In 11 short days, I will face my biggest challenge yet…a 5k obstacle course containing 25 obstacles, most of which involve mud. Many around me will be drinking beer. This is a relief because it makes it all a little less serious, especially if I make a fool...
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The Challenge: Participate in and complete the Rugged Maniac, a 3.1 mile obstacle course with 25 obstacles, including a 3-story water slide, a fire jump, crawling through mud under live wire, a climbing pole, tilting monkey bars over a mud pit, dodging...
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Vulnerability and Strength are not mutually exclusive! Why do we think so often when we see strong women they must be invulnerable? Why do we see vulnerable women and judge them as weak? On the contrary, it takes true strength and bravery not only to face...
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I recently noticed my hair had grown much longer seemingly overnight. I kind of thought I had just been distracted and not noticed, but then other people started making comments about it. It made me curious. Why was my hair growing so much better recently?...
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If you saw a picture of me ten years ago, you would not recognize me. So here it is. The picture below was me in 2007; 12 years ago and two years before I had gastric bypass surgery. On April 7, 2009, I had gastric bypass surgery and proceeded to lose 155...
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Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.