About thirteen years ago I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a post a friend of mine had shared. She had competed in a triathlon with Team in Training which is an organization that raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I think I might have been pregnant at the time, and I’d give
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It’s Okay
Sometimes we need some reminders. So here are a few of them… You don’t owe anyone an explanation for any of the decisions you make in your life. You don’t have to justify anything to anyone. It’s okay if you want to lose weight and transform your body and document your transformation. It’s also okay
How To Start Planning Your Week (Part 1)
How many times have you gotten to the end of the day or the end of the week and accomplished very little of what you had hoped to get done? Or conversely, how often have you checked off all the items on your to do list but still not really made an headway toward reaching
The Art Of Surrender
I teach a lot of swim lessons. The kids who struggle the most are the ones who don’t relax in the water. The ones who avoid getting splashed in the face at all costs. The ones who tense up and flail their arms frantically in an attempt to swim. Most of these kids are already
Maybe This Is A Good Time To Change The Way We Educate
I would not want to be a teacher right now. NOT AT ALL. They are normally in impossible situations, but now the impossibility factor has leveled up a couple dozen notches. Teachers have been sailing through uncharted waters for the past few months, and the unfamiliar seas are about to get even rougher, I think.
Opportunities
At some point today — and every day — you will be uncomfortable. You don’t know where on the scale of discomfort your this sucks moment(s) will fall. It could be something minor and close to the low end of the scale. Like you drop a glass on the floor and it shatters or you