One of biggest obstacles I face in my great chapter of life is coming home from an amazing weekend feeling accomplished in like I made a difference like I did this past weekend. And realizing that\nOne of the people you want to be most proud of you.\nDoesn't really understand what you do or why you do it in more ways than one. And you start questioning yourself is that you're proud in realizing, they may not be and having to accept that and just put on a face move on and keep going

Right now I’m in a place I didn’t expect to be — still in the U.S. when I was supposed to already be back home in Tanzania. Flight changes, airspace issues, and things completely outside of my control have kept me here longer than planned. And if I’m being honest, I’m very ready to be home. But this experience has been a reminder of something I talk about often: getting upset about things we cannot control only adds another layer of frustration to an already difficult situation. So instead, I’m choosing to practice what I preach. I’m looking for the positives in the delay. Extra time with family. Extra moments to breathe. Extra reminders that sometimes life simply asks us to pause. It doesn’t mean the situation isn’t frustrating. It just means I’m choosing not to let frustration be the thing that leads the story. Sometimes the healthiest thing we can do for our minds is accept what we cannot change and focus our energy on how we respond instead.

This weekend I was the team un jacksonville for the start of our racing season and my mom who lives a few hours away came to spend the weekend with me and step out on her first race course. So not only did I get to work on this season's goal, (making adaptive ocr more visible). But I got to help my achieve something she didn't she could, complete an obstacle course race. And she got see and fully understand why racing is now a huge part of my life. My blood family collided with my chosen family. And the became one. Here's the moral of the story. People change so don't be afraid to show the person you're becoming. And don't be afraid to learn who that new person is if you're watching someone change

You can’t regulate an emotion your body doesn’t feel safe enough to experience. When life gets full, intense, or demanding, the nervous system shifts into protection mode. In those moments, presence doesn’t always look like showing up everywhere at once — sometimes it looks like slowing down. When emotions feel “too big,” it’s not because we’re failing. It’s because the body has moved into survival. That’s why telling ourselves to calm down or push through rarely works. Regulation doesn’t start in the mind. It starts in the body. If you’ve noticed yourself pulling back lately, it’s not a flaw. It may be your nervous system asking for safety before connection. What’s one signal your body gives you when it needs to slow down?

…or at least trying to. As some of you know, Steve, Ashna, and I love a family project. I shared with friends how moved I was by Itaru Sasaki’s “wind phone” in Ōtsuchi, Japan, which he built as a gesture of love in response to overwhelming grief. A wind phone is a real phone not connected to a line of any sort, where anyone can “call” and speak to someone who isn’t here anymore, or to say the words that need somewhere to go. The world feels heavy lately, and it’s hard to watch so many people hurting and divided. May the phone bring comfort, connection, and peace to all who need it. I’m thinking about adding 988 stickers and wrist bands for people. I’m open to any suggestions. ❤️