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June 8, 2016
When I sustained a spinal cord injury in 2000, I spent just over three months in a rehabilitation hospital. During the time I was there, I […]
March 23, 2016
Do you ever feel paralyzed by the fear of not being able to live up to the expectations or accomplishments of those around you? Have you […]
March 22, 2016
Two weeks ago, I gave a presentation that didn’t live up to my expectations. Fortunately for me, the audience didn’t know I had written a new […]
March 18, 2016
Recently, I shared my motivational speaking program, Discover Your Inner Champion, with a group in Columbus, Ohio. In my hour keynote, I share with the audience […]
March 16, 2016
As a child I remember sitting stuffed in the back seat of my mother’s brown station wagon, driving the interminable twelve-hour stretch from our home in […]
November 18, 2015
I’ve always thought of mental toughness as a trait that kept people going through the ups and downs of life, and grit as that thing whispering […]
October 9, 2015
I thought I was done with endurance sports. Five years ago today I was in Kona on the eve the Hawaii Ironman preparing for my race. […]
October 6, 2015
It’s been fifteen years and 19 days since my life changed and I was thrust into a new world. While riding my bike I was hit […]
September 11, 2015
September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month— After fifteen years of using a wheelchair for mobility, you’d think I would be immune to it. […]