Be Your Own Hero

 Let's talk struggle.  Not the "good for you" type of struggle like lifting heavy weights, learning how to do something difficult, or having a hard conversation.  I'm referring to the the kind of struggle that can keep you from not only doing things you need to do, but worse, things you want to do.  The kind of struggle, that at its worst could keep you from getting out of bed or force you to give up on something you've dreamed of. Imposter syndrome is defined as " t he persistent inability  to believe that one's success is deserved  or has been legitimately  achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills".  Inability to believe actually seems like too nice a way to define this.  Debilitating and sometimes crippling seems a bit more accurate. Imposter syndrome was a prevalent topic in 2 of the groups I spend my time in this past week.  Selfishly it is comforting to know that I am not alone with this struggle, but at the sa...

 If you're as old as I am, you read the title of this in Adam Sandler's "oh mom" voice, and if you have no idea what I'm talking about...YouTube.  Go ahead, I'll be here when you get back. This thought hit me like a ton of bricks while I was punishing myself on the stair stepper at the gym this morning.  I love and hate that thing all at the same time.  Anyway, I digress.  What got me thinking about this today?  The podcast I had going in my ear was a Q & A type and the question that got the wheels turning was around limiting self belief, where that comes from, and how to overcome it.   At this point the only thing I can say about overcoming it is do hard shit.  Do the thing you are telling yourself not to because you are afraid you won't be any good at it, or you're afraid "they're all gonna laugh at you".  Trust me, the roommate in your head telling you to keep to yourself is the biggest critic there is.  Once you decide to evict t...

  Be your own Hero Hey there!  Thanks for taking a minute to check this out.  I’m trying something new, well, something ELSE new I suppose.  I’ve never really been a writer, and never thought I’d start a blog, yet here we are.  Surprise! I’ve got some friends and mentors who utilize a blog to document life and share experiences, and I really enjoy following those, so I thought “why not give it a go?”.  My intention here…just share the real stuff.  I’m going to write the way I talk (sorry English majors, you’ll find out real quick I was never one of you!) And just share what I’m feeling at the time I sit down in front of this laptop. That brings us to today.  Why “Be your own Hero”?  Well, that’s what’s on my mind today.  Some of you know most or all of my story, maybe some of you don’t know a single thing about me yet.  I could have started this blog series (we’ll see if it ends up a series.  This is 1 of 1 after all!) Wi...