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Days 275 to 303 Why “This Is LIFE!” Should Be Your New Mantra – News from Southern Africa

By on November 29, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Full-On 365, Life Design, Career and Entrepreneurship, Love and Relationships, Mindset and Spirituality, Multi-Passionism, Travel Adventure & Outdoors

“I think all these little brown dots on the ground are…some kind of poo,” I suggest. Well, according to Thai’s imitation, I actually sounded like a grandma inspecting her kitchen for dirt with a white glove. “YOU have a look then!” I say to him. He gets down on his knees with my headlamp and [...]

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Why Adventure Is Essential To Your Evolution

By on October 9, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Life Design, Career and Entrepreneurship, Mindset and Spirituality, Travel Adventure & Outdoors

This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky – that’s called liberation” ~ Pema Chodron You should know that I have always qualified adventure as being a very personal word. My definition of adventure doesn’t have to be yours. But to give you an idea of [...]

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Top 10 Reasons Why Quitting Your Job During a Recession Can Be Perfectly Sane

By on August 16, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Life Design, Career and Entrepreneurship, Mindset and Spirituality

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”~ Howard Thurman First of all, this article assumes you would leave your job because it sucks. It sucks for YOU. This does not apply to kick-ass jobs, of [...]

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6 Things I Learned Getting My Ass Kicked Mountain Biking

By on May 31, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Travel Adventure & Outdoors

I went mountain biking in Moab for the first time. Ever. I can’t believe I waited that long! Perhaps it was because mountain biking scares the shit out of me. Yes I know…I climb mountains and travel to exotic places and miss kidnappings in Africa by a few hours yada yada but we ALL have [...]

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Days 101 to 105 The Good Fear – FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)

By on May 15, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Full-On 365, Travel Adventure & Outdoors

Well dog my cats! I went pack rafting today and didn’t shit my pants! I have this thing with drowning…and the way I tend to address my fears is dive straight into them. Inevitably they seem far less freaky than what my mind was making up. Buuuuut with whitewater kayaking or pack rafting, it feels [...]

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Days 96 to 100 Happy Dance! What I’ve Learned After 100 Days of Living Full On

By on May 12, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Full-On 365, Love and Relationships, Mindset and Spirituality, Travel Adventure & Outdoors

Yeehaw! It is hard to believe that I started this journey just over 100 days ago (I wrote this late last night which was technically Day 101;) Since coming back from the river over the long weekend, I’ve had some time to reflect on what I’ve learned so far on this year-long (and hopefully lifetime!) [...]

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Days 78 to 82 – Confessions of a Perfectionist

By on April 22, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Full-On 365, Mindset and Spirituality, Travel Adventure & Outdoors

I know you all have seen photos that I’ve posted about backcountry skiing trips in Alaska and Colorado etc. What you may not know is that I’m relatively new to skiing. I’ve owned skis for a long time…but actually using them on a regular basis has somehow eluded me. I think it is that “fear [...]

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How to Get Out of Your Own Way – Choice, Not Chance

By on April 17, 2012 in Confidence and Courage, Mindset and Spirituality

“The first act of freedom is to choose it.” ~ William James Life is about making choices. Imagine bellying up to the counter at your local Ben and Jerry’s and asking the server for “whatever you think I’d like.” Of course you wouldn’t do that. Well, maybe you would if you were feeling spunky. But [...]

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Discover Your Purpose and Live Your Genius

By on November 17, 2011 in Confidence and Courage, Life Design, Career and Entrepreneurship, Love and Relationships, Mindset and Spirituality

Many of us spend a lot of time doing things we’re good at…if we’re lucky, maybe even things we’re great at. However, very few of us hang out in our GENIUS for very long (or even know what our genius is, for that matter!). Read on for a little help finding out what your genius [...]

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Learning to Let Go – Lessons of Autumn

By on September 24, 2011 in Confidence and Courage, Life Design, Career and Entrepreneurship, Love and Relationships, Mindset and Spirituality

“Wouldn’t it be terrible if the trees outside identified themselves by their leaves? These are very flimsy things to be attached to.” ~ Adyashanti in Emptiness Dancing Indeed it would be terrible! Especially come Autumn when they all fall away! Imagine all those trees bending over with their branches frantically scrambling to pick up their [...]

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