Thriving Regardless

With Determination And A Powerful Community

by Michele Modellas

A popular phrase you may have heard is that a Set Back is a Set Up for a Come Back! I have been through challenges and devastating pain and I know I’m not alone.

Years ago, I decided I was going to TAKE MY LIFE BACK

After recovery from a head-on auto accident, resulting in brain trauma and back injuries, fitness was one area I knew I wanted to re-focus on. I had participated in a short triathlon days before the accident After eighteen months off so my brain and back could heal, I signed up for an Ironman 70.3 triathlon (1.2-mile swim, 56 miles cycling a challenging course, and 13.1 half marathon run). I had failed attempts training solo before my bestie and I found a trainer and a group of women on the same journey. This was a KEY piece to accomplish this massive goal. Training for this tri was a whole other level of commitment.

I adopted the 3D View to Push Through Obstacles and Overcome. 3 Simple Words with Powerful definitions that can be used in all areas of life and business:

DEDICATION: Wholly committed to a particular course of thought or action; devoted

DETERMINATION: A fixed intention or resolution, Firmness of Purpose

DOMINATION: Not reacting to something, but rather Mastery Over Something, Control by superior authority or power Supreme, guiding influence

For me, fitness is symbolic to what’s going on in the rest of my life. Any goals we set for ourselves take courage, the 3D View of Overcoming, and help from a community of others rooting for us to cross any “finish line”.

Key points to support a great comeback:

Squash the inner voice of self doubt and negative self-thoughts/self-talk

Spend time in your Discomfort Zone – do things even if you are afraid – watch your confidence soar

Speak life with words and action – into your own life AND others with genuineness and encouragement

Surround yourself with people who care, support and believe in you

How do you show up in your life? For yourself? For others? Is it with determination and commitment? This is an eye-opening thought to consider

Whatever your goals are in life whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual spend some time looking at what you really love about your life Decide what you would like to have different in order to fully thrive. There is power in numbers (of the right people for you) in your community that you partner with in life, business and socially. We can be good as one, but we are better, together, in collaborative numbers for the world!

If ever there comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of mankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known.

Matthew Arnold

A recent conversation with a friend included the need to get raw and open with ourselves in order to discover what we don’t want to continue with our lives and make the necessary changes I remember my dirty, stinky clothes after an intense training day. We don’t know what’s in the “gym bag” if we don’t bring it out, clean it up and allow it to be used for its original purpose. Think of this in the context of YOU

There is no way I would have been able to cross the finish line of that first Ironman 70.3 without the powerful people helping, training, encouraging and cheering me on!

I encourage you to never forget:

YOU ARE STRONG, BRILLIANT, HEALTHY AND FULL OF VITALITY. YOU ARE MORE THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE!