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Motivation and Mindset

Recut Your Life – Part #1

August 7, 2010

Telling A Different Story With The Same Stuff A few weeks ago I discovered the crazy YouTube art of recutting. This is where someone takes a movie and then shuffles it around to make a trailer that looks like a completely different story. So they’re not using anything new that isn’t already there. It’s the [...]

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The Art Of Catching Your Breath

July 31, 2010

I want you to think for a minute about a favourite piece of music. Let it roll around inside your head. Does it have a driving rhythm? Does it hook you so firmly that the beat stays embossed in your brain for the rest of the day? Does it wash over you like a swell, [...]

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Why Fear Is Really About Control

July 28, 2010

When you feel fear, your body is preparing to run the hell away from whatever is scaring you, as fast as possible. Adrenaline. Blood rushing to your muscles. Fear avoidance is built into your body. You fight or you fly. It’s understandable that we feel this way. Back in the days when everyone wore bear [...]

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What The World Cup Can Teach You About Singing Away Your Fear

June 16, 2010

It was just after 4am. Hubby and I turned on the football to hear what sounds like the biggest, angriest bee hive in the universe. Hubby had his Italian head on, wherein he reverts to his Neapolitan genetic heritage like a true Mamma’s boy and starts shouting “Viva, Italia!” and “My son, he will play [...]