What is it Like?

What is it like to be awake in this world? To live with eyes wide open. What is it like to feel pain in this world? To hurt both inside and out. What is it like to love in this world? To have your heart open up to another. What is it like to feel…

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Leaving it all on the field

I’m getting ready to leave for California for my last leadership retreat. For those of you who may not know this, I’m completing a 10-month long leadership program through the Coaches Training Institute. This is the last of four, week long, retreats. It’s hard to believe that this program I started in September is coming…

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Being my own work of art

If you think I know what I’m doing… Let me assure you that I do not. In fact, I’m acutely aware in this moment of how little I do know… About what I’m doing, or where I’m going. Yes… you heard me right. I don’t know what I’m doing, or where I’m going. And, oddly…

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Full Permission

Who are you when you give yourself full permission? Full permission to be yourself… the full range of yourself! I’m discovering that I’m a lot of things… I’m spunky (definition for those of you who may not know what this word means: full of spirit, courage, and determination) … also the nickname my stepdad gave me…

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Is there a wildness in you?

There is a wildness in me. It’s coming out of my bones and seeping through my pores. It’s Raw and Unyielding, Beautiful and Wise, Powerful and Strong, Alive and Free. It doesn’t seem to care about what I, or other people, think. It’s on a mission… and doesn’t appear to be willing to settle for…

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Getting Lost

I grew up in West Virginia, about 5 miles from a State Forest. In high school, I would often go mountain biking in this Forest with friends. I remember one time in particular that I decided to go alone. I felt I knew the trails well and could navigate on my own. I was wrong. I must…

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