Ro and Lo met on the international track circuit in 2003 as rookie pro athletes trying to make a breakthrough.  Despite being strangers from two different countries, whenever they were together, they found themselves sharing: sharing music, training tips, thoughts on life, you name it.  Seeing one another was a rare treat, but when it happened, it was as if no time passed, and before you knew it they  were digging right under the surface to get to the good stuff in life.

In the summer of 2010, Ro and Lo's paths crossed in Ireland.  Since their last visit, both had experienced disappointments followed by major breakthroughs in their careers, so they had <em>lots</em> to catch up on.  Why did the lows happen?  How did they turn things around?  They had both not only rebounded from difficulty, but they had <em>surpassed anything they had ever done before</em>.  

What Ro and Lo discovered was that they had flipped traditional logic upside down in order to unlock their potential, make competition fun again, and simply feel better about themselves. 

Most of us walk around <em>believing</em> things about ourselves, and we accept these beliefs as facts that cannot be changed.  Lauren used to believe that she was nervous before races.  Since getting too nervous can screw up your race, she would tell herself not to get nervous and try to distract herself, but it would happen anyway, and then she would get mad at herself for it.  This whole cycle made things worse and she would drop out of races that she used to win.  
Life is full of pivotal moments of indecision.  When it is time to decide what action to take: go to the gym or sit on the couch; talk to your boss about a raise or avoid rejection; try to win the race or settle for top five...in that moment, we look into the garden of our mind for guidance.  What we find in that garden is all the flowers and weeds we have planted over the years to represent our positive and negative beliefs about ourselves.

When it comes time to go after our goals, we need a garden full of flowers.  

Not only did they race better, but they were happier and had more balanced lives.  By the end of their time together in Ireland, they were so moved by each others stories that they were determined to make these powerful techniques accessible to other women.

That is how the Believe I Am Project was born.

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To achieve any goal, be it athletic or otherwise, you need to go after it as the best version of yourself.  You need to become Super-You.  If what you want to achieve requires the characteristic of strength, than you must believe you are strong.  Weight lifting alone is not enough.  In fact, you are much more likely to stick to a weight room regimen if you tell yourself you are strong than if you tell yourself you are weak.   To This project takes the experiences of these womenThey learned that belief in oneself is not a given; belief is practiced; belief is earned.  They learned that you <em>are</em> what you repeatedly <em>think.</em>  And in order to create a belief, you have to start with a simple thought and repeat it until it becomes truth.   They learned that in order to do anything or change anything about themselves, they had to create strong beliefs that they could do it.  They had to pretend they had <em>already done it or changed it; </em>they had to fake it til they made it.

It starts with a goal.  Any goal: Whether what you seek is an attitude adjustment, a race performance, a career move, or a body change, the process is the same.  You dig down and uproot the negative thoughts that have held you back in the past, and you get your mind to start working FOR you.  You plant the seeds for the positive traits that you will need to achieve your goal.  Your mind is simply a garden with limited space, and once you start tending it, "super-you" can come through!

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