by Kori Gouge | Nov 13, 2022 | Stories (Blog)
My alarm goes off at 5 am each morning. As I wake up, I lie in bed and pray – prayers of thanksgiving and prayers requesting guidance. Sometimes this lasts 30 minutes, other times close to an hour. I then get up and even if some tiredness may linger, I feel...
by Kori Gouge | Jun 28, 2022 | Stories (Blog)
I remember meeting a man from my mastermind group early one spring morning to trail run in the foothills outside of Denver. As we climbed the hills alongside a small stream, rows of pine trees, and the sagebrush reaching for the sky, he began to share the story of his...
by Kori Gouge | Oct 30, 2018 | Stories (Blog)
I have to admit that I, too, was a total self-help addict. As with most things in life, more is not necessarily better, especially when it comes to self-help. I share my story below in hopes that you see parts of yourself in it, know that you’re not alone and...
by Kori Gouge | May 29, 2018 | Stories (Blog)
Here I am. No friends. No family. A job I don’t love. Alone in a country that is not my own, speaking a language that is not my native tongue. Here, I tell myself, here is where I am meant to learn that if I can be ok, here, without all the things I am...
by Kori Gouge | May 7, 2018 | Stories (Blog)
You’re so stupid. My mom said this to me in a fit of frustration when I accidentally locked the car keys in the trunk. Instead of criticizing my action, my being, who I was, was being criticized. This hurt. The reason that it hurt was because it was of...
