Mental Toughness

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If you’ve been following me for some time, you’ve likely heard me use the phrase, Comfort is the Enemy. But…… Let me expand on this. Comfort is the Enemy….. IN TRAINING. But, what about Life? Should life always be a

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Here we go, STRONG Life Podcast ep. 199 with Rachel Balkovec. Rachel interviewed me for her Theta Wave Podcast while on my drive to teaching and we got into some awesome history behind my training, my childhood and how these

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I just received an e mail and HAD to share it. I withhold the person’s last name for privacy and screen shot it below as well so you can see no words have been edited. This e mail fired me

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