Becoming a creature of discomfort can unlock hidden potential in many different types of learning. Summoning the nerve to face discomfort is a character skill. An especially important form of determination. It takes 3 kinds of courage: To abandon your tried and true methods, to put yourself in the ring before you’re ready, and to …
How quick are you to label experiences good or bad? Are you on a constant roller coaster through life, getting attached to ‘the good’ and having an aversion to ‘the bad?’ There’s an old Chinese story that goes like this (as I’ve heard and understand it): A farmer has many horses that give him status …
How often do you pencil in activities on Someday? Never heard of ‘Someday’ being on the calendar? That’s because ‘Someday’ doesn’t exist in reality. There are 7 days in a week and ‘Someday’ isn’t one of them. Saying you’ll do something ‘Someday’ is a cop out. It’s a way of letting yourself off the hook …
I’ve been wedged underneath rocks in the river, been trashed in the impact zone in the surf, and as a solopreneur, wondered how I was going to pay my bills. You know, that feeling of being crushed by doubt, fear or things not working out the way you’d hoped? Whitewater kayaking has been a phenomenal …
When is this someday that you keep talking about? I hear it all the time. ‘Someday I’ll go on a trip with you.’ Or “My goal is to one day have the skills to kayak that river and then I’ll be stoked.” I hate to break it to you, but there’s no ‘someday’ on the …
Is there something you really want for yourself but you’re not sure where to start? Stop staying stuck in the same cycles hoping for something to change. It’s time to take your first step. Here’s the answer: Clear space If your life is filled with habits, things, commitments, relationships and work that you don’t want, …
Are you hard on yourself, beating yourself up for mistakes you’ve made in hopes that it’ll help make the horrible sinking feeling of failure go away? The weight of not living up to who you think you are or how you thought things would go can feel crushing. I know because I was just there …
Have you ever worked really hard on something with hours of time and energy invested, only to have it not work out? It feels like a huge step forward and then 2 or 3 steps back, and it feels defeating. This happened to me this week and I found myself frustrated that I had ‘wasted’ …
Ever wonder how people accomplish goals that didn’t seem possible? If you’ve seen someone run a big rapid, summit a mountain, do a gravity defying move, or are simply exceptional at what they do, you may think that it’s because of some innate talent that they have that you don’t. Yes, some folks possess natural …
