Raise Yours Oars focuses on helping people identify who they are and what they want and then creates a concrete plan to pursue those dreams.
03/28/2015
The Things We Carry | Raise Your Oars The Things We Carry Posted on March 28, 2015 by Debbie I read a great book several years ago called The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. It is the story of a group of soldiers in Vietnam and the things they literally carried while at war and then the emotions they carried once they returned home.…
12/02/2014
Be Your Own Incubator | Raise Your Oars Be Your Own Incubator Posted on December 2, 2014 by Debbie There are several definitions of the word incubator. An enclosed apparatus providing a controlled environment for the care and protection of premature or unusually small babies. An apparatus used to hatch eggs or grow microorganisms under co…
10/14/2014
Fight or Flight | Raise Your Oars Fight or Flight Posted on October 14, 2014 by Debbie We’re all familiar with the Fight or Flight response – the body’s automatic response to a perceived threat. It makes our heart beat faster, our respiration increase and blood is sent to our extremities to prepare for battle or escape. But did yo…
09/30/2014
Finding Heart Shaped Rocks | Raise Your Oars Finding Heart Shaped Rocks Posted on September 30, 2014 by Debbie What does it mean to be in the moment? Some might say it means not thinking about what you are going to do later, or what to make for dinner, or what you’re going to say to your spouse when you get home. But not doing something negati…
06/14/2014
Going With The Flow
Going With The Flow | Raise Your Oars Going With The FlowPosted on June 14, 2014 by DebbieSeveral weeks ago I sat at my desk gazing out the window at the beauty of spring and saw a number of those twirly things that fall from the trees like whirly birds go by. I watched one in particular drift across my yard and just as it was about to…
05/12/2014
Persistence and Determination | Raise Your Oars Persistence and DeterminationPosted on May 12, 2014 by DebbiePersistence is defined as the continuance of an effect after the cause of it has stopped; determination as the act of making a decision or being set in purpose. Both of these words had special meaning for me the last few weeks. If you wa…
04/21/2014
Are you there yet?
Are We There Yet? | Raise Your Oars Are We There Yet?Posted on April 21, 2014 by DebbieHow many of us either as kids or as parents took that family car ride to the tune of “Are we there yet?” The unbearable anticipation of the destination was tortuous to us as kids waiting for the arrival at the theme park or grandma’s house as well…
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"
03/20/2014
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What Defines You? | Raise Your Oars What Defines You?Posted on March 20, 2014 by DebbieA few months ago I was at a conference and the speaker, a very dynamic and successful woman, asked the audience to take a moment to write down a few words to describe themselves. I excitedly wrote that I was funny, smart, loyal, insightful and trus...
03/19/2014
Welcome to Raise Your Oars! | Raise Your Oars Welcome to Raise Your Oars!Posted on December 16, 2013 by DebbieWelcome to Raise Your Oars! No this is not a rowing club or a boating site. Raise Your Oars is a metaphor for not fighting the current of your life, to learn how to figuratively Raise Your Oars and let the current of life take you eas...
03/19/2014
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Charting Your Course | Raise Your Oars Charting Your CoursePosted on January 4, 2014 by DebbieSo imagine you are taking a trip. You get in the car and your GPS asks you for the address and you realize you don’t have it. All you know is that you want to go to “Tom’s house,” but your GPS doesn’t know where Tom lives. I’m sure you would a...