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Precious distance measured by reach, advantage sways with who came to teach. School your opponent, this contract is not a breach. You signed on the dotted line to show up ready, now preach!! Hard work is done, game plan is steady, For the winner we celebrate with confetti. Agreed to spit fists, twist by the wrist, turn at the shoulder. Feet shift, swift, in and out, side to side, pivot and slide. Ball of the foot, squish and screw, into the canvas. Torque like a drill to an

Recognition from your peers? The ultimate accomplishment: In my personal experience, in my sport and in my opinion ~~~ I MADE IT!! To be featured on this platform by Sue Tl Fox is SUCH a special honour and incredible level of recognition. INCREDIBLE I am so delighted that I pushed through to see this day, putting Canada on the map and to be featured on this website alongside the best of the best in women's boxing. These are the women that I looked up to for so many years an

I never imagined that my skills as a waitress would be exactly the training I needed to win my fights in the boxing ring and become a champion athlete. From all positions in the front of the house to pillar to post in the boxing ring, my 9 years working in the #hospitality industry was just the experience I needed to get me through some of the toughest opponents I faced in the square circle. The skills and lessons I learned from deep in the trenches as a hostess, waitress, ba

Preparing for the unknown is tricky. As human beings it is comforting, and dare I say easier to know what is ahead. But is it really? What if I told you that there is more struggle sometimes when hanging in and around the comfort zone? What about wonder and imagination: where do they fit inside the brain, within the human experience and outside the comfort zone? There is so much value in the unexpected which we miss out on if we don’t embrace our own potential during times of

I used to fight in basketball shoes. My coach would always tell me that boxing boots would help me be so much lighter and faster in the ring but I was so stubborn and wanted to stick to my brand. In the early 2000’s, #nike wasn't really in the business of boxing boots or at least not accessible to me at that time. I believe Roy Jones Jr was wearing air Jordans around that time but I was still comfy in my basketball kicks, my baby blues! I played basketball before boxing. I wa

When COVID hit and stopped life as we knew it, I felt that one of the most important resources to help people stay strong and positive during this uncertain time, was working out. As well as offering online fitness classes, I also wanted to add something just as important to mental health and processing this traumatic time: writing-it-out. Here is one of our guided group journaling sessions which I mastermind and facilitate each week. This particular theme, was #boxing relate

The legacy we leave behind is comprised of many small calculated moves just like in any classic #boxing match with a good game plan. Life is like a Boxing match; it could be beautiful and tragic, graceful and brutal, poetic and a jumbled mess of chaos all at the same time. The analogies found in this message helps you to appreciate the wisdom of this sport as it relates to your own life and legacy. A fighter needs to learn proper tactics and techniques to prepare for a speci

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