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You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Powerful
There was a time when I believed I needed to fix myself before I could move forward. Fix the flaws. Clean up the rough edges. Get everything just...
Where the Real Competition Lives
There is a quiet shift that happens at some point in every athlete’s journey. A moment when you realize the real competition isn’t standing next to...
The Mental Anchor That Keeps Me Focused All Year
January has a way of turning the volume up. New goals. Fresh starts. Clean calendars. Resolutions that invite you to stretch into something more...
Set STRIKING Goals, Not Just Big Ones
Every January, the pressure creeps in. New year. New you. New goals. And suddenly it feels like you are supposed to have your entire life mapped out...
A Letter to 2026
Dear 2026, Let’s have some fun. Seriously. Because YOLO. And because I already need readers, so I am done weighing myself down with things that make...
From Flourish to Light: My Word for 2026
Every year I choose a word. One word to serve as my compass. One word to come back to when life gets loud and my calendar starts filling itself. One...
Behind the Medals: What Really Matters
At the end of every year, there’s a natural pause. The noise fades. The scoreboards stop flashing. And you’re left alone with the question that...
Permission to Be a Work in Progress
As the year comes to a close, I always feel this subtle pressure to arrive somewhere. To have answers. To be clearer. To be more put together than I...
The 5 Frames That Shaped My Year
The older I get, the more the calendar feels less like a clock and more like a score sheet. Little boxes holding big lessons. Five frames, five...
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.