Cultivate equanimity to help with anxiety – Notice, Accept, Float Using meditation to cultivate equanimity can enable one to manage unpleasant or unwanted emotions in a way that reduces their impact. Podcast… Yesterday I recorded an episode of the podcast, Enhance Your Life with Nonie Carr, on this topic. Listen to the podcast on this […]
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Burnout? What self-care & wellbeing? Exhausted… burnout… Have to go to work, can’t leave the desk for lunch, maybe skip eating altogether, need to work late, forget to eat dinner, fall into bed exhausted, wake up exhausted feeling like you’ve been hit by a bus, first coffee at home, walk… no, run out the door,
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The elephant in the room… it’s that thing everyone knows is there but is ignoring. As we ignore the elephant it becomes more and more obvious. It starts to take up more room than you’d like it to. This metaphor has been going around my head since I used it with a client who has
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‘It never gets easier, you just get better’, I’ve heard variations on this theme many times… As a cyclist the most common variation is a quote that is attributed to Greg LeMond: “It doesn’t get easier, you just get faster.” For those who don’t follow professional cycling, LeMond is considered one of the greatest American
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Last weekend there were 2 major endurance events that friends and team mates competed in: the Tour of Bright (ToB) and Ironman Busselton. I am always impressed when I read the race reports that they write in the days following the event. I’ve competed in the Tour of Bright a number of times,
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Sometimes we just want to stop, lie down and take a break. We might feel like giving up. We might feel like what we’re doing doesn’t matter. We might feel like the effort is just too much. We might feel like it’s not worth it. But it might be more helpful to reassess, to adjust
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I am aware that the articles published last week were focused more on the application of mindset to cycling, with a particular focus on competitive cycling. I wanted to explain the application of mindset to a more diverse range of experiences, such as work, social interactions and relationships. I live-streamed on Facebook yesterday with this
Part 3 of 3: SO, WHAT IS MINDSET? This series of articles was inspired by a few conversations I had with women who are relatively new to racing as well as a conversation in SheRace; SheRace is a closed Facebook group dedicated to encouraging more women into racing. Our mindset is made up of the
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PART 2 OF 3: I WANT TO RACE WELL. WHAT DO I DO NOW??? This series of articles was inspired by a few conversations I had with women who are relatively new to racing as well as a conversation in SheRace; SheRace is a closed Facebook group dedicated to encouraging more women into racing. As
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This series of articles was inspired by a few conversations I had with women who are relatively new to racing as well as a conversation in SheRace; SheRace is a closed Facebook group dedicated to encouraging more women into racing. My Story So here’s a little picture of my cycling history. Like many I grew
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