How To Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs

How To Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs

I used to be really bad at remembering names. Now I’m not.

I used to hate being in cold water and being cold in general. Now I don’t.

I used to be physically inflexible, I couldn’t even sit cross-legged. Now I can.

I used to be unable to have faith in a God I couldn’t see. Now I do.

If you had asked me about any of these problems back then, I would have told you “that’s just the way I am” or “that’s just how I am wired.” I thought these things were out of my control; that there was nothing I could do to change them. Then, a few years ago, I learned that I was wrong. (more…)

My Box of Needs

My Box of Needs

Last Sunday evening, I was getting myself organized for the week. Planning it out, where I needed to go, what I needed to do.

My son said, “Do you have any days free this week?”

“Buddy, probably not,” I told him. “It is pretty full. Why? What do you need?” I won’t lie. I was kind of dreading the answer.

“I just wanted to hang out with you,” he said.

I keep my life pretty full. Between work, CrossFit training and coaching, self-defense classes, combatives classes etc. – my time gets pretty thin. I try to plan time specifically with the family and kids, but I know I am not always successful. (more…)