The Bed Head Chronicles

I think my biggest message of all is, you know, I was a far from a perfect kid. A far from a perfect adult. I had so many insecurities, fears, anxieties. And, I think a lot of us who are successful -- and we're all successful in something, so everybody out there, you know, when we're successful, I think a lot of us hide the parts of ourselves that we are not so proud of. And what's happened to me...

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about that moment -- and I'm going to use this in an example of an athlete, okay? But this totally relates to life itself or any situation that you're faced with in life. The athletes in the middle of the race and they feel like oh my God, I just have nothing left. It's at that moment when you feel like you want t...

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want you to think about the ultimate goal that you hope to achieve or that dream that you have. I want you to be able to visualize and see yourself down the road, whether it be six months or a year or five years down the road, having achieved that ultimate goal.  Having achieved that ultimate dream. Who are you in that space? ...

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about the power of vulnerability. There is such great power in being real and speaking from your heart and letting all those around you know the truth of what your experience of life is like. Starting with relationships -- imagine when you are developing a bond with someone. The more real you can be with them -- t...

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about habits and rituals the change your life for the better. I woke up this morning from going out traveling.  I got the amazing Jess King from Peloton. I start my day every morning by, first of all, I opened my eyes and I think about three things that I'm grateful for.   Starting your day in a state of gratitude...

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about truly living life to the fullest every single day.  Often times it takes being faced with the prospect of someone you love dying or you, maybe, not having the time that you thought you did before we truly start living.  Let's not wait for the last lap of our lives to truly live life the way we dream of.  Liv...

Also, I mean, forgiveness is the perfect expression of self-love; but also of self-belief.  Because when we blame someone for something that they've done to us or pain that is still with us, it holds us back from being able to do certain things. We're giving them control to a certain extent of our life experience. You're leaving yourself powerless as far as being able to change your own life. So,...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about going into every relationship in your life thinking about what you can give, not what you can get.  If you want to sure-fire way to go through your day without being disappointed by anyone, the best way to do that is to truly keep your focus on what you are bringing into every single relationship -- whether it's your husband or your w...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Yes, I've got some pretty serious bedhead this morning and hopefully it's not offensive to anyone.  But, again, this isn't about what we look like.  It's about what we have to share and offer from the inside. Part of how we feel in the world today, so often we let other people determine how we feel whether we're happy, sad, confident, or doubtful. When really, i...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about those incredibly tough days.  Those days when, perhaps, you're in the middle of a race, whatever that may mean to you.  Whether it's a sporting event like a triathlon.  Or a big project that you're involved in.  Or just a day at work or at home.  But a day when nothing seems to be going right and you're really struggling.  Now, I know...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to start with this: comparison is the thief of joy.  That means not just comparing yourself to other people and what other people have achieved or what they have -- even more importantly, comparing yourself to what you used to be -- if you're an athlete, how fast you used to be, how strong you used to be or how you used to look. Or it could mean co...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today I want to talk about embracing the simple moments in life.   The little moments.  Because I believe that in the end, those are the moments that you remember as filling your hearts with the most joy, the most loved, and the most happiness. So, today, embrace every moment.  The little moments.  A smile on someone's face.  A moment with someone you love or wi...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today I want to talk about owning our mistakes.  When things go wrong or when we don't perform to our potential or when we don't act in a way that we're proud of, it is so important to own our mistakes.  No making excuses.  Because when we make excuses, we give up our power to change our lives, to truly learn and grow from whatever just happened.  Excuses leave...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today I want to talk about when the student is ready, the teacher appears.  When I think about that statement, and I think about so many times in my life where I was in a place, even without knowing it, I was so ready to learn something new -- something that I know was truly going to change my life.  Back when I was 20 when I didn't even know if I could take ano...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about the beauty of these magical souls.  This little guy, here, his name is Wonder.  He's got one blind eye. Horses are so beautiful.  We let them out on our property yesterday.  We let them run free, but there is always that one horse that stayed back with Wonder to make sure he knew where to go, that he knew where the heard was, and to k...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about how in the world today, if we could change all of us the way we think about our communications with others, and always have our primary intention being 'What can I do FOR this person?' -- whoever it is that's standing in front of you, whether it's your husband, your wife, your son, your daughter, your friend, your client, someone you'...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about when we have an ultimate goal that we're working towards, training towards, working towards -- whatever it is.  Usually, what happens is you start out and you have weaknesses that need to be overcome; and until those weaknesses have become actual strengths, we can expect to fail, to be disappointed, and fall short over and over again....

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I'm going to take you out into the Team Sirius pain cave where you're going to see two of my top athletes: Captain Ellie Salthouse and Jodie Robertson.  They are the perfect example of doing whatever it takes to make your dream come true. Do you have dreams that you want to make come true?  Well, this is what's required.  You MUST get out of your comfort...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. I want to look back to the year 2000.  I was a pro triathlete and I wanted to make the Olympic Games in Sydney. Now, for some reason, I thought I needed to move out to Australia and live this solitary life where I could find this deep, incredible strength that I didn't think I already had.  I thought that the only way I could find that is if I go off on my own,...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles. Today, I want to talk about how each and every one of us -- whether we are moms and dads, or sisters, or teachers or coaches, or business leaders -- every single one of us is a leader in our own lives.  We're fearless leaders of our lives, first.  But all of us can be an example to others.  As simple as being in the grocery store and being kind and appreciative...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.  Today, I want to talk about the power of vulnerability.  I found that in this world, today, it seems as though -- and probably because of social media -- that kids can sometimes think that success comes from everything going perfectly or having everything that you need to succeed. So, if they fail or feel that they aren't enough -- which, almost every person on...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.  Here at the Bed Head Chronicles, we celebrate what we can give from inside ourselves -- our heart, our soul, our spirit.  It's not about what we look like on the outside.  It's about who we are and what we share in this world.  Today, I want to talk about our greatest happiness.  Our greatest joys in life, I believe, are things that can't be taken away from us....

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.  This morning I wanted to talk about going first. When we think in our lives of the things that are great -- and I ask that you take this opportunity to think about the things that are great in your life.  Then think about the things you would love to be better.  Or things in your relationship that you would love to be better.  Or things at work that you would l...

Welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.  Today, I want to talk about -- I was remembering back to when I just started triathlon and I was 23 years old and I had been in a place growing up where I was just nervous and anxious all the time.  I had a horrible case of OCD.  When I finally turned myself around, one of the things I said to myself was "I'm going to do something that scares me every single da...

Welcome to the bed head chronicles.  Today I'm out here doing a two hour hard run with my athletes.  And it's sunny, it's hot, it's a very hilly route.  What determines the experience in our lives is what we choose to focus on, the meaning we give things, and what we choose to do about it.  So, these athletes today can say "Oh my God!  It's a two-hour hard run.  This is a disaster.  It's going to...