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Confidence Isn’t Loud. It’s Quietly Unshakable.
I've stood on approaches where the noise was deafening. Music blaring. Crowds screaming. Cameras rolling. And every single bowler around me looking...
Train Like an Athlete, Think Like a Leader
The lane is quiet at 10 a.m. before Diversey River Bowl open their doors to the public. No crowd. No scoreboards. No one watching. Just me, the...
Becoming Over Achieving
March always feels like a reset. Everything starts to wake up again. Growth returns. Not all at once, but little by little. And it makes me think...
Joy on Purpose
March always feels like an invitation. Not a loud one. Not a dramatic one. Just a quiet reminder that what looked bare a few weeks ago is not dead....
Let Your Setbacks Water Your Growth
March always brings a sense of renewal. The days get longer. The air shifts. The world begins to wake up again. Things that looked dormant just...
What March Teaches About Starting Over
March has a way of exposing us. The light stays a little longer. The air softens. The world begins again whether we are ready or not. And there is...
Joy in the Journey
On the hard days, joy feels like a lie. It feels thin. Forced. Unrealistic. But that is usually the day it matters most. We talk about winning. We...
Dear Bowler: A Love Letter to the Game (and the Journey)
Dear Bowling, You have had my heart since 1985. That is a long time to love something. We have grown up together. We have celebrated. We have...
The Process Is the Point
At some point in bowling, the numbers get loud. Average. Series. Carry. Missed spares. Strikes that feel pure. Shots that feel stolen from you....
About Me
Diandra grew up in a small town in Indiana. She was the epitome of “small town girl” BIG DREAMS. When she was 12 years old she knew she wanted to be one of the best bowlers in the world one day. And so she did. She was the 3x World Bowler of the Year and was even inducted into the World Bowling Hall of Fame at 25.
Getting to the top wasn’t all about the expertise she learned on the lanes. It was also about the values, and principles she learned Beyond the Lanes that would get her to the very tip-top of her sport.