Admire the Discipline of the Remarkable

What makes someone remarkable?   The dictionary says it is ‘worthy of notice or attention’.   And to be considered remarkable, well, I assume that would be a compliment.  And I imagine, it is also something that sets you apart from the rest of...

Two Sets of Rules – A Women’s World

I’m a runner, which we’ve already talked about.  A recreational runner, and I like to run outside not on a treadmill unless I have few options or I need a break from our crap weather.  I run early in the morning, usually in the dark. ...

Choices Choices Choices

“Once You have experienced a thrashing and failure – even if it’s self-imposed – You have a choice; You can let it be the end of You or You can fight to come back.” – Joaquin PhoenixI don’t know about you but I have experienced a thrashing and failure by my own...

She’s a Big Girl

She’s a big girl, that’s what they used to say to me and about me.  I think it was their way of not saying I was chubby or rather ‘not small’.  In any case it sucked and it aided and abetted my own insecurities about my size and my...

Call Out the Good

I have been watching the Sochi 2014 Olympics quite a bit, no shocker I imagine.  I noticed how eager myself, my Facebook circle and the world really, are to share the ‘good stuff’.  The stories of the Canadian Coach that helped a Russian skier who broke a...