As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Game Changer... Thursday, August 31

I woke up today to a message that left me with such conflicting thoughts and feelings.

Someone I very dear and very close to me just found out they have cancer.

The other day I tried to call them about the anniversary of some else passing to cancer and also to break the news to them that someone else we know just passed away because of cancer.  They never answered the phone but now there's new news... now they have cancer too...?!  

If cancer was a person I'd punch it in the throat.

My initial reaction was to call this person but then I realized I really didn't know what to say to them. 

I could call them to encourage them, reassure them I'm there for them, tell them not to give up hope, but a bigger part of me feels that perhaps this cancer is a blessing in their eyes.  Several years back this person lost the love of their life and they've been stuck ever since.  It's almost as if they died the day their love died and though I will never be able to understand or feel their lost, I still struggle with how they've been living their life ever since the death.  They really haven't been living life, that's the thing.

I woke up today to another message that left me with conflicting thoughts and feelings.

A promotor reached out to me to tell me he has a possible fight for me.  Now I can't go into details regarding who my opponent is and why I have conflicting feelings about it but it could be the ticket I need to get myself back to Canada.  I think me being there physically to support this dear person in my life, to be able to sit down with them and talk to them face to face, will help and may change everything.  I need to give them hope to fight the cancer and not hope to use this as a means of seeing their loved one that they lost.  Of course this isn't the best situation for me to be in and be taking a boxing bout but maybe the added pressure of the situation, this fight outside of the ring, will be motivation and that added push to help me fight inside the ring.  

Canada contacted me today, they have two fights.  One is inside the ring and one is outside the ring but both are big game changers and someone's life could very well be dependent on it.
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