Just Breathe. Checking In. At the start of 2019 I chose the word BREATHE to guide my year. Since we are well into February I wanted to check in to see how I am doing with this so far. I began the year by going to Costa Rica where I was able to surf to my … Read More »
3 Books to Inspire You One of my goals this year is to read more books. So far I am on a self-help and motivational book kick for the new year. I am in search of suggestions for how to live a more positive life. I am so done with the negative script that comes … Read More »
Self-Help: Success and Failure. I was ready to accept failure over success.I was halfway up the climbing wall. My arms were trembling with fatigue and my brain was telling me to just let go. Thoughts of, “I can’t!” repeating in my head over and over again. I couldn’t figure out how to get to the … Read More »
Last week was not one of my better ones in the emotional sphere. For a number of reasons things were feeling out of control one of them being the London Terror attacks which triggered my PTSD from The Boston Marathon in 2013. Out of nowhere I was a sobbing crying mess and feeling anxious and … Read More »
Self Improvement Discussion–When Good Isn’t Good Enough Even though we all have success, why then is it easier to see failure or to perceive failure? We all carry around an invisible measuring stick for success. What I may view as success may be different than what it is for you. Norms are created in our … Read More »
A recovering perfectionist sharing tips for achieving goals. Boost self-confidence! I am a born perfectionist. I strive to get everything “right” on the first try. Success is all about how you view it. I struggled with this from the time that I was a small child and still battle with perfectionism as an adult. It … Read More »
Finding positivity Why can finding positivity be so difficult at times. Why is it so easy for others words to crumble our sense of self-worth or to rob us of our feelings of success? Negative words from otghers can bring about great feelings of self-doubt and negativity. Finding inner strength is one of the greatest … Read More »
Negative Thinking and Depression I am not a newcomer to depression. Depression has been a part of my life since my early twenties. While I feel that I mostly have things under control and am in balance at times an event or a circumstance will tip the balance back towards those feelings of negative self-worth, … Read More »
Dare to dream big together! Motivation. This week I was thinking a lot about what gives me the fire to compete and to go after my goals. I began thinking about an experience a long time ago when I was a high school athlete playing field hockey and how it shaped my drive as an … Read More »
Lift Each Other Up. Why is it that we live in a culture where we feel we must always one up each other? I am all for healthy competition in sport but in daily life we should celebrate each others accomplishments as they happen. We also need to be ready to hold each other … Read More »