Agent of Change

27/11/2023

This really resonated today. I've been fortunate to have many folks call when they felt I'd been under too long.
I hope you have these folks in your lives too.

At the World Championships in Budapest in June 2022, USA’s Anita Alvarez sank to the bottom of the pool.

Looking across the deck, then noticing she was under way too long, her coach, Andrea Fuentes immediately dove in after her fully clothed, pulling her to safety. Anita was unconscious and didn’t have the capacity to kick, paddle, or help herself in any way.

If Andrea would not have noticed, she would have drown.

But she knew Anita. She looked for her, quickly noticed she was under too long, then dove in without thinking twice.

This has resonated with me….

When you are under too long, who are the people that will look for you, notice, and dive in to pull you to the surface when you lose your strength to swim?

Who are the people that would do that for you?

And can someone count on you to be that person that would go looking and notice when they are under too long, diving in to support them when they are all out of fight and fuel to swim in these turbulent waters we call life?

Shared from: Jakkia Ambler Hollingsworth

27/11/2023

Embracing failures as learning, feel your neurons fire and new neural pathways form as you struggle with new knowledge. The struggle is the growth! Enjoy the journey

LECTURE SCHOOL OF LIFE: Striving for self-perfection is considered a high virtue. And, as one of the world's leading psychologists, we might assume Caro...

13/11/2023

Check out Brené Brown's talk on Netflix "A Call to Courage"
So many great takeaways:
Belonging is the opposite of fitting in
Vulnerability is the other side of the coin to courage. You can't have one without the other.
If you choose courage you will experience failure.
Choose whose opinions you care about carefully disregard all feedback from those not willing to step into the arena.

With humor and empathy, Brené Brown discusses what it takes to choose courage over comfort in a culture defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty.

11/11/2023

Learning about the Science of Meditation

07/11/2023

Throwback to 2014
Still valid lessons even if I have moved from in a kayak to in the water
Life lessons from the middle of the river..

07/11/2023

Make decisions with confidence.
Feel more connected to yourself and others.
Set goals that feel right for you.
You don't have to be broken to want to be better.