Fear Not Staring Down the Darkness- A Poem

Not too long ago a former coach of mine posted a lovely tribute to her mom who had passed away a year or so ago. It was sweet, and touching and it left me wishing I would have known her. It touched me deeply and as I thought more about it, a poem welled up…

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Believe in Your Gifts Always

The other day, I was prompted to put the title of this article up as my Facebook status. It didn’t garner tons of likes and it only received a few comments. But that is not why I was inspired. Normally, I like to see the individual names of the people who took the time to…

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Fail Bigger: Life Lessons from The 2015 Crossfit Games

There were many amazing and surprising things that happened at the 2015 Crossfit Games. Most people whom I spoke with were impressed with the strength, endurance, agility and determination of the athletes who participated. It’s inspired many of us “mere mortal” Crossfitters  to set  higher goals, to dig deeper into our personal determination and to go further…

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The Prison of the Mind: Finding Freedom by Loving Yourself

Find freedom by loving yourself. Hmm, does it seem possible? Could it be true that if you could truly love yourself for who you are in spite of failures and successes, faults and strengths, resume or stature? Quite honestly, it is something that I think about and have been thinking about for years. It sounds…

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