Some days I feel like I’m drowning. I’m in over my head between being Mom, being Wife, training full time and trying to earn a living that covers my family of 6.

Some days I feel isolated. As big as our family is, I often feel like I’m walking this tightrope of chaos alone. It’s hard to find people that actually understand all of what I’m facing, recovering from and walking through.

But in the darkest moments when the isolation is suffocating and when the pressure is daunting, I hear the whisper... “I am here.”
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God has walked every step with me. Felt every hurt with me. Comforted me through every grief and heartache. He’s reminded me time and again that He is enough. That His power is made perfect in weakness.
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“Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” -2 Corinthians 12:9-10.

This is a portion of the scripture I have tattooed on my foot. I put it there because I knew He was going to continue using these verses for the road ahead. And every time I dwell on it, He teaches me even more, builds my faith even stronger and grows my character in ways I didn’t expect.

Tag someone below who needs this encouragement today!
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Instagram vs. Reality.

I was asked by one of my Confident Competitor students how to deal with the perfection we see on social media from competitors.

Here’s the deal ya’ll... In between every perfect post we see, real life happens.

TO ALL OF US.

No one is immune. We’re all human. We’re all just a little bit flawed (in beautiful ways!). So just to show you that I’m not immune from real life happening, this first video was this morning in practice still fresh with bruises from the dive in the second video.

The second video was Friday afternoon. I slipped out on the first flip, tried to re-grab my leg and missed my spots (visual cues). Before I realized what was happening, I smacked legs first.

The trick isn’t never falling. It’s getting back up every time you fall.

I fail all the time. Every day. But I don’t let that stop me or define me.

I keep getting back up and trying again.

That’s how we learn, how we grow, how we develop character.

Want to learn more? Join me in my free online masterclass where I’m talking about the crucial elements that lead to confidence (link in bio). http://laurawilkinson.com/masterclass

I met this gorgeous girl when she joined our team at about 10 years old. @kassidycook13 was loud, crazy, and a phenomenal athlete.

She watched me train for the 2008 Olympics, and assured me she was and would be amazing😂. In 2016, I was an on-deck analyst for diving and got to cheer her on in person at the Rio Olympic Games.

Today, we are training together again for another run at the Olympics.

Sometimes life comes full circle in ways you would never expect. I love those sweet surprises. Glad to have you back Kassidy!!! ❤️

To some this is nothing, no big deal, super basic.

To others this is terrifying, hard and very challenging.

To me, these are baby steps back to where I want and need to be.

It’s the beginning, yet again. But at the same time, it’s progress. It’s forward movement toward goals.

It’s certainly not perfect. And it’s not a lot of quantity. But it’s still moving in the right direction.

Every day we can find things to be upset, angry and frustrated about.

But usually in those exact same things we can also find hope, encouragement and motivation.

The hard part and the reason most only find and feel the negative is because they’re not willing to face the hard things, look it in the eye and dig deep into it.

But that’s the only way you see the good and the opportunity within it.

I’m digging deep. I hope you are, too.

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