Posts Tagged ‘life’
Burn Your Boats
Despite our best laid plans and intentions, sometimes things just don’t go our way. It’s the reason we have backup plans and Plan B’s. It’s why we’re researching our next…
Read MoreUnderstanding and acceptance are not the same thing
It’s impossible to go throughout life without experiencing loss, rejection, failure, heartbreak and adversity on some level. Stressful situations happen to everyone. Some things happen suddenly. We’re heading…
Read MoreLooking Back, Beginning Again
Towards the end of each year, I find myself in a reflective state where I look back at all the events that have transpired and brought me to the…
Read MoreAre You “Too Busy”?
I teach somewhere in the ballpark of 15 classes a week (if I’m helping with class coverage that number is easily closer to 20), in addition to writing and…
Read MoreWhere I End and You Begin
“Yes” – it’s one simple word, but it’s a word that holds amazing power in our life. Yes to doing the extra work…even if it leads you closer…
Read MoreWhy raising the bar won’t get you where you want to go
In life we’re told to “raise the bar”, a mantra that promises to yield higher results, a stronger work ethic and growing momentum in the direction we want. It’s…
Read MoreThe Most Important Non-Negotiable
Last week I felt as if I was a walking timebomb. A combination of feeling rundown, exhausted and physically sore left me wondering if I would suddenly collapse teaching…
Read MoreI waited for the truck…
The Universe wants to be noticed…and heard. Problem is, we aren’t always listening. Did you ever get a gut feeling to do something and not do it? Have…
Read MoreAbandon hope of a better past
Over the last week in California, something shifted for me. It wasn’t a singular action that spurred this shift in consciousness, nor was it the trip itself. But, removing…
Read MoreAre You Stuck in the Middle?
It’s no accident that Dante began The Inferno, his allegorical journey through Hell, “Midway upon the journey of life / I found myself within a forest dark”. In…
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