March 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development
Reconciling aging and fitness You will find me out doing hard physical exercise seven mornings a week, well before dawn. This habit built over 35 years. At least twice a week, I am in the pool, swimming laps with a squad. Currently, I am struggling to make peace with...
November 8, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Getting started Is often the hardest step. The weight of what we are starting all ahead of us. Thinking about the size of the task or undertaking we are starting is a killer to starting at all. As an experienced marathon and ultra-marathon runner, thinking about the...
October 17, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development
To be alive To feel the cold water in the dawn light, a cloudless sky and calm sea. Dolphins swimming nearby. Surfing the wave. Until the chill in my bones says stop. The chill, the sun, the dawn, my love, joy, beauty…so lucky. The hum of business at our coffee shop....
October 7, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development, Syntropic Enterprise
Contemplating Courage It is one of those mornings. The ocean is like glass. The sky without clouds. The sun rising early, warm, summer’s heat revealing herself softly for now. Hot coffee, Gang of Youths playing in the background. “Don’t stop, don’t...
June 15, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development
Not needing, not seeking, not searching is a beautiful way to walk the Earth On this day one year ago Tony and I had our first not-a-date date. We went for a pizza, my favourite food, and a glass of red at a local beachside cafe. We shared food and talked for hours....
May 14, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development
Heart exploding with so many things Knowing that someone has my back. Thank you, Tony, Natalie, my mother, Fiona…and so many others The gaze of my beloved, seeing me in my perfect imperfection and loving all of me. How honoured I feel to be held in that gaze. How his...
