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Category Archives: Life Lessons

Ziplining & Facing My Fears to Step into My Greatness!

31 Thursday Jan 2013

Posted by in Anxiety, Courageous Self, Determination, Facing Fears, Friendships, Happiness, Hiking, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Remarkable Self, Self-limiting beliefs, Success Strategies, Travel

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Ziplining Adventure in Monteverde, Costa Rica - GAdventures Volcano Trail Tour - 12/2012. Facing my fears, Letting go of what is holding me back in life & Embracing the moment at the highest cable of 540 ft above a mountain valley for 1km distance!! I did it!
Ziplining Adventure in Monteverde, Costa Rica - GAdventures Volcano Trail Tour - 12/2012. Facing my fears, Letting go of what is holding me back in life & Embracing the moment at the highest cable of 540 ft above a mountain valley for 1km distance!! I did it!

Monkey see, Monkey do in Monteverde, Costa Rica! From witnessing monkeys hanging in the trees right outside our hotel doors, to Ziplining through the canopy tree tops high above the mountain valleys like fearless monkeys. This was how one of our most adventurous mornings began and ended on our trip!

Ziplining was so exhilarating and liberating, although I had a moment when I didn’t think I could continue on. Truth be told, I was definitely more nervous seeing the distance I had to go rather than the actual height, while waiting on the platform for my turn.

I started to get heart palpitations, while standing out on the zipline platform at cable #6, with only moments away from it being my turn. My most terrifying fear was getting stuck out in the middle from breaking [Continue Reading...]

Showing up for Myself…Traveling, Realizations, Life-Changing Moments!

23 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by in Facing Fears, Happiness, Life Lessons, Relationships, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Travel, Yoga

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Pacific Ocean coast at El Zonte, El Salvador GAdventures Volcano Trail Tour 1/2013
Pacific Ocean coast at El Zonte, El Salvador
GAdventures Volcano Trail Tour 1/2013

Right before I booked my GAdventures trip, Volcano Trail, through Central America, I had a conversation with one of my close friends, Nicole. After I shared how I was embracing where I am in my life right now, making the effort to live my life without regrets and traveling the world rather than waiting on my husband to show up, Nicole’s response was, “As you should. That’s great! Your hubby will be thoroughly impressed when he shows up.” The very next day, without hesitation, I booked my trip.

So I intentionally left behind all the comforts of my home to be out of my element, with the purpose to truly reconnect with myself on a deeper and more spiritual level, while being on this GAdventures YOLO style group tour (You Only Live Once/travelers [Continue Reading...]

Chaos Happens. Learn to Overcome & Thrive beyond the Chaos. Master this, Master Your Life!

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by in Anxiety, Career, College, Happiness, Life Lessons, Resilience, Runner, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Yoga

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Practicing Yoga – Allows me to reconnect with my Inner calm, Focus, Balance & Resilience Against Chaos and Stress!
Practicing Yoga – Allows me to reconnect with my Inner calm, Focus, Balance & Resilience Against Chaos and Stress!

Maybe I’ve mastered thriving in and rising above chaos because my childhood could be described in that very same one word – chaos. I also believe that mastering my childhood chaos has made me very effective in my HR role, especially in employee relations and keeping my calm and focus in some very intense situations in the workplace. So let me share how I’m allowing for flexibility and continue to build my resilience, so chaos doesn’t get the best of me!

How I’m Allowing for Flexibility in My Life and Thriving Beyond the Uncontrollable/Chaos:

Getting at least 6 hours of sleep. I function really well on this amount, but sometimes need more and can occasionally function fine with less, but these days I try not to make this a regular habit, if [Continue Reading...]

Is Your Sense of Responsibility Working for You or Against You?

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

Posted by in Anxiety, Determination, Happiness, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Motivation, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies

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Denis Waitley Quote / Source - Etsy.com
Denis Waitley Quote / Source - Etsy.com

Have you ever considered your sense of responsibility and if it’s working for you or against you in what you ultimately want to achieve in your life?

Being responsible is definitely essential. However, your degree of responsibility could be getting in your own way. That is of discovering who you truly are as an individual, and what you have to contribute and experience in this world. Fear of the unknown, reasons or excuses we tell ourselves or others can simply get in the way. As a result, we remain on the same path or in the same situation, without trying something new. And therefore limiting our true potential and outcomes. A case of when sense of responsibility is working against us here.

It’s a universal truth that anything extreme is not necessarily good for us. [Continue Reading...]

Always a Student of Life. Reconnect with Your Divine Self!

05 Friday Oct 2012

Posted by in Determination, Happiness, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Motivation, Resilience, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Students, Success Strategies, Travel, Yoga

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Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand – GAdventures Tour – 2/2012 Traveling to other countries has resulted in life changing & adventurous experiences! Learning how to better embrace being out of my element!
Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand – GAdventures Tour – 2/2012 Traveling to other countries has resulted in life changing & adventurous experiences! Learning how to better embrace being out of my element!

Commitment to learning is a mission to staying true to yourself and reconnecting with your divine self. For some people, like myself, this fiery desire of learning is just something I can’t live without, and is almost like an addiction.

Have another confession for you!

So recently, when I was feeling like I lost my creativity and wasn’t quite sure what to do about it, I was not in my best place, and went into this searching phase of trying to figure out what to do next. Then I came to realize that obsessing over this concern was just not working for me. It was actually having the opposite effect, where I was blocking the positive energy and creativity. Hello! How could I have not recognized this? It was time to shift [Continue Reading...]