At Some Point, You Just Have to Let Go of Control

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Tweet I love traveling.  Not because I get to stay in high rise resorts and pamper myself with brightly colored drinks sporting spiffy paper umbrellas poolside, but because visiting a different culture forces you to let go of control.  That is, if you let it. I’m in Mexico and have been here for about four [...]

Stop Worrying About Not Being Able to Make It Happen and Just Get Out There Already.

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Tweet When I was about twelve years old, I found myself in my first ever horse show.  Years of riding, months of practicing, much sewing and shopping and accumulating the proper clothing – a tuxedo shirt, black jeans and boots, and sparkly blazer-like jacket topped off with a rosette at my collar bones and a [...]

How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be No Matter How Preposterous the Path Appears

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Tweet Before I’d officially started competing in kettlebell meets, I was at a Rolfing training where I ran into some friends I’d gone to school with.  Conversations naturally turned to what we were up to now (aside from working, of course).  I mentioned that I was training for a ten minute set of snatches with [...]

The Absence of Pain Is Not Nothing

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Tweet If I asked you what you feel in your body right now, at this very moment, you would probably tell me what hurts.  “My neck and back are a little sore,” or, “There is some pain in my right thigh,” or quite possibly, “My left foot is achy, but, you know, that’s always there [...]

There is Power in Relaxation

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Tweet Insights gathered at the 2012 World Domination Summit in Portland, OR. Tight muscles are a curious thing.  You would think, because they hold onto so much tension, that they would be infinitely stronger than a relaxed muscle.  You would suspect that tight muscles had that contraction thing down, that they could do anything. In [...]

Is Holding onto Fear Holding You Back?

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Tweet Pssst… I have a secret, a secret I want to share with you.  You see, I can sense your fear, your worry, your self doubt and leaking self esteem tank.  I see all of this clear as day.  It’s written in every movement you make, in every footfall, in the arc of your arm [...]

Stop Doing What You Think You Need to Do to Get What You Think You Need to Get

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Tweet Ever feel like a puppy dog begging for a treat?  Like all your behavior and mannerisms have been conditioned by some kind of cosmic reward system, the ins and outs of which you can’t even begin to understand?  Well, the bad news is, you’re probably right…about the conditioning, I mean.  The good news is [...]