Midlife brings challenges. Rowing is a pathway for getting your spark for life back. Join bestselling author, Rachel Marie Martin for tips and to hear her journey.
Timestamps
01:00 Rachel has a long background in technology and she uses this to communicate her message about life, motherhood and the ups and downs that life has dealt her.
04:00 The overnight success takes 8 years.
Be diligent and keep on trying. Get your spark back book is about Rachel’s realisation that she’d lost her spark for life. What made her realise that life wasn’t sitting ‘right’ with her. During the pandemic she said she didn’t know who she was any more. Were was “me”? She was uneasy and went on the journey to re-find her soul without realising that was happening. In mid-life how to find your soul’s journey. As a runner Rachel had to push past uncomfortable.
07:45 What were the clues?
When you’re young you have all the time to do something in the next decade. Looking at her friends and parents she realised time is finite. She couldn’t keep postponing things. It was an awakening, not really frightening.
09:00 Choose to set your bar in the present, not based off the past. Why do I believe this to be true? Is the key question to ask yourself. We aren’t taught to challenge our beliefs – we don’t have the introspection to think. The story of the Easter ham. Why we do things? Are they applicable to your present? Choosing to do things that keep you ‘small’. Review your own story and where is your bar – low or high?
12:00 Limiting beliefs
I hear these in athletes’ rowing frustrations – their mindset shows how their beliefs are limiting. Be willing to wonder about your beliefs. What is within your realm of possibility? Pay attention to the words you say. Are we keeping ourselves from something greater? This is the only shot I have in this life now. The audacity and risk of learning to row and not telling your family.
Ask your community to help you spot your potential. What do they think you could do?
18:15 The story of the green shorts
Rachel used these as a “benchmark” size. The person who wore the shorts didn’t do what Rachel had done. Her success and happiness is defined differently now.
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