Every once and again, a book comes along that impacts me so much, I feel the need to do a review. You can find my reviews of other books here: Thrive Better Than Before Mindset Four Tendencies Solve for Happy The Book Today, I want to discuss From Strength to Strength by …
Doing Hard Things (Follow Up): My Tactical Strength Challenge Experience
Early one recent Saturday morning, we drove to a gym that we had never been to on the other side of town. We entered the Crossfit style training facility, registered and weighed in, then warmed up with Metallica's Enter Sandman blasting from the speakers. Three hours later, the Tactical Strength …
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Doing Hard Things
In the past, I had a predominantly fixed mindset that led me to focus on doing things that were relatively easy for me. I was naturally good at music and academics in school, though I struggled with sports. Then one day, I slowly shifted into a practice of embracing challenge. After getting a taste …
Working On Me Again
Fitness and nutrition have played a significant role in my life since my days in Arizona as an undergraduate, a skinnyfat 19 year old who had only ever played music (not sports) as a kid, trying to impress a very tall athletic ex-volleyball player. (I'm now married to that guy!) In over 20 years, …
New Year: Different, Yet Same
It's the new year, and I often start it off by doing a little decluttering. In efforts to clean out my study, I came across my medical school yearbook. Each student in my class was given a page in the book that was headed with our (new and strange) "MD" signature and a picture of us in our white …
Lessons Learned from a Patient: Me
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” – Brene Brown Within a week of my diagnosis, my family had descended upon my home and I was wheeled into the OR for a transphenoidal tumor resection. The tumor would be approached through the nose, but my surgeon warned me …