Category: fears
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Forty Things for Forty Years
I turned the big 4-0 recently, and, hear me out, I know I’m not old. Forty is the new thirty, right? But damn, I’m not young anymore either. I guess I feel somewhere in the middle – old enough to know things, young enough to still be figuring things out. I’ve been reflecting and thinking…
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I Am Worth It, and I’m Not Too Old
Guest blog post by Julie Shropshire CrossFit. IYKYK, am I right? Just kidding. I’m going to tell you a story about a middle-aged broad who resisted change, and resisted CrossFit, because she didn’t have the right mindset. Okay. It’s me. I’m the middle-aged broad. WHAT IT WAS LIKE Back in March of 2016, my husband…
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Inventory Your Dreams to Make Them Reality
One of the best ways to check in with ourselves to see if we are achieving our dreams is to write about them and to take inventory of what is stopping us from pursuing our passions. A LITTLE BACK STORY If we’re friends and you follow me on Social Media (and I hope that we…
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Shifting into a Growth Mindset by Facing Our Fears
Before we launch into talking about facing our fears with a growth mindset, we need to define both a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. HISTORY OF A GROWTH MINDSET The term “growth mindset” comes from psychologist Carol Dweck’s 2006 book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. In this book, Dweck talks about what people believe…
A Growth Mindset 