A surprise gift from the Team There are moments that change you immediately.  Seen with the eyes, felt with the heart, they are often indescribable… In the form of the dramatic and extreme – losses or gains, incredible accomplishments or defeats, the death of a loved one or the birth of a child.  These moments…
Author: Carrie Nielsen
As a wife, mother, business owner, coach, retired professor, and Marketing Executive, I wear many hats, but my true passion lies in leadership and empowering the next generation of leaders. 💪🌟 I believe in the power of inspiring and guiding others to reach their full potential. Join me on this journey of growth and empowerment!
Where I’ve Become
Author’s Note: Sometimes I write posts I hesitate to share because they are personal in a way I don’t know how to expose or explain.  They don’t speak to a specific struggle or a need for change, help, or even understanding.  They are just a snapshot into a place that even I can’t articulate completely…
Minnesota Marathon: Video Evidence!
My best friends ran a marathon this weekend and I put together this little video to showcase our shenanigans of which there were many. Â End of the day another 26.2 in the books. Â See you at the next start line! http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=11719ee33af971a92737601 Make a video – it’s fun, easy and free!www.onetruemedia.com
The Minnesota Marathon
It all started on Tuesday when I woke up with a tightness in my chest. I couldn’t take deep breaths and by Thursday it was obvious that my lungs were in bad shape. Â Walking from room to room in my house was exhausting and I would shiver and sweat with fever and chills until I…
Wings
I walked my daughter Cate to school this morning. Â It’s her first year at a big school – she is on her fifth day of kindergarten and it is the only year she’ll ever share the same hallways as my older daughter, Taylor, who is in fifth grade. Â Taylor had safety patrol this morning so…
Mileage and Bullshit
“Knowledge without mileage is bullshit.” Â – Henry Rollins I ran 20 miles this weekend with two of my best friends. Â We’d talked about doing it all week, it was the longest training run I’d been on in a while and I didn’t doubt I had it in me, it was more the actually just going…
Reasons to Burn
“Time is the fire in which we burn.” Â – Gene Roddenberry Monday we did overhead squats. Ninety-six of them total, broken up into four sets of 24. Â The rest of the WOD was muscle-up transitions and 36″ box jumps. Â When I got into the groove of my OHS, it became fluid but as the reps…
Once Upon a Time
We are raised on the language of fortune and fairy tales. Â We are fed the dream. Â The princess is rescued from her tower, Snow White is awakened with the kiss of her prince charming, and Cinderella’s shoe fits perfectly. Â They begin once upon a time. Â They end happily ever after. Â Always, happily ever after. Â And…
Speechless
I sometimes write over 5,000 words a day. Â I also speak nearly the same amount. Â That’s close to 10,000 words a day that come from me and get sent out into the universe. Â From phone calls and conversations with my kids, conference calls, blogs, emails, and text messages, I am constantly creating something from nothing…
Life Lesson #13: Bet on Yourself
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander the Great Haters hate.  People will say mean, stupid, and jealous things to you and about you. People will count you out and tell you that you can’t do something. You’ll be disappointed in people you thought you could trust. You’ll find yourself standing…
Leaving a Path 