When the Body Needs to Rest

by | Mar 3, 2022 | High Performance, Wellbeing

Being an athlete all of my life trained me to push through. Left shoulder forward and slightly curved in like a football player getting ready to make a big hit. Right leg plants firm then propels me forward creating a burst of energy. Move. Move. Move. And keep going...

Pressing Pause

by | Jan 20, 2022 | Extraordinary Living, High Performance, Wellbeing

Since the start of the pandemic, I have rarely had a chance to step away. Away from work. Away from the missing of all the things I no longer do. I need to step away more often. This time, it’s just an overnight to a small town on the west side of Puerto Rico. The day...

The Last Christmas

by | Dec 24, 2021 | Wellbeing

If I close my eyes, I can be there again. Twenty-one years ago. The darkness creeping in, a small Christmas tree on a coffee table, presents stacked to the side. It was a blessing that we didn’t know. We didn’t know it would be our last one together. The last...

Grief, Unannounced

by | Feb 14, 2021 | Wellbeing

Twenty years on, it still sneaks up on me. Grief. Unannounced. It catches in my throat. It’s the moment when I write the date, February 9th, and remember it’s his birthday. It’s the realization that twenty years ago today, February 14th, he was told the news that his...
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