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It’s been a minute or maybe like half a year. This year has been filled with a lot. So much good and hard but here we are closing out another year and remembering that the hard created the person we are today! Like gold we are refined. More on this topic in a new episode with
It is so easy to get knocked down and feel defeated. I was there a few weeks ago. Between having shingles, a terrible cold, a non-napping two year old, and many other life challenges it was so difficult to get back up after feeling incredibly knocked down. We all have these moments! Moments that make us wonder what is the point. When you are in these moments allow yourself to be there for a minute and then think of the moments you have made it to the summit. When you showed up and showed out. When you found happiness and understood for a minute the point of pain, the point of adversity, and the point of struggle. So much of happiness and joy comes from not only the process, but reaching the end and seeing the power that came from simply showing up.
If you are like me, there are too many times I worry about my own happiness and my own feelings. And yet when I am focussed on those around me, my son, my husband, simply the feelings and emotions of others, I find the most happiness. When I am doing for others and not thinking of what is being done for me, I find not only true happiness, but also what I believe is the purpose of this life: to serve others, be refined by that service, and experience the joys of this wonderful life. ❤️
If we simply start from the point we are currently at, the next step probably wouldn't be so daunting. Simply start and focus on where you are starting rather than analyzing how much more you have in front of you.
How many of recognize that we are not only the captain of our actions, but we are also in control of how we feel? Despite our circumstances, our experiences, the heartbreak, disappointments, and difficultly, happiness can be found if we make the conscious choice to find it. 💕
It was so much fun to reconnect with ! She has always been a women that I have admired simply because she has a sense of humor that could get anyone through their darkest days. She has seen pretty hard days and yet she keeps smiling and laughing. Tune in on WEDNESDAY to hear about Sue's two time battle with breast cancer. 🎀
Today is the day to start. Don't say you will try, simply do. Do that thing that you are scared to do because you think you will fail. Just start. ❤️
The thoughts we start our day with become the realities we will face. ❤️
You will fall down, that doesn't mean that your posture has to change because you do.
This something so many of us need to remember daily. I think we often forget that we do not have to have a grand objective in life to be loved or valued. We do not have to do something magnificent to have purpose. Each day that we are living and breathing we have a purpose. We have something to be grateful for and we have something to give to another. We may not always know what we are to do, but being alive means that we have a purpose.
I think sometimes we don't recognize that challenges, adversity, and hardships are the odds that we must defy and face each and every day. We tap into our greatness by overcoming those odds daily.
is a former at-risk foster kid who has defied the odds to become a professional speaker and author. His message is centered around breaking out of difficulty and defying the odds to pursue greatness. Coming from extremely adverse circumstances in which he was surrounded by drugs and violence, experienced immense personal struggles, and was bullied for his differences, Dr. Gaines’ story is one that can give hope to others and inspire others to “keep pushing'' through the many adversities of life to become and achieve greatness. Through his choices and experience he truly had defied the odds in that he is graduate of East Central University, holds a Master’s degree in Business Leadership and a Doctorate in Business Administration. He has devoted his life as well as himself to the world community and proudly has appeared as a guest speaker at Universities, Corporations, nonprofit events, NBA skill camps, school assemblies, and youth camps across the country. He is an example and picture of success in that he changed the trajectory of the life he was born into by simply making the choice and putting forth the effort to pursue greatness and become the best version that he could be. ✌🏼
With the right mind we can always see the light in the midst of darkness, even on our darkest days. We never get over these days, but we become who are because of the pain that we experience. We can tap into the greatness within us and use that pain to become the best version that we can be.
has among one of the most inspirational stories I have ever heard! It might be the teacher in me, but stories of being born into chaos and amounting to absolute greatness cause me to not only be inspired, but also wonder how does one do differently than the chaos they are born into? Tune in on WEDNESDAY to hear Dr. John Gaines in all of his experience and wisdom.
I think often times we are so focussed on the physical aspect of living that we forget that a significant part of our strength comes from what we do within our mental thoughts, narrative, and actions. So much of this life is what we allow ourselves to experience and feel mentally. So much of our ability to do that work comes from within!
How will our children become well-rounded individuals if we never allow them to experience all of life, the good, the bad, and even the ugly?
As a parent this concept is so incredibly hard. I think largely because we want to shield and protect, but as we are working with or raising little humans we need to remember that often times we have personally grown the most when we have been put up against the wall of failure. We have discovered our strength, potential, and even ability because someone allowed us to struggle. With this perspective struggle shouldn't be a negative thing rather it should be perceived as a chance to become who we or our children are destined to become.
Isn't it funny that so much growth can come from failing. So much more can be gained from being put in the position of falling down. Maybe that is because when we are put in that position we are faced with the challenge of whether or not we will rise up and keep going. I think at the end of the day it really doesn't matter how many times we are put in this position, it just matters that we continue to get back up and try again. I think that it is in these moments that we truly learn what we are made of. 💛😍
Dare to Fail Podcast welcomes ! Susan is a retired principal who devoted her life to impacting and inspiring other educators as well as students. In her 30+ years in education she continued to create a culture of respect that aimed to support and help students develop and foster not only an academic background, but also mental, emotional, and social skills needed to face the pressures of their current and future life. She was loved by so many because of her genuine nature and feared by some because of her no nonsense attitude and extremely strong persona. Working underneath her as an educator was both an honor and a privilege because she demanded excellence and pushed you to become the absolute best you could be within your craft as an educator. Susan’s strong character and resilient nature is a genuine example to the point of view that true strength comes from enduring the winds of challenges and adversity.
Reconnecting with was such a joy. Hearing Susan recollect on the opportunities that came because of challenges was such a good reminder of the idea that strength comes from resistance. Windows are opened and doors are unlocked as we face challenge and rise above the hurdle. Tune in this WEDNESDAY to hear Susan's journey as well as her advice regarding the importance of letting our children face resistance, struggle, and challenges.
We often don't realize it when we are truly in it, but adversity is what molds, changes, and refines us. We are who we are because of the resistance and challenges we have faced. Just like we are defined by experiences we are defined by these moments and our path is often paved by the opportunities that come because of the challenges not in spite of.
It can be so hard to trust the thoughts we have especially when logically they may seem far fetched and out of reach. So many of us don't act unless everything is spelled out neatly on paper, but I think more of us need to trust our instinct. We need trust the thoughts we have and recognize that the process is messy and never entirely spelled out. The process is a journey that starts with an initial spark and will continue to ignite if we provide conditions of trust and action. ❤️
So much of our experience comes from our will to make things happen. When we want something bad enough it becomes not a matter of if, but when. When will we make it happen? When will we put in the work and make it happen? If you want something bad enough you have the power to make it happen you simply may have to pave the way. 👊
If you don't even try, if you never ask, or never act you will never reach the point you want. So much of success starts by simply taking the action. Sometimes we are paralyzed before we even begin, but other times we act and actually see our dreams become a reality. Whatever the case we need to take the step to get to the end, we need to ask so we can get what we want.
Sometimes what we logically feel and what we emotionally feel conflict. And yet in my experience, sometimes our heart is the most right. Logically it might not make sense and logically we might not have all of the answers. But if we act on the impressions of our heart the logic will work itself out because we will be invested in doing so. We won't fail because we are committed both logically and emotionally to see it through. ❤️
is on the podcast! Kylee is a commercial photographer and owner of Kylee Ann Studios as well as a coach and fellow podcaster. She has turned a one woman amateur show into a team that serves hundreds of brides, families, and brands each year. Her business started because her husband loved her more than his XBOX, and has turned into one that has lasted for a decade, aimed to teach and empower women, as well as captured the details of so many individuals, families, and brands. Kylee has grown her business into a full team, taught online courses, hosted semi-annual retreats, and spoke at conferences centered around building and running a small business. Her passion and love of photography may have been the spark that ignited this business venture, but her sheer strength, persistence, discipline, and trust that the details will always work themselves out, is a testament to the importance of doing that thing; doing that thing that you love and simply taking a giant leap into the unknown.
We all have to start somewhere and for some of us we simply never start. We are too scared of diving into uncharted waters to take the risk. But for some, we take the risk, and because of our leap we reap the benefit of experience. We reap the benefit of growth and the reward of taking the risk. We grow, we change, and we become better because we moved beyond the fear of failure and recognized that the reward that comes with taking that leap of faith.
I am always inspired by people who are self-employed. Maybe it is because I was raised by two people who took their passions and turned them into their jobs or maybe it is because I believe these individuals hold a level of strength that I have not quite reached. A level of trust, a level of belief, and a level of faith that diving into the unknown is worth it. Taking a passion and transforming it into your profession truly emulates strength. Tune in this WEDNESDAY to hear took the ultimate leap of faith which ultimately led her to pursing her passion on the daily. ❤️
When I think back to some of my major successes or the moments I felt the most successful, the majority of the time I had no idea how I was going to get there. I didn't have a roadmap to that milestone. The process was certainly messy! Like said there were times I was crawling, times I was walking, and times I was sprinting to the finish line. But at the end, when I reached that success, it didn't matter how unorganized, how ill-prepared, or how messy the process was because I learned so much more from taking part in the messy unknown. I gained so much because I allowed myself to be part of a process that certainly was far from beautiful and as a result that success was so much more BEAUTIFUL! 👊🏽❤️
Challenges will always come knocking at our door. We can't hide from the difficulties we will face, but we can take responsibility for how we choose to respond to those challenges. In responsibility, we respond rather than react. We empower ourselves because we take control of every detail of our lives. 💯
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