AIR BORN 2.10 Dear Reader, As we assemble our gratitude, it becomes so much more than the sum of its parts. I love the idea of a gratitude assembly. I am thankful for all of you who have engaged and grown the When Women Fly community. Yes, we are a podcast, but conversations about our stories are testaments to our life, our hopes and dreams and setbacks. I am grateful for the opportunity to have even the most minute impact on your life journey. Thank you. I am honored you are here.Whether...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read
AIR BORN 2.9 Dear Reader, When I talk to Shaesta Waiz about her record-breaking solo flight around the globe, I can’t stop thinking of courage and its many forms and variants. When I ask her how she did it, from a psychological perspective, she describes a laser focus on the task at hand – to fly the plane- and a clarity of intent – to circumnavigate the globe with a message. Laser focus is the superpower. Courage is the adaptation.That is how she flew across an ocean in the summer’s heat...
over 3 years ago • 5 min read
AIR BORN 2.8 Dear Reader, “Turn the clocks back” It’s a phrase in the dictionary meaning to return to a situation that used to exist, usually because the present situation is unpleasant. Hmm... Interesting as we absorb daylight savings this week, turn our clocks back, and ponder change, in seasons and life...This week we peal beneath the surface and fixate on personal transformation, grinding, knowing when to change course, and the ever-elusive growth edge. This week's episode with the...
over 3 years ago • 6 min read
AIR BORN 2.7 Dear Reader, Being willing to examine something before you know it, is a 21st-century skill. Being willing to change your mindset involves work to alter conceptions and mental models. In change there is uncertainty, some fog, imperfection, perhaps some setbacks, and discomfort. Do you ever resist change, even when the longterm outcome has high possibility of being favorable, if different? Resistance to changing mindsets emerges as defensive patterns fortifying stability, personal...
over 3 years ago • 7 min read
AIR BORN 2.6 Dear Reader, The first nor’easter of the season, is howling through the night as I write. It’s a clock-wise cyclon-esque storm system that pulls loads of moisture from the Atlantic and churns back inland bringing bringing heavy rains and gusting winds to New England. None of the Puritan charm in this powerful, stalling, indignant pattern. To me the experience conjures up the unsettled feeling of uncertainty mixed with an exhilaration in witnessing the incredible power and force...
over 3 years ago • 7 min read
AIR BORN 2.6 Dear Reader, The first nor’easter of the season, is howling through the night as I write. It’s a clock-wise cyclon-esque storm system that pulls loads of moisture from the Atlantic and churns back inland bringing bringing heavy rains and gusting winds to New England. None of the Puritan charm in this powerful, stalling, indignant pattern. To me the experience conjures up the unsettled feeling of uncertainty mixed with an exhilaration in witnessing the incredible power and force...
over 3 years ago • 7 min read
AIR BORN 2.6 Dear Reader, The first nor’easter of the season, is howling through the night as I write. It’s a clock-wise cyclon-esque storm system that pulls loads of moisture from the Atlantic and churns back inland bringing bringing heavy rains and gusting winds to New England. None of the Puritan charm in this powerful, stalling, indignant pattern. To me the experience conjures up the unsettled feeling of uncertainty mixed with an exhilaration in witnessing the incredible power and force...
over 3 years ago • 7 min read
AIR BORN 2.5 Dear Reader, The relationship between the body and the mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. When we fly, run, move or explore, we access reserves of performance and self-realization that go way beyond the physical. So, what’s the connection? Let’s talk about fitness. What does it mean to be fit? Finding a discrete definition is somewhat difficult. According to the dictionary, fitness means: “the quality or state of being fit." (1) (The definition...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read
AIR BORN 2.4 Dear Reader, Have you ever been asked to mentor someone, or maybe wanted someone to mentor you? What is mentorship is and what isn’t it? Perhaps one of the lingering benefits of this disrupted period we are living in is that we are more eager to support each other, more committed to collaboration over competition, and more curious about each others’ differences and similarities. The time is right for women everywhere to evolve their passions into their own unique expressions of...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read