Tag: healing
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The Personal Productivity Paradox: Why I’ve Never Been More Efficient — and Never More Overwhelmed
I think about this more often than I probably should: I am more productive and efficient than I have ever been — and I have never felt more overwhelmed. It seems like those two things shouldn’t be able to coexist. Shouldn’t becoming more organized, more capable, more efficient, and more experienced make life feel easier?…
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Facing Anxiety in New Seasons
I wasn’t expecting it, I had been going to therapy, talking through everything I had swirling in my mind and it still punched me in the gut, hard.
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Healing Low Iron… And the Smoothie I’m obsessed With
A couple weeks ago I had a small procedure that went completely fine, but what it led to finding has let me on in some crucial info about my body in the past couple weeks. I’ve heard the word “Anemia” since before I can remember, as an endurance athlete both in the swimming realm and…
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Playing with Passions and Remembering the Reason
After my competitive swimming career was over in 2012 and I had recovered from 13 years of my body being subject to incredibly intense training, I missed the competition, I missed the goals, I missed seeing how far my body could go…
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Smiles All Around and Running Lately….
July 4, 2018. I didn’t feel fast, after mile four I actually felt like throwing in the towel. My breathing shallowed, my quads were on fire, and the finish felt so far away. Never imagining what lie on the other side of that finish line. A top 30 finish in the largest 10K in the…
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On How Fueling During Conference Week Changed the Game of Trust.
Before we dive in let me disclaim that this is currently being written on the morning after conference, my head is throbbing from dehydration and there is a current reality of standing forever (slight exaggeration) because my hip is so inflamed, but there is something really beautiful inside some of my thoughts swirling around that…
