How To Overcome Fear “The truth has not so much set us free, as it has ripped away a carefully constructed facade leaving us naked to begin again.” – Lisa Unger Have you ever started over? Did you wonder how the hell you were going to overcome fear that kept telling you that things weren’t […]
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Civilian To Soldier It’s 2am in South Carolina, where I’m sitting in a brightly lit room, too bright for this hour. The room, at the U.S. Army Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), looks like a university auditorium, filled with nice, cushioned benches, but no chairs or tables. Seated here with about 200 other women, we
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Showing up “We are constantly invited to be who we are.” – Henry David Thoreau How do you show up in the world? To your loved ones? To your kids? To your friends? To your co-workers? Are you game-face on, armored up, to everyone, like I was most of my life? How about times when being
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What Is Wellness So back in the day, I basically mainlined CheezIt’s, Diet Coke and vodka, with the occasional 99 cent burger from whatever convenience store…Big Gulp anyone?! Seriously, I know you might be saying, “LDub WTF – I thought you were healthy!” Or maybe you’re saying, “what’s wrong with that – sounds like how
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Personal Development Leads to Happiness “Progress equals happiness. Even if you’re not where you want to be yet. If you’re on the road, if you’re improving, if you’re making progress, you’re gonna love it. You’re gonna feel alive!” -Tony Robbins Happiness does not magically happen when we have endless amounts of money or stuff. Or
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The Jungle Trek As the sun set, the ten of us gathered around the outdoor bamboo tables, candles flickering in the faint breeze. Surrounded by rice fields, only the sounds of nature and our voices existed, until we heard something else. At first it was faint, so we all became quiet and put our hands
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Navigating Life Through The Pandemic “New surveys are revealing the depth of the damage to mental health caused by the pandemic across the United States. Two-thirds of adults say their sleep quality has declined in the past year, more than half have experienced undesired weight change, and one in four are drinking more.” – Psychology
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Be My Wingman “I feel the need, the need for speed!” – Top Gun …we shouted, as we strutted across the tarmac in our flight suits. Our motley crew of three, call-signs The Swede, Joker, and me, Phoenix, were geared up and ready to get our Top Gun on – today we were flying a
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Resilience As the fierce winds picked up to over 30 knots, the ocean swells grew into angry six-foot waves and our 41 foot Beneteau Oceanis sailing yacht bashed forward, scrambling our brains like eggs! I thought to myself, “you wanted to be a better sailor LDub!” SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! At this point, I was certain
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My Journey Wracked with fever, delirious and soaking wet, there I was lying on a gurney in a private room in the hospital emergency room. Doctors and nurses came in and out. What seemed like an eternity passed, while my body shook uncontrollably on that gurney. I thought to myself, “Omg LDub, is this it?!”
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