by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 21, 2021 | Bravery, Fear, Grit, Risk-Taking, Success
The other day I was doing a quick 10-minute core workout. The online class ended with a plank. I don’t love planks, but I don’t hate them either. They are pretty straight forward, pardon the pun! Usually, the challenge is to hold the plank for some...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jun 30, 2021 | Fear, Success, Uncategorized
I was on my weekly Zoom call last night with my Emerging Leaders class and we were discussing fear. I love discussing fear because it’s that one thing in our life that is never going away—we can conquer one fear, but another will crop up. So I’ve made it...
by Beth FItzgerald | May 27, 2021 | doubt, Fear, Success, Uncategorized
Yesterday I received an email that said, “What has you stuck?” My first reaction was to simply delete this fishing expedition, but for some unknown reason, I didn’t. I gave it a second look and decided to answer this vague and ambiguous question. I...
by Beth FItzgerald | May 25, 2021 | Bravery, Courage, Determination, Fear, Inspirational, Obstacles, Perseverance
I was on a call yesterday and I listened to a woman tell the story of the phoenix, which was in a book her young daughter was reading. As you know, the phoenix is the long-lived bird from Greek mythology that cyclically regenerates itself, and out of the ashes, a new...
by Beth FItzgerald | May 19, 2021 | Courage, Fear, Success
The last few days have been very exciting here. We had a new roof put on our home. Starting at about 6:45 am each morning, my house was covered in men and tarps. We had incessant banging which resulted in incessant barking from my 3 dogs. And finally , as if that...
by Beth FItzgerald | May 13, 2021 | Burdens, Courage, Fear, Inspirational, Success
I’m not a golfer, but have you ever heard of the term, “mulligan?” A mulligan is a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first chance went wrong through bad luck or a blunder. The derivation of this word can’t be confirmed, but...
