Category: Motivational

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Alena Turley – Insights and Inspiration from a Hapkido Perspective

November 7, 2020

Alena Turley (Sydney, Australia)  understands the power of training.  As just a white belt, she fended off two attackers and later overcame a brief imprisonment at home by knife. Click here to listen: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Alena-Turley—Insights-and-Inspiration-from-a-Hapkido-Perspective-ekfqju. With her own experience of trauma and abuse behind her, she is uniquely qualified to work with women to develop strength… Read More Alena Turley – Insights and Inspiration from a Hapkido Perspective

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Bad Things Happen to Good People

November 5, 2020

Bad things happen to good people. I think we all know that. I am no different. I have had my share of losses, difficulties, obstacles, regrets, worries, and fears. Human nature hands us this smorgasbord of experiences and within each recipe is room for error or unexpected situations. I’ve had miscarriages, fires at my home,… Read More Bad Things Happen to Good People

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Megan Westerman – Motivated by Martial Arts

October 31, 2020

Megan Westerman is a Kung Fu practitioner, instructor and competitor. She also lived, worked, and practiced Kung Fu in China for a period of time. Listen to her insights on competing and why sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. She also shares why she thinks more women should practice martial arts: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Megan-Westerman—Motivated-by-Martial-Arts-ek86jr Or… Read More Megan Westerman – Motivated by Martial Arts

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Find Your Purpose

October 25, 2020
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It is easy to become complacent in life. The daily grind becomes, well…a grind. You begin to believe that life is made up of commitments, chores, and responsibilities. These things seem to suck your energy and time into a warp, never to be recovered again. It’s called life and adulthood and it is filled with… Read More Find Your Purpose

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Terri Green – A Groovy Black Belt from the 1970’s

October 24, 2020

Terri Green began practicing martial arts as a teenager in the 1970’s. She decided to forego the traditional, expected lessons of sewing and cooking in exchange for semi-contact street fighting and a well-earned black belt. Now that’s pretty groovy. Here’s the link: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Terri-Green—A-Groovy-Black-Belt-from-the-1970s-ejtrsq Or, click below: Here is some information about me getting my black… Read More Terri Green – A Groovy Black Belt from the 1970’s

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Maca Navas – The Sword Woman

October 17, 2020

Practicing in the park during COVID times, Maca Navas is known to the locals as “The Sword Lady.” They didn’t know her name but they saw her grace and committed practice with the sword in the park. Learn more about Maca in her interview here: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Maca-Navas—The-Sword-Woman-el35ne or here: Maca practices Kung Fu and Tai Chi. In… Read More Maca Navas – The Sword Woman

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Gwendolyn Wilkins – Eclectic Martial Artist and COVID Nurse

October 10, 2020

When asked, “Who wants to be a COVID nurse?” Gwendolyn Wilkins quickly responded, “Yes, please.” On that day, Gwendolyn set her martial art fearlessness into motion in her nursing career. Listen here or the link below: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Gwendolyn-Wilkins—Eclectic-Martial-Artist-and-COVID-Nurse-eir7d4 A year out of nursing school Gwendolyn volunteered to be a COVID nurse when the floor in the… Read More Gwendolyn Wilkins – Eclectic Martial Artist and COVID Nurse

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Rebecca Knight – Anything is Possible

October 3, 2020

Overcoming a religious cult for the first ten years of her life, Rebecca Knight found a promising future in martial arts. Listen here or click below: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Rebecca-Knight—Anything-is-Possible-ekflr3 See other links and info below.  I am sure you probably do not know many martial artists who lived their first ten years in a religious cult in Mexico… Read More Rebecca Knight – Anything is Possible

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Who Are You?

October 1, 2020

Someone asked me recently, do you know who you are?  I provided the usual reply, “a mother, wife, martial artist, writer, friend…” blah, blah, blah. The truth is I didn’t take even a moment to think about it.  And, what I spewed so quickly are the roles I play, not really who I am.  No, to get… Read More Who Are You?

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Michelle Manu – Powerfully Embrace Who You Are

September 26, 2020

“Own your space. Powerfully embrace who you are. Don’t apologize for what you know. Continually strive to become more than who you are.” -Michelle Manu Listen to Michelle’s Interview by clicking on this link: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Michelle-Manu—Powerfully-Embrace-Who-You-Are-ejd1d1 or, click below: Michelle Manu is known for her accomplishments as a 10th Black Belt and teacher (Kumu) of the… Read More Michelle Manu – Powerfully Embrace Who You Are