Tess Brouwer Wellbeing Warrior

What do you want to be when you grow up B? A Giant.
My little Giant* has been gearing up to this moment his whole life. Someone forgot to tell him he wasn’t actually playing after the run out though 😂. Thank you GIANTS see you in 12 years 🧡
•and me

Everyone is talking about what to eat…I want you to find the thing that carries you when your legs want to quit isn’t in there. it’s a person. And some mental fitness tools on these slides.

Tag who you’re running for. let them know they’re getting you across that line on sunday. Purpose lifts energy more than any spag bowl carb loaded the night before.

You’ve got this!

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Ready to run! Your body did the training. The race day is now won in your head.

Everything you need to prep the mental game is in the slides. save it, and send it to whoever you’re running with.

Everyone is talking about what to eat…I want you to find the thing that carries you when your legs want to quit isn’t in there. it’s a person.

Tag who you’re running for. let them know they’re getting you across that line on sunday. Purpose lifts energy more than any spag bowl carb loaded the night before.

You’ve got this!

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The scariest thing isn’t failing….It’s the gift you sat on because being seen felt worse.
For years, that was me. The fear of being seen kept me hiding in plain sight.
There are qualifications I thought I’d never use. So I outsourced my gift instead. I helped other people step into their spotlight and stayed safely behind the curtain of my own. It was also a very good place to hide.
Every teacher was quietly handing me a piece.

Personal training taught me about my body, the one I’d negotiated with for years, swinging from one extreme to the other.

Yoga and meditation taught me about my soul, my wounds, and that what happens on the mat happens in life.

Yale The science of well-being, taught me money doesn’t buy it.
Writing a book taught me consistency beats discipline Awake Academy | Be your best self, live your best life
But the biggest teacher was lived experience. Hitting rock bottom. Losing my identity. Rebuilding from scratch.
So this is what it taught me about doing the thing that scares you.
Give fear a voice, not the wheel. Fear isn’t the enemy, it’s information trying to protect you.
It was only when I put all the pieces together, everything I’d studied, lived and learned, that I could step into the discomfort and do it anyway. The fear of being seen never fully left. I just stopped letting it choose for me.
Learning is great.Doing the work is where growth lives.
So say yes. Do it anyways.
Link in bio for our lessons on high fiving fear.
I’m off to buy a Yale jumper!