The Stripteaser
Sitting at the starting line, heart pounding, gut twisted tight like the strap of my helmet, I could feel every nerve humming. There’s a hush right before launch, a silent dare between fear and adrenaline.
And I always …
Category: In the Thriver’s Seat in Life
The Dice in My Hand
There’s something about the moment before the leap.
The space between inhale and exhale, when you’re holding the dice in your hand, whispering promises to the sky, hoping the universe is listening and hoping it’s kind.
I’ve been here before. …
The Vanishing Act
Yesterday is gone.
The big grief waves? They will return around the holidays, as they do. But today isn’t about that. Today is the kind of ache that falls in between—the quieter version.
Yesterday, I had a compassionate, unexpected …
While I Was Healing, Life Was Reshuffling
Yes, while I was healing, life was reshuffling.
I have not been blogging for a few weeks, not because I did not have things to say, but because I needed to let the silence speak first.
In that quiet …
Grown Isn’t a Number—It’s an Awakening
You’re not grown until you know how to communicate, apologize, be truthful & accept accountability without blaming someone else.
I found this on social media, I don’t know who wrote it, but I know it fits a situation I …
The Purposeful Warrior
There comes a moment, sometimes quiet, sometimes shattering, when you realize you’re no longer willing to shrink for people stay stuck. Yesterday I had an awakening where I said, “No more.”
That moment is the birth of the Purposeful Warrior…
I FELL OFF THE WRITING WAGON
I did fall off the writing wagon and here we are with the end of the year in sight. I know I do need to climb back on and grab the reins again.
It has been a rather down …
SEEK MAGIC EVERYDAY
Yes, seek magic everyday. Easy-peasy right?
My personal issue with it all is that I let things go in February. It is a month of pain for me and while I always hope things will be better, they are not. …
TOXIC LOVE
Toxic love undoubtedly happens to all of us. I do not believe anyone is completely immune to it. It happens. How does it happen?
Well, we fall for someone who is absolutely wrong for us. We fall for someone we …
THE YIN AND YANG OF GRIEVING
The Yin and Yang of grieving revealed itself to me several months ago. I actually know the day it happened.
I was at the one-year mark of producing my 2-minute daily life coaching podcast when I saw the …