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Check Your Lens

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The other day, I was heading to my car as I was leaving a beautiful building. I turned around to admire it and soak in the beauty before hopping into my car. After I started driving away, I looked at the building again through my… Read More »Check Your Lens

Take A Hike

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Ok, I understand that whether or not taking a hike is actually an option can depend a lot on your symptoms and capacity at the moment, so you don’t have to take the subject of this blog literally, necessarily.  But if a hike isn’t an… Read More »Take A Hike

Taking My Own Advice

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You may have heard me mention before that it’s important to prioritize your health, and that taking breaks when needed is not only ok, but actually key and vital to recovery and continued progress. Well, it turns out that in the past few weeks, I… Read More »Taking My Own Advice

It’s the Little Things

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This will be a short and sweet one. Just wanted to remind you that the little things make all the difference.   The little things done for you: an unexpected gift dropped off on the doorstep, the flower petals lovingly picked and delivered to your… Read More »It’s the Little Things

Nothing’s Gone Wrong Here

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This is one of my favorite go-to thoughts. It’s believable for me when I zoom out and look at the big picture and remind myself that God isn’t up there wringing His hands in worry about whatever it is I’m concerned about. Trusting that there’s… Read More »Nothing’s Gone Wrong Here

How to Process Emotions

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I needed to process an emotion today. I used this system and it surprised me yet again at how effective it is.  You process, and it goes away to the point where you can’t feel it anymore. And when it comes back (it almost always… Read More »How to Process Emotions

5 Core Pillars of Health

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The following are 5 fundamental keys to mental, physical, and nervous system health: 1 – Sleep 2 – Sunlight 3 – Movement 4 – Nutrition/Hydration 5 – Relationships Sleep: Try to get 7–9 hours, have consistency in the timing of getting to bed and waking… Read More »5 Core Pillars of Health

With What You Have Left

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I have a friend who sustained a concussion recently, and she sent me the link to a blog post that is short and very inspiring. I’ll include the link to the post below, but here’s the summary: In 1995, a world-class violinist, Itzhak Perlman, performed… Read More »With What You Have Left

Throw Out the Manual

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As I was coaching recently, I was reminded of the concept of manuals, and want to share it here, as I think it is a really helpful idea for all of us, whether we’re dealing with post-concussion symptoms or not. You know what a manual… Read More »Throw Out the Manual

Be Where You Need To Be

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I am going to get a little personal in this post today…I hope that’s ok. The past 3 weeks have been challenging for me in some significant ways. Actually, we only had 2 bouts of particularly challenging things happen (COVID, with the associated quarantining, and… Read More »Be Where You Need To Be