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Clarity is powerful.
Commitment is quieter. 

In this episode of Red Thread: The Fire Within, we move into what often comes after the decision, the part no one glamorizes: staying. 

This conversation is about the stretch where motivation fades, novelty wears off, and the real work of reinvention begins. It’s about why commitment matters more than inspiration, and how consistency — not intensity — is what actually creates change. 

Drawing from my experience training for and completing a marathon, as well as seasons of leadership, growth, and reinvention, I share what it looks like to stay the course when the work feels repetitive, heavy, or unseen. 

This episode is for anyone who’s made a choice, and is now wondering how to keep showing up.  

Listener Invitations (Reflection + Action) 

As you listen, consider these questions: 

• Motivation vs. commitment
  What are you relying on motivation to sustain that actually requires commitment instead?
• Consistency over intensity
  What part of your life needs steady presence right now, not a burst of effort?
• Tired or misaligned?
  Ask yourself honestly: Am I tired — or am I misaligned?
• Reframing commitment
  What commitment in your life deserves to be honored instead of questioned?
• Redefining success
  What kind of success are you actually working toward — one you want to achieve, or one you want to live with?

These aren’t tasks — they’re invitations to listen more closely to yourself.
 
Why This Matters (Research Foundations)
 
This episode is grounded in lived experience and supported by research on perseverance and habit formation:

• Grit & perseverance
  Psychologist Angela Duckworth, PhD, shows that long-term success is driven less by talent or motivation and more by sustained effort over time (Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance).
• Habits & consistency
  Research by psychologists Wendy Wood, PhD, and David Neal, PhD, demonstrates that routines and identity-based habits — not fluctuating motivation — are what sustain behavior change over the long run.

Commitment isn’t rigidity.
It’s integrity.
 
If you’re in a season where staying feels hard, uncelebrated, or lonely, this episode is for you.
 
The fire isn’t in the spark.
It’s in the staying.
 
Pull the thread.
 

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Pull the thread. Your fire is waiting.