You are What You Think: How Mindset Changes Everything – March 5, 2024
I’m not someone who goes through the world with much fear on a daily basis, but lately, it’s been coming up for me in different areas of my life, primarily skiing. I’ve been a lifelong skier. At the age of seven, my dad took me to Little Switzerland, a tiny hill (actually, a former landfill) in Wisconsin. Even though I fell off my first chairlift and got hit in the head by the lift (long before helmets were a thing), I loved it! I loved the snow, the cold, the feeling of whooshing down the hill, the challenge, and the friends I made along the way. Nearly five decades later, I’m still at it… though I love après ski more on most days now. Skiing has been a huge part of my life, and I’ve loved it the whole time. But last year, I began the ski season feeling uneasy for the first time ever. My first day out was an icy one, and I found myself almost crippled by fear. For the first time, the thought of quitting for good circled in my mind. A patient friend and my (unusually) patient teenage son talked me through it, and by … Continue reading →