Dear Wonderful Woman,

I hope you're well.

As an election has just been fiercely contested. It got me thinking about, who do you compete against? Are you focussed on yourself? Or are you focussed on "being better than somebody else"? I would advocate that you try and be the "best You possible". That you concern yourself with competing for "You" and your own personal development. What do I mean by this? I mean that you look at yourself and you consider the following:

Am I competing to reduce my own fears.

Am I competing to step forward and speak up for myself.

Am I competing to complete my own personal goals.

Am I competing to accept myself.

Am I competing to make "Failure" less total for myself.

Am I competing to become my own cheerleader!

When I consider the competitions that I've been in as a runner, I wasn't much concerned with winning the race. I was much more concerned with attaining my own goal, whether that was achieving a time goal, sportsmanship and helping other runners along or practising in the pursuit of another running goal. Sure it's great to compete and win! I believe, believing in yourself and working to win yourself over is a pursuit that you should consider when you think about what being competitive is about. Yes - I'm going to go there, you should work towards self-acceptance and loving one's self. Because in learning to be kind to yourself you are able to open your mind to many more new possibilities.

To find out more about my running journey and to help you with your own personal growth journey, be sure to check out my Book, Be Your No.1 Cheerleader. Chapter 11, Exercise and "The Brick Wall" explores the mindset and discipline that you should adopt if you'd like to become a runner!

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We've kicked off this month's series of silencing your inner critic yesterday and gained really great insights from Donatella Porceddu an Emotional eating coach. To check out past episodes and the replay of last night's episode please click HERE. Which will be available soon! I'm looking forward to interviewing Pinky Ghadiali on Weds at 7pm, who is the founder of Netwomen and a mindset coach. Please check out the awesome leaders that I'll be interviewing in this series and book your ticket HERE.

To your success!

Warm Regards,

Ekua 💛