They say that life is full of peaks and valleys, highs and lows. After this last month, I am a complete believer in that! July 25th, my dad and I went up to Charlotte Queen Adventures to do a little salmon fishing around the Queen Charlotte Island in BC and enjoy a little time away […]
Continue readingI was really fortunate to grow up in a good community. A small community where you knew everyone and everyone knew you. With that, also comes gossip and the quintessential nosy neighbor. Now, I don’t consider this a bad thing. When I was diagnosed, and as word spread, I would encounter people that were very […]
Continue readingSo around mid May 2014, I did an interview for a new sports Podcast called MTN Meisters. I did this interview with Russell and Ben for a number of reasons. From telling my story about growing up in Breckenridge Colorado to talking about Snowboarding’s history, to bringing awareness to Hodgkins Lymphoma through my story. We […]
Continue readingHey… I wanted to get a quick post out about an interview I did for ESPN… While I was going through treatment, I ended up doing an interview with a friend Devon O’neal for ESPN online. This story is about my professional snowboarding career and re-discovering my purpose as a cancer patient. I remember vividly […]
Continue readingA Sedated Life definition: A life with no Meaning or Purpose. I wanted a good way to explain how a life that has no meaning or purpose is supposed to sound. A life that just exists in time. And “A Sedated Life” was really the best combination of words that could explain where I am […]
Continue readingLife Balance, Really? I don’t know about you, but more often than not my life feels like it is absolute chaos. Life Balance seems to be the furthest things away that i’m thinking about. There aren’t many constant things or events that happen. Aside from death and taxes the only other one I can think […]
Continue readingLife Balance As I have been working through the mental and physical opticals that I have encountered along my journey, an aspect that I have really worked on is finding the Life Balance that I want. First MODERATION. For example, Alcohol is one of those things that in excess have contributed to bad decisions. It’s […]
Continue readingLive in the NOW! For a majority of people in the US, this is not an easy thing to do. The stress of money, health, family, and just everyday things makes it hard to enjoy living in the now. I used to be good at living in the now. But that was before I had […]
Continue readingSo what happens when you fail? The emotions that you go through are really broad and can run a huge gamut. From your feeling of disappointment and discontent to anger and frustration. The mindset that you are experiencing at the time of the failure is really a way to either drive you into a direction […]
Continue readingChange is Constant! I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but everything around ourselves seems to always be changing. It may not be super dramatic, but there is always something changing. Weather in our region, seasonal change or the people around us. There are so many pieces in our world that change is the only form […]
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