Thought Leaders
Many of you are committed to elevating your own existence. You are consistently or trying to consistently create a rhythm that leads to a rise to committing to a courageous life, to carving out a space and life for a New Normal Mindset. This is not a journey for the weak or one you can go alone. When you think about your circumstances or moments of trials, or your reckoning moments and see the...
We Earn What We Earn
There is a famous 30-second Nike commercial featuring the great WNBA player, Lisa Leslie, titled, “You don’t win silver, you lose the gold”. When I first saw this commercial I was like, “Yeah!” But, then after I won the silver medal in Sydney, Australia in the Long Jump at the Paralympic Games, I was a bit more reserved in my enthusiasm about the commercial. I realized that I put a...
Life’s False Starts Prove Great for New Beginnings!
Penn Relays 1987 – This is me with two legs!.Yes we won! I ran the lead off leg for the Arkansas Razorbacks 4x400m relay. I can say from experience that the race is one of the most grueling in track and field. The last 100m is the most painful of the race no matter what shape an athlete is in. Because I knew the pain was coming I used to literally cry before starting for the Hogs! For...Veterans, From PTSD to Post-Traumatic Growth
Many soldiers returning home experience PTSD — post-traumatic stress disorder. It may take months or even years to overcome the damage that trauma causes to the psyche, yet time and again, surprisingly, we see service members push through John Register, Gulf War Army Veteran and Paralympic Silver Medalist Living in Post Traumatic Growth. rough hardship and move on to a more productive...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama! Part 4 – Final
MEETING #4 – 7 minutes 30 seconds Alice and I were fortunate to ride from the Hillside community center event in the First Lady’s motorcade to the United States Olympic Committee’s Training Center. Now, we were NOT in the First Lady’s car, we rode with Senator Michael Bennet another honor in itself. I had not been in a fast moving motorcade since I represented the United...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama! Part 3
MEETING #3 – 2 minutes The First Lady was coming to Colorado to open up the Warrior Games an inter-service military sporting event hosted by Deloitte and the United States Olympic Committee for wounded ill and injured service members who serve in America’s Armed Forces. This year there was also an exhibition team from Great Britain. Prior to Mrs. Obama’s speech at the Olympic...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama Part 2
MEETING #2 – 30 seconds The next night was the State Dinner. I was so excited to attend. I really did not know what to expect. I just heard from all sorts of people that this was the hottest ticket in DC. I picked up Alice from the Airport and then back to the hotel where we got gussied up. Both April Holmes and the First Lady were right. Alice looked stunning in the dress she selected. I...
The Non-Marginalized Father
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth My Dad, Rev Donald B. Register, is one of those men who parallel a vocal, reasonable and silent leader. I am very fortunate to have grown up with a man who was part of the cloth but at all times a father to his children. He parented three boys to the...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama! Part 1
MEETING #1 – 6 minutes (FLOTUS) Speaks to youth on getting more active at American University. I’m far left next to Mrs. Benita Mosely First of all, if you do not want to read any further, I just want to say we have a beautiful, classy, warm-hearted and down-to-earth First Lady in Michelle Obama. To coin a phrase from one of my favorite sports commentator Stuart Scott, she’s just,...
