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Category: Personal Growth

Connection with Nature, Moms, and Motorcycles

By lizjansen Posted on June 2, 2017 Posted in Personal Growth 5 Comments

by Liz Jansen Anyone who rides a motorcycle knows the powerful connection with nature you feel while riding through the countryside. It expresses itself as freedom, exhilaration, and joy. It nourishes our soul and connects us with our Higher Being. …

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Tagged with: connection, connections, nature, soul

I’ve Been Keeping a Secret

By lizjansen Posted on March 3, 2017 Posted in Personal Growth 18 Comments

by Liz Jansen For years I’ve been keeping a secret from myself. Only now do I have the courage to bring it into the open. I started my professional life as a Registered Nurse, working in hospitals for five years …

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Tagged with: authenticity, healer

What Riding a Motorcycle Says About You

By lizjansen Posted on February 2, 2017 Posted in Personal Growth 14 Comments

by Liz Jansen Have you ever considered what riding a motorcycle says about you? Not to others, but to yourself. We know they can empower, build confidence, and create unbelievable exhilaration. But there’s more to their teachings. Ask yourself these …

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Go Back to Your Roots

By lizjansen Posted on December 2, 2016 Posted in Liz's Stories, Personal Growth 8 Comments

by Liz Jansen Have you ever sought an answer for what you thought was a complex question, been given the answer many times and in many ways, but still didn’t get it? And when you did, it was so simple, …

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Tagged with: roots, spirit

What’s in a Motorcycle Mile?

By lizjansen Posted on October 21, 2016 Posted in Personal Growth 10 Comments

by Liz Jansen What you pay attention to grows. Numbers make it easy to measure and compare. But to be significant, they need to be meaningful. Having just returned from an extended trip across western Canada, I’m often asked what …

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Tagged with: heart-centered, meaning

25 Things I’m Thankful For

By lizjansen Posted on October 7, 2016 Posted in Personal Growth 8 Comments

by Liz Jansen This is Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada and a time to reflect on our bounty. As I do this, I’m very conscious of a powerful and damaging hurricane that’s wreaking massive havoc and destruction. My thoughts and prayers …

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Tagged with: gratitude

The Folly of Carrying Excess Weight

By lizjansen Posted on July 7, 2016 Posted in Personal Growth No Comments

by Liz Jansen In my dream, I was riding my black Yamaha FZ1 (two bikes ago) with a group of friends. ‘Joe’s’ bike broke down and somehow he assumed he could ride mine and take me as a passenger. In …

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Tagged with: spirit, weight

An Open Road

By lizjansen Posted on April 15, 2016 Posted in Adventure, Personal Growth 10 Comments

by Liz Jansen Life changed on August 27, 2014. That day began more than 18 months of stillness, reflection, and learning. I knew the Liz that was a confident, free-spirited, 60-year-old professional woman riding her motorcycle solo across the country. …

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Tagged with: future, open road, past, present

Pushing Off

By lizjansen Posted on April 1, 2016 Posted in Personal Growth No Comments

by Liz Jansen In my dream, the bow of the canoe rested up on the bank of the waterway while the stern floated in water already deep a few feet from shore. I climbed into the bow, kneeling. My niece …

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Going Down Stairs

By lizjansen Posted on October 1, 2015 Posted in Leadership, Liz's Stories, Personal Growth 8 Comments

by Liz Jansen In my dream, I was going down stairs from the upper to ground level in an open concept home. Wooden beams supported the peaked ceiling and the entire wall, from peak to ground was glass, allowing the …

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Tagged with: action, courage, trust

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