Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald
From hopeless drunk to 30 years sober and helping hundreds of individuals and organizations unlock their 'and then some', I distill all the lessons gained from those transformational life experiences and share them with you in this space.
I invite you to explore these insights as way to help you breakthrough the challenges that are stopping you from becoming who you want to be.
“It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
-- Sir Edmund Hillary
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Badger Mountain is not Mount Everest,  but I get some of my best ideas and hardest workouts hiking there. When the gym closed during the COVID quarantine, I worked out at ...
“Families are like fudge, mostly sweet, with lots of nuts.”
--Anonymous
I know the holidays can be stressful. When you put different people together from different backgrounds, with different expectations--well...sometimes it's hard to know how to ...
“Comparison is the thief of joy."
“The most valuable lessons aren't learned they are experienced."
"Your life is controlled by what you focus on. "
---Tony Robbins
This last year turned out way better than I thought. December is the month that I go through my journal and planner and look at what I have learned. AND what lessons I may have missed...
"Hope is the positive expectation of something great happening... and soon. "
---Jan McDonald
It has been said, “Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second w...
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. "
--Winston Churchill
Magnanimity is a fancy word for generosity. I thought that might get your attention:) Generosity is the selfless act of giving with no expectation of anything ...
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
--Albert Schweitzer
Over 200 years ago, a man in civilian clothes rode past a small group ...
“Self-care is how you take your power back."
--Lalah Delia
Eighty-three percent of workers are experiencing symptoms of burnout. Nearly 1 in 4 employees experienced the more severe signs, including reduced professional efficacy and cynicism towards...
"Self respect is produced by inner triumphs, not external ones."
--David Brooks
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The first time I quit drinking was when my ex-husband and I split up. It was his fault, after all (yeah, right.) I totally quit cold turkey and began a fitness craze w...
" So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit."
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--Paul, the Apostle
I love this time of year! It's still warm and sunny, but usually not above eighty degrees. ...
"Tomorrow is never promised, so love and appreciate the people who are in your life."
--Me
"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
--Scott Hamilton
"Wouldn't it be great if emotional baggage could be lost just as easy as aircraft luggage?"Â
― Anonymous
My Facebook memories have been about the move from Grandview to Tri-Cities that we made September 3, 2019. I'm still amazed at all the stuff we...
"Until we deal with our "head trash" nothing is going to change."
--Jan McDonald
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Can you believe it's almost September? What happened to this year? It's the last quarter of 2021 and how are we doing with our goal achievement? I've been reflectin...
"...there was a noise, a rattling sound and the bones came together, bone to bone...and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet."
--Ezekiel 37:7, 10 The Bible
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On my way to hike Badger Mountain the other day, I heard the...