Author Archives: Lee Webber

Breakdown. At the time it’s not great, the world as you know it caves in, in the short term there’s darkness and no light at the end of the tunnel. But it’s an opportunity to rebuild with stronger foundations. It highlights the weaknesses, unhelpful thinking, beliefs and behaviours. This is the biggest breakdown that I’veContinue reading “Breakdown”

Dys. Dys, in itself isn’t a word but a prefix and where I believe we are now as a society. I’ve looked it up and it comes from Greek and means ‘bad, ill; hard, difficult; abnormal, imperfect’. The two words I’m thinking about are Dystopia and Dysfunctional. I’m still astounded by what I’m witnessing asContinue reading “Dys”

True Colours. People and society go along OK until a crisis happens. A way someone reacts to a crisis shows their true colours, but that depends whether the crisis is local or widespread. There have been some crises this year on Australia, the main one being the bush fires. So why was that different toContinue reading “True Colours”

Judgement. I’m not one to focus on any media stuff but I can’t help avoid the current situation. What I’m observing is very interesting. Today I witnessed what I believe to be shame and feeling judged. A normal walk to work turned into an entertaining episode in the latest toilet roll comedy. I witnessed aContinue reading “Judgement”

Media. It’s getting out of control! I actively choose to avoid it so I’m not caught up in the fear that it instils in society. I can’t avoid it all though. In a free society, are we free? Of course we are, I hear you say. Apart from the fact that my view of theContinue reading “Media”

Persistence. It really does pay off, it’s not enough just to try something. There’ll be times where the new thing doesn’t feel good and is tough going. It’s about accepting the discomfort and focussing on the goal. My recent example is swimming. I was in awe at the men and women who tackled ironman 70.3Continue reading “Persistence”

You cannot find peace by avoiding life. A quote I saw recently that had meaning to it. I’d take it a bit further and say by avoiding life’s challenges. There have been quite a few ‘challenges’ recently that I’d rather avoid (and have done), until action is forced. The feeling behind avoiding them is thatContinue reading “You cannot find peace by avoiding life”

Sub Optimal Training. It really does work!! So, this is a training method that I’ve developed, it’s really about building mental strength and coping when things don’t go to plan in a run. The key concept is about training outside your comfort zone and trying to create scenarios that may happen during a run. ItContinue reading “Sub Optimal Training”

Back yourself. This was the advice that stuck with me from the briefing session on Friday night, the day before I was to undertake the biggest physical challenge of my life. There were many opportunities to get lost (or feel like I was lost). The course was marked but not every step of the way,Continue reading “Back yourself”

It’s been a while!! So, what’s been going on? Well, I’ve been travelling and starting a new job. There should be lots to write about, yeah? Well, there probably was but I didn’t capture my thoughts/reflections in the moment. The travelling was an amazing experience, the sense of freedom and adventure. It was action packedContinue reading “It’s been a while!!”