cycling

Self-Awareness: Listening Is Not Passive

Self-Awareness: Listening Is Not Passive

Listening isn't just something we do for others. Sometimes the most important conversation is the one happening within ourselves.

Servant Leadership: The Leader as Domestique

Servant Leadership: The Leader as Domestique

The strongest leaders aren't always the ones out front. Inspired by the role of the domestique in professional cycling, this reflection expl...

The First Ride Back

The First Ride Back

Redefining Victory After Surgery, Change, and Recovery We are very good at tending to physical wounds. We ice. We stretch. We submit to phys...

Cultivating Stillness

Cultivating Stillness

We’ve talked about cultivating calm. Now let’s talk about cultivating stillness. Not so easy, is it? Lately, I’ve noticed how restless I can...

Caught in the Rain. Learning to Roll With Whatever Comes

Caught in the Rain. Learning to Roll With Whatever Comes

Each month, I'm sharing a chapter or concept from my upcoming book, "Cycling Shorts: Everything I Need to Know I Learned While Riding My Bik...

Balance Is a Verb: What Cycling (and Crashing) Taught Me About Centering, Scars, and Starting Again

Balance Is a Verb: What Cycling (and Crashing) Taught Me About Centering, Scars, and Starting Again

I learned to ride a bike as a kid, like most of us do, knees scuffed, wobbling, fearless. But learning to really ride? That came later. On a...

Pacing Myself vs Burning Matches

Pacing Myself vs Burning Matches

There’s a certain magic that happens on the bike when everything clicks: my breath, my cadence, my rhythm. I’m not struggling. I’m not pushi...

How Knowing the Spokes on Your Wellness Wheel Can Help You Find Balance

How Knowing the Spokes on Your Wellness Wheel Can Help You Find Balance

Do you crave balance? That middle ground where you feel both calm and vibrant? That place where you feel amazing in your body, mind, and spi...

I was David...faced with my Goliath

I was David...faced with my Goliath

Whatever your giant is, trust me... it's not as big as you've made it out to be!