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The Key to Successful Visualizing: Greg Louganis and Lewis Howes [Video]
— As many of you know, I didn’t have friends growing up. I couldn’t read and write until late high school. I was goofy and gangly. I got made fun of all the time. Sports was something I could finally...
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Finding the Strength to Let Go
It’s even more difficult to remember where we’ve been when something or someone is trying to pull us away from the things we love. The one fact they seem to dismiss, however, is we love those things...
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Are You a Human Golden Retreiver?
— Don’t Overtry BY David Wygant The following is a talk I gave to a client at a weekend bootcamp. This is a great example of my direct one-on-one coaching during bootcamps. Whenever you try too hard in...
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Why You Can Overcome Anything
(OK, so my new video this week came about in a pretty funny and unique way. You’ll see how when you start watching.) Are you going through some difficult challenges in your life right now? Has someone...
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In Order to Overcome Our Challenges, Having Courage is Overrated
— Hurricane season in Florida is always nervy, especially when the expected development of a mounting storm becomes the centerpiece of media reports. Make no mistake, hurricanes need to be taken...
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What if Your Greatest Fears Came True?
— Nothing stirs up your fears more than taking a risk. Any option challenging you to leave your zone of comfort and security can seem like a threat to your survival. Although I know this reluctance to...
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Mastery in Doing One Thing at a Time
In Spring 1997, I completed the final stage of my Nidan test for 2nd-degree black belt with randori. In randori, multiple black belts attack by grabbing any part of the gi, Aikido uniform, that they...
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Creating Beyond Problems [PODCAST]
Are you aware of the fact that you are the one creating the problems in your life? First comes awareness, then comes change. Meet the wonderful, adorable Lauren Marie, here to discuss turning problems...
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The Sidekick’s Map
It was a guide dog who put me in mind of the sidekick, the boon companion who accompanies you. Sometimes it can be a stranger. Years ago in Chicago’s O’Hare airport, a man whose name I never learned...
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Rediscovering Ourselves in a Post-Pandemic Society
There is something troubling surfacing my mind. It is our recovery time from 2020. The year that began with the passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, then a global pandemic, economic decline, and racial...
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Life’s Adventures Can Suck
The word “adventure” is a funny animal. I’m going to go out on a limb and speak for most people (always a dangerous proposition these days, but here goes): When we hear the word “adventure,” the...
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Death of a Dream
What was your best moment of the last year? And what was your worst moment of the last year? Every January since graduating from the university I attended, I and my old college housemates and our...
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Do Not Say Too Late
My Buddhist teacher Shunryu Suzuki once wrote calligraphy, in English, that read, “Do not say too late.” He gave this to Yvonne, one of his main disciples, who had it on the wall in her living room for...
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How a Triathlon Helped Me Discover Myself
Competitive personal sports were never my thing. I was not a runner, a cyclist, or a swimmer. Over the years, I’ve made a weak to moderate effort to stay in shape by going to the gym. But last year,...
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The One-Liner That Saved My Sanity
After 8 years of marital strife, I separated from my husband. It was the right thing to do, except I was 28 weeks pregnant with baby number 4. Surprisingly, the pregnancy was progressing uneventfully...
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A Foreigner’s Tale: Navigating Life’s Challenges in a New Land
Asa foreigner in a new land, I faced many challenges I never expected. The culture shock, the language barrier, and the constant feeling of being an outsider left me feeling lost and alone. But...
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My Journey Through the Twists and Turns of Fate: A Personal Account of...
Join me on a journey through the twists and turns of my life as I overcome personal challenges and discover the power of resilience. Through my story, I gain insights into the human experience and...
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Three Secrets of Resilient People
We all have those moments in life where the path we thought we were following becomes the proverbial path less traveled. When the path veers off in some unthinkably horrible direction. When we think,...
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Give Change a Chance: How to Grow From Life’s Challenges
When I was in the theater world, we used to perform this improv game where, in the middle of a scene, the director would shout from the side of the stage: “Make a new choice!” If I’d been a lumberjack...
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Picture Book Focuses on Author’s Real-Life Story Advocating for Kindness and...
HOUSTON, Tex.: Bullying can be incredibly painful, especially for children who may feel different or isolated from their peers. Author Alex Ball has walked in the steps of children who are victims of...
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