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A N N O U N C E M E N T 💥 Grit + Grace Day Retreat #collab @binghamriverhouse Sunday 12th May | 10:30am-5pm This is a day for you to garner GRIT from adventurer, TVs SAS Who Dares Wins Survivor and entrepreneur @vickianstey and GRACE from bhuti founder, energy worker and facilitator Sama Trinder. Expect a spine-tingling talk and Resilience Workshop from @vickianstey a nutritious lunch, Hot + Cold water therapy in the ContraSpa®️ followed by a Somatic movement session, meditation and gong lead by @samatrinder 💪🏼💫 You will leave with heaps more resilience, heightened energy and the resources to navigate better through life’s challenges. Book Your Spot Now! Members £125 | Non-members £150 www.binghamriverhouse.com 🔗 in stories 👆🏼 #collab #grit #grace #dayretreat #lifeskills #resilience
Any one remember that @channel4 programme called ‘Faking It’? Where intrepid volunteers were plucked from their natural habitat and given four weeks to go through a transformational process to master a skill well enough to fool a panel of judges. I feel like I just featured in an episode called “Vicki goes Velo: can speed fearing, novice cyclist Vicki transform into a speed junkie, competitive cyclist worthy of a World Record?” 6 days with Olympic Coach @robin.a.brew and Paralympian World Champion @laurensteadmann would suggest that yes I bloody can. I’m in absolute awe of the incredible coaching skills, patience and belief that these humans have had in me from day 1. Not to mention the friendships and camaraderie we’ve built 🫶🏼 And of course, I’ve put in the hard miles, days and nights on @gozwift, long grinding rides with @thames_turbo cycling club, hours spent in the gym doing specific drills that will build the necessary muscle fibres for power and control - but in just 6 days I honestly feel like a totally different cyclist. 802km distance (499.5miles) 🚴🏻‍♀️ 10,142m elevation (33,274 feet) 🆙 Max speed 98kmh (60.8mph) 🚀 Max climb 17% ⛰️ Ave wind speed of 20mph 🌪️ Several 3 inch jumps over banana skins 🍌 1 small injury to my chin from going TOO aero 😂 An absolute honour from start to finish. Learning from the best in the world, getting it wrong, learning, leaning the F&*K in at times when I wanted to run away and hide. And yes I know I have some pretty big adventures and endeavours behind me, but they all started with a naïve dream too. One step, one conversation, one TINY shred of self belief that maybe I could just pull it off… So go after it. Don’t let the demons win. The ONLY thing worse than the thing you think you’re afraid of is standing still. 7 weeks to go to @raceacrossamerica 🇺🇸 and honestly I CANNOT WAIT! 🙏🏼 @robin.a.brew 🙏🏼 @laurensteadmann LFG @fourtherecord_ #believeinyourself #dreamteam #theworldstoughestbikerace #worldrecordattempt
I nearly didn’t enter the @crossfit Open this year as I’m so focused on my @raceacrossamerica training 🇺🇸🚴🏻‍♀️ But it’s always such a vibe and I knew I’d have massive FOMO. There’s nothing like the intense community spirit and camaraderie of having the whole box jammed with athletes cheering for each other, and the thrill of not knowing what hellish workout we’d get issued with next. Then getting a worldwide ranking for your efforts 🌎✌🏼 And here I am apparently in the quarterfinals 🙌🏼 Proof that you should always throw your hat in the ring, give it a go. What’s the worst that could happen? What’s the BEST that could happen? Special thanks to @patrick_lonngren for the BTS gymnastics coaching and @amandaalldridge for agreeing to sing for me while she judged my SA snatches in WOD 1 😂🎤 #crossfit #openworkout #quarterfinalsbaby #giveitago
This is the beginning…✊🏼 #bewhoeveryouwanttobe #adventure #findyourself #bethechange #livelifefully
Deep, challenge-based learning. Radical immersion. Sounds a bit drastic doesn’t it? But that’s all relative. Often people think that someone who has already taken ‘a big leap’ in their life, might find every leap that comes after it, easy. And that the journey somehow becomes exponential. At every level of learning, adventure, exploration, LIFE, there is a plateau. Where the huge leaps you may have taken seem in hindsight like small steps, where fears you’ve faced, become normalised and where you lose a bit of your initial momentum, you forget to KEEP LEANING IN. I hope I never reach a point in my life where I feel as though I’m done. That I’ve conquered life or that there’s nothing new to learn or experience. But when you’ve already stepped into a world that is beyond where you thought your comfort zone was, how do you keep finding new challenge, how do you pursue ever new experiences and knowledge if you don’t even know they exist? This weekend I joined @dark_swan_uk for a ‘Radical Immersion’, a challenge-based training provider with a difference. The difference being their elite credentials from the military, international search & rescue, high-level security, emergency services and elite sport. This is not your average training weekend 🥷🏻 But the real jewel in the crown, and what I feel truly privileged to have gained access to, is the unparalleled evidence and science-based research from Prof Andy McCann THE leading expert on psychological resilience, mental skills and human performance 🧠💪🏼 And all delivered with an authenticity that only people with a true passion for what they do can pull off. Campfires, search and rescue re-enactments to create real pressure and challenge, 50 + years of research and a community of people committed to normalising vulnerability and deepening healing and connection. It’s hard to imagine that I will find anything to top this but I get the feeling that I’ve only just scratched the surface... @dnadefinitive @dark_swan_uk @bemorerescue @serveon_uk @aldokane #darkswan #radicalimmersion #optimisingperformance #humanpotential #community #fireandfeast #radicalresilience
I’ve seen a lot of posts today from people (women) who feel conflicted about #internationalwomensday Conflicted because every day should be about equality, conflicted because they see businesses profiteering from a marketing opportunity, conflicted because so many women in the world are fighting for basic human rights, whilst many of us are ‘just’ fighting for a seat at the table, conflicted because all they see are glossy brunches laid on for the privileged few. I don’t feel conflicted. This is not a zero sum game. Every small bit of progress holds value. Every voice heard holds power. I used to work for a Social Enterprise called ‘We Are What We Do’ their whole ethos is that ‘small actions x lots of people = big change’ a very powerful and simple concept. I’m a proud Ambassador for @inspiringgirlsuk and their ethos is also very simple. Put female role models in front of young girls so they can SEE their potential. We ran a wonderful event yesterday, the space donated generously by @allbright an inspiring panel of women in media @andreamclean1 @chantayyjayy @miss_hazarikaaa @pravinarudra and a workshop that @deborahhenley and I ran to help 30 x 15 year old girls from The Warren School in Romford to understand the power of their voice 🎤 Imagine a world where no woman was afraid to use her voice. Where everyone’s voice mattered. Where every voice had equal representation and where those voices, together, could bring about real change. Every single journey I’ve undertaken in my life has started with a seemingly insignificant step. It is only ever the aggregation of those steps that gets you anywhere you want to go. So speak up. Shout louder. Ask difficult questions. Challenge people and convention. Don’t stop because you think your contribution doesn’t matter. You never know who is watching you and who may be inspired by your words, your actions, your influence and achievements. Do I wish every day was about closing the gap in gender equality in the world? Yes. Do I wish progress was MUCH faster than it currently is? Absolutely. Does that stop me adding my voice to the conversation? No way. #powerofvoice #shoutlouder #smallactionsmatter #iwd
Are you READY? I doubt it. When do we ever feel truly ready for anything? I’ve learned that being READY isn’t about waiting for perfection, it’s about trusting that there is opportunity out there and knowing that we deserve it. Being resilient enough to weather the storms that may seek to send us off course. Being prepared so that when great opportunity arrives we have the resolve and self-belief to exploit it. This isn’t about chance - being in the right place at the right time…It’s about deliberate, consistent, focused practise…employing an approach of general readiness, laying the foundations of possibility. The truth is we have no idea what’s around the corner, good or bad. But every day we choose our destiny, so start building your base, start paying into your pension pot of potential 🍯 Trust that the universe will deliver and that if you start today, you can be ready to step into a future version of yourself that you didn’t even know existed. #change #choice #selfbelief #getready #prepare 🎤 @samatrinder @binghamriverhouse
Before I left on my ocean row, I asked friends and family to write me letters that I could take with me and open. Without realising it, they became a lifeline for me me; reminders from the people who knew me the best, that we could do what we'd set out to achieve. When I speak about the power of personal purpose, I often suggest that a way to work out your 'why' might be to ask someone to write you a letter. Imagine you were going on your own ocean row; what might they say about you that would remind you of who you are and what you’re capable of? Letters are so powerful - and increasingly, in our modern world of social media, forgotten about. It takes time, effort and thought to write a letter. I'm in no doubt that some of the people I asked to write me letters considered that I might not return from the Pacific Ocean. Some of them entrusted information, details about their lives and their feelings about me that they would never tell me to my face. They projected themselves onto the boat with me, wondering out loud where I might be, what time it was, what I had seen and how exhausted I must be. I had 72 letters in total. Some days I rationed them, other days I binged. Some letters made me sob. Others made me laugh out loud. Every single one helped me escape the very difficult team dynamic on our boat and reminded me of who and what I had waiting for me at home. They single-handedly gave me the determination to keep going when all I wanted to do was give up or jump into the ocean to be free from what felt like a bizarre social experiment. Aside from my discoveries about the authors of these letters, and about myself at times, I also discovered that facial changes from smiling actually trigger brain processes associated with happiness. By reading them, I was forcing myself to smile, reliving the joyful detail of their stories or my memories of their authors. A great coping mechanism. Even the smell of the letters was reassuring, grounding. They felt REAL at times when I felt as though I was living a nightmare. I loved this conversation with @samatrinder at the wonderful @binghamriverhouse last week. Thank you for inviting me to share my story 🙏🏼❤️
Zero tekkers. Lots of grit. Feel the fear and do it anyway…🚴🏻‍♀️🇺🇸
Time spent fretting about disappointing men, being starved of emotional connection or wondering who is in his DMs? ZERO 🚫 Time spent surrounded by amazing women? ❤️ @blitz.fit with @amandaalldridge ❤️ Coaching @pamelamaynard447 ❤️ Cold tubs with @chloeferns ❤️ Training with @fourtherecord_ ❤️ Podcasting with @annesebba ❤️ Flying visit to @allbright ❤️ Book writing @citylit ❤️ Galentines with @rozziebatchelar and @lizziebatchelar #galentines #winning #selflove
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