Are We Having Fun Yet? Finding Playfulness, Connection and Curiosity
When was the last time you set aside time simply for fun? Playfulness? Connecting? Curiousity? Author Catherine Price defines fun as “that feeling where you lose track of time because you’re “in the zone” and not worried about how you look or how well you perform.” It’s your opportunity to let loose for a defined […]
Mindset Bandits – No Taking Cuts
https://youtu.be/4MCK04noNsg There’s nothing quite like race day. You’ve already done the homework and there isn’t anything more you can do to prepare. You lay out your carefully chosen running clothes, all the way down to your lucky “race day” socks and safety pins for the bib. Your race belt is stocked with hand selected and […]
Meltdown Moments: Taking Time to Be Still
It took us seven years to have our son, and before we could blink an eye there was Megan. Having two toddlers’ one year apart allowed us to experience meltdowns in a way once unimaginable to our just-the-two-of-us minds. My lofty sideways glances to young moms who could not control their wayward flock, were replaced […]
Get Out of Your Eddies: How to Live Life in the River’s Flow
I’d never heard the term “Eddy” before. We were hiking on the “Oh Be Joyful” trail outside of Crested Butte, Colorado. The wildflowers in the early morning sunlight captivated our full attention. That is until our best friend Dave warned us to “Watch out for the Eddies” on our rafting trip the next day. Our […]
Get Out of Your Eddies: How to Live Life in the River’s Flow
I’d never heard the term “Eddy” before. We were hiking on the “Oh Be Joyful” trail outside of Crested Butte, Colorado. The wildflowers in the early morning sunlight captivated our full attention. That is until our best friend Dave warned us to “Watch out for the Eddies” on our rafting trip the next day. Our […]
Fear vs Faith
Fear is a dead end. It’s a one way ticket to being stuck. Fear grips us and pulls us down. It enshrouds us with clouds of doubt and keeps us living small and predictable lives. Fear whispers thoughts of failure into our ear … “Stay right here.” “Be comfortable.”It keeps us looking in the rearview […]
For Grief’s Sake – My Ongoing Journey from Loss to Gain
I raised my hand. It changed everything. I truly did not realize I was grieving. That only happens when someone dies right? No one had died, but the loss felt from the severed relationship of our loved one was impenetrable and deep. Focus was increasingly difficult, my feet were firmly planted in midair. Life felt […]
Life By Design
https://youtu.be/cQbpdOK7nVA I sat terrified staring at the McCall’s pattern envelope. The 1950’s style sketch on the outside showed a spunky blonde-haired teen in a yellow knee-length skirt with a sassy kick pleat. It wasn’t the contents of the envelope that scared me, it was the instructions that came with it. It was 1980. I sat […]
Life is Like a Crockpot – How to Savor the Slow in a Microwave World
We tossed our microwave. In our new chapter of “Empty Nest-hood” it seemed a symbolic, yet radical move. The past 20 years had been a whirlwind of activity, raising two kiddos, running our businesses, doing all the things a family in the twenty-first century seemed “required” to do. In 2017 when the dust of child […]
Stronger in the Second Half
https://youtu.be/MPlZYh85XLU Hit the wall … Bonk … depleted … defeated … done. Running a marathon is no joke. It’s ultimately not a race of speed, but of strategy. Not of physical strength alone, but also strength of mindset. The ideal way to finish the race is stronger and faster in the second half. It’s what […]