#074. From Fighter Pilot To Fighting For Her Life with Chandra Beckman

02/20/20 • 43 min

Pursue Your Spark - Midlife, Fitness, Nutrition, Mindset, Health, women over 50

Chandra Beckman is part of the elite group of women who have flown the United States Air Force fighter jets. As a young girl, she was captivated by the fast-paced and driven environment of an Air Force career and sought to overcome the social barriers that presented it as a man’s world.

Never one to back down from a challenge, Chandra succeeded in her goal and has flown T-37, T-38, F-15C, F-117A, and T-6A military aircraft, as well as the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Cessna 172, and Beechcraft Sierra C-24-R civilian aircraft in her personal time.

How a fighter pilot had to dismiss the medical system to save her life!

After 8 years in the Air Force, Chandra’s health inexplicably began to deteriorate. Suffering from fatigue, food intolerances, weight loss and many more slowly emerging symptoms, she sought medical help, only to be advised that her symptoms were psychosomatic. Years of fighting for medical care that didn’t brush off her symptoms, or negate her illness, resulted in Chandra retiring from the Air Force so that she could seek medical help from outwith the institution, in a bid to discover what was causing her plight. Now fighting to save her life, as neurological symptoms were setting in, Chandra embarked on a journey into Holistic Healthcare, researching all possibilities.

In today’s episode, she shares her journey with us, as well as the diagnosis she finally received, and her ideas on how to treat this life-threatening illness. Press play to find out what that diagnosis was and how dismissing the mainstream medical system finally saved Chandra Beckman’s life.

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How a fighter pilot had to dismiss the medical system to save her life!

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#073. How To Create A Self-Care Routine For Life

Do you have a morning routine? Whether your morning ritual is made up of refreshing yoga, energizing workouts, or hazy awakenings, the critical part is that it works for you and is an experience of joy. More important than all of that, is that you have a routine in place for your everyday self-care that can be applied any time of any day, not just mornings.

Self-care is easily overlooked as we imagine it needs to be an elaborate and time-consuming ritual, but that’s simply not the case. On top of that, women often find it difficult or harbor feelings of guilt for spending time on themselves when there are always so many other things that need to be done.

Today, I share with you how self-care is the foundation of a healthy relationship with yourself and with others, and how taking even just a few minutes a day still counts as a ritual or routine that keeps you energized, healthy, and balanced.

Your mind and your body are connected, and it’s through the simple self-care habits that I remind you in this episode that you can overcome those feelings of guilt, reconnect with yourself, and feel amazing.

Listen in to find out what daily tasks you thought were chores are actually self-care in disguise.

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# 075. How To Develop Self-Accountability

As I map out my goals for my own life and business, I find myself in the position of having to question whether or not I am holding myself accountable to meeting those goals, or if I am in need of some external accountability. Have I been mistaking my self-motivation for self-accountability? Find out in today’s episode exactly how I managed to differentiate between the two and how you can determine which accountability approach is right for you.

Taking responsibility for meeting your own goals is not as easy as it sounds. Sure, it’s you that has to carry through with your plan, but what happens when you don’t? Can we achieve the same levels of success when we are only accountable to ourselves as we can when we are answerable to someone else - a coach, a friend, a group?

In this episode, I share with you the four (yes, four!) different types of accountability, the benefits of each type, and how to determine which one of these is the right fit for you, your personality, and your goals.

If you’re still questioning whether you need to be held accountable to someone else, then maybe self-accountability is the right path for you. So I also share some ways (from one self-accountable, determined woman to another) that you can develop your self-accountability and stop letting yourself off-the-hook for not following through!

Hopefully, you’ll be better positioned to move forward and achieve those goals by the end of the episode!

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