Game Enough To Be The Best

When we choose to lead from our soul, taking responsibility for our beliefs, thoughts, words, and actions is just part of the deal. And by accepting our roles as leaders, visionaries, and change makers, we inherit the power to transform ourselves, each other, and the future of humanity. This episode, Eleanor Roosevelt, “First Lady to the world”, shows us how becoming the architect of our own lives is the first step in fearlessly achieving our goals, dreams, and ambitions. And if those goals, dreams and ambitions serve to create a better world... Lead on!

When our love and compassion are bigger than our fears, we can relate to each other, and all living things in ways that transcends our differences and self-interests. Pettiness dissolves and self-centeredness evaporates in the face of another’s pain and suffering. But walking the path of loving compassion is not always easy and just might bring us face to face with the darker sides of humanity. This episode Bright Lighter Lek Chailert teaches us, when we are courageous enough to love with an open heart, we have the power to change countless lives, beginning with our own.

Each of us carries within us a unique essence, I call it our ‘birth light,” the spark that lights up and gets us excited when we find and act on our true purpose in life, our “Why”. But life tends to make us doubt ourselves. So, we shy away from our inner light. We are so afraid of shining our own light that we close the doors, pull down the shades, draw the curtains and try to hide from our true purpose in this life all because we don’t trust ourselves. What a pity! This episode, I share with you my personal journey of claiming my birth-light, discovering my “Why” for The Aquitaine Project and taking steps to manifest my aspirations of supporting girls and women around the world. And it all began by Trusting The Light Within.

What do we do when we build our self-image based on the ideas and opinions of others? When our sense of self has become so distorted that that we can’t possibly live up to all the hype. When the woman looking back at us in the mirror has convinced herself that she will never good enough, smart enough, worthy enough… Why, we take out a sticky note, write ourselves a love letter and stick to the mirror! This episode, Caitlyn Boyle and Operation Beautiful show us when we inspire self-love and acceptance in others, it’s reflected back to us a thousand-fold!

Success is a mindset, a way of thinking about yourself, your goals, and your challenges. And if your goal is to be the best in your professional or personal life, you better believe, that what you believe, makes all the difference. This episode, legendary tennis player Althea Gibson, who rose from the streets of Harlem to reign supreme on the most famous tennis courts of the world, challenges us to discover if we are Game Enough to Be the Best.

When your life’s work is planting the seeds of the future, the world is your garden. Every thought, every word, every action is a seed that carries inside it the hope of our humanity. And like seeds, hope once planted, must be nurtured, and protected to ensure its survival. This episode, Wangari Maathai, The Mother of Trees, teaches us planting seeds of hope for the future, is the only way to guarantee, we will have on.

Like ripples in a pond, our words, ideas, and actions can create the change we want to see in the world. And, when we become better versions of ourselves, we find we have the power to change the world… for the better. This episode Jillian Mercado, fearless, funny and ohhh so fashionable, reminds us, that one person willing to stand up, speak out and challenge the status quo, can make a difference in the world.

Passion is a state of being. It’s something we choose to create and that we can and will reignite again and again and again during our lifetimes. It’s a quest… it’s a choice… It’s a way of living. In this episode, the incomparable Abigail Adams, one of the leading female voices of the American revolutionary period, conveys to us through the power of her pen, that the flame of passion burns brightest when we allow all that we love to become part of who we are.

Millions of miles of ancestral lands, thousands of years of tradition, four treaties and one woman who saw the writing on the wall. When faced with the choice between dying in war or living in peace, you better know the odds. Chipeta “White Singing Bird” - wise woman, peace maker, and the only woman to sit on the Ute Tribal Counsel, knew the actions she took in the face of events she could not control, would forever decide the fate of her people.

On the way to becoming a star, she lost herself and for years struggled to reclaim her pride, her dignity and her true self. When she found the woman she was meant to be, she refused to ever let her go. As the world adored, honored, and celebrated her, she knew the secret to her power was in adoring, honoring and celebrating herself. In this episode, Rita Moreno inspires us to claim the power of Self-Celebration by loving ourselves, valuing ourselves and acknowledging the big and little things we accomplish every day. Because when we celebrate ourselves…every day is a party!