3 Keys to Unlocking Your Ability to Succeed

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Maya Angelou     It was not until I had had some success that I learned about failure. In the early days of my Endurance career, I trained hard, rode terrific horses, had a good mentor, and my confidence grew with each successful finish. It was when I had my first pull. A pull…

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Out with the Old, In with the New

“Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.” ~Mignon McLaughlin We must let go of something old to make room for something new. We outgrow our thoughts. We change. We evolve. What once was, is not necessarily true today. For beginnings to happen, there must be endings. To let go of what we have always known can be scary, often painful, and a struggle. Old patterns, seemingly innocently, root…

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11 Let Go’s to Transform You

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude -Oprah Winfrey If we want to change how we walk through the world, it starts by letting go of unconscious behaviors of how we carry ourselves. These habits can result in physical manifestations, including premature aging, illness, and skeletal discomfort if left unchecked. What we think we become. Our thoughts manifest…

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12 Steps To Achieve The Life You Deserve

The moment that you start to wonder if you deserve better, you do. ― Unknown We all want a life of happiness, the one we always dreamt of—the one we deserve. Or do we? Are we fooling ourselves by blocking our path to achieving it? If your outlook is to find ways to complain, compare yourself, or sulk away your days, then it is time to re-evaluate how you envision…

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Do You Fear Discomfort?

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that. David Goggins As the privileged population has grown, many have become soft and lazy, accustomed to comfort, convenience, and ease—jobs we can phone in, grocery orders, and meals delivered…

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Keeping up with the Times: Aging is the Fashion to Follow

Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you should have been. ~ David Bowie Every minute of every day, we are all aging. We will never be chronologically younger than we are now. How we perceive it determines whether we grow old or become ageless. Becoming ageless happens when we shift our outlook. Acknowledging what prevents us from owning our years is essential to spiritual growth. To…

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How You Can Overcome Rejection with 7 Simple Actions

What if rejection is just selection? Rejection hurts. We often take it as a sign of failure. It can trigger feelings of unworthiness; anger, jealousy, and resentment may also arise. Rejection can make us feel alone. And to top it off, those feelings may stick with us, sometimes for years. We have all experienced both sides of rejection. We have been rejected, and we have been the rejector. It does…

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Getting To The Root

“Pull out the weeds, or make peace with the dandelions.” ― Frank Sonnenberg   On the journey of self-actualization, life lessons appear everywhere. How we engage in tasks or relationships reflects who we are, often giving us glimpses of areas needing attention and refinement. The winter rains were both a blessing and a curse. My gardens are thriving, the rivers are flowing, and the weeds are flourishing. My property has a…

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An Evolutionary Step Forward: We Don’t Need a Revolution to Change Views on Aging

We are not victims of aging, sickness, and death. These are part of the scenery, not the seer, immune to change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being. ―Deepak Chopra Aging is a privilege denied to many, yet, our youth-centric society has diminished the value once bestowed upon elders. With babies, we count the days, then weeks, then months as they grow, but somewhere we cross an…

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We are Only As Strong as Our Weakest Link or How Our Weakness May Be Our Strength

“You say “show me the path out of weakness”, I say, “weakness is the path, walk on it daringly and it’ll turn into strength”.” ― Abhijit Naskar There was a farmer who grew excellent-quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best-grown corn. A newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his…

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