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Meet Lin Bruce
Speaker & Cross-Country Cyclist Lin Bruce is a late blooming, against-the-odds cross country cyclist, whose first transcontinental ride was in honor of her 60th birthday in 1999. In the years since then, she has crossed the U.S. four times, bicycled 800 miles to attend her 50th high school reunion, and 600 to her 60th, among other adventures. She uses her bicycling story as a metaphor for saying “yes” to bigger things.
Wondering “Is it all downhill from here?” It’s time to say “yes” to your next big thing!
Break-out of your rut, embrace living fully! Identify new or forgotten horizons. Acquire shifts for achieving goals you didn't think possible. Find inspiration to face inner limitations, and practical steps to make challenges manageable. Enjoy a spirited story presented in a unique style.
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Lin’s presentation will show you how to:
▶ Stop assuming you “can’t”
▶ Realize your own dreams
▶ Expand your view of your personal potential
▶ Crack open your stereotypes about aging
▶ Live life fully
▶ Finally learn to ask for help
▶ Start believing more is possible, at any stage of life
▶ Improve relationships as you prioritize your own dreams
▶ Apply 5 shifts to keep putting your dream into action
▶ Expand your horizons, both literal and metaphorical
Lin Bruce is a walking testimonial to the power of staying active later in life, and an expert on overcoming her own perceived limitations. Having begun cross-country cycling in 1999 at age 60, she began speaking about those journeys at age 70. Every time she gets stuck thinking “I can’t do that,” she has learned to go back to the 5 shifts that helped her get from one side of the country to the other by bicycle, and apply them to current challenge.
Retired massage therapist, mother of four children, grandmother to eight, great-grandmother to two, and wife of retired librarian turned yoga teacher, Lin speaks far and wide, entertaining audiences with stories of her bicycle adventures—gently reminding them that they, too, can say “yes” to bigger things. When she went from biking across town to biking across the country, Lin transformed her inner and outer sense of possibility, forever shifting the scope of her dreams.