Graceful Gladiator

GG 024- Holding on For Dear Life- How This Former Racecar Driver Finds Fulfillment Every Day


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Highlights of our time in the arena:

 

2:30- Jessie's first deciding moment for GLADIATOR

3:30- If you're not going, you're not growing. Why standing out is necessary for success

6:00 - A rebellion against God, then turning back and fighting FOR Him

7:00 Ways that GLADIATOR sabotaged Jessie's success early on/teenage years

9:00- Jessie's interview to drive professional race cars

9:30- Jessie's Mom's advice

10:30- "I wanted something to make me feel loved."

11:30- Jessie's official interview and how she "schmoozed" then got to drive the car

12:00- Jessie's career begins at 304 miles per hour

14:00- The team owner gives Jessie that advice of a lifetime

17:00- Jessie races in the highest categories in the drag racing industry

20:00- Jessie's transition from race car driving to motherhood

22:00- A season of post party depression begins

23:00 How does this happen to someone who loves her family and her life and others?

24:00 - "It smacked me in the face, and I knew something had to change right then and there.

24:30- I wasn't doing anything that gave me true purpose

26:00- Just as fast as it went bad, it went GOOD

27:00- "You haven't nagged me in like, 2 week babe!" When Jessie saw that life was completely turning around, and she was in control of it!

29:00 Jessie's advice for the woman who is struggling with her life, marriage, career, EVERYTHING

29:30- "I have to want to change more than I want to stay the same."

30:00- Creating Me Time

31:00- How Jessie transformed her marriage, the circle of love and respect

32:00 The ONLY THING that helped Jessie's husband begin to grow and be willing to pour into their marriage (this one is tough)

33:00- The slow but sure effects of loving, pushing, serving, and being the example

35:00- Is this too good to be true? When self-sabotage is tempting

36:00- "Most men want……."

37:00- He is the best thing that happened to me, and because of him my kids came along

38:00- How Jessie and hubby get through the hard times

39:00 Infusing humor into marriage arguments

40:00- Jessie's embarrassing moment that her hubby brings up during arguments to diffuse anger or frustration (thanks for being so vulnerable here, girlfriend!)

42:00 "If we could just get naked fast enough….."

43:00 How we can continue to invite GLADIATOR into our arena of life

44:00- Time blocking and productivity for the busy mom

46:00- Jessie's definition of a Graceful Gladiator

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Graceful GladiatorBy Hannah Place