Encore of Mental Training Starts in the Gym
Here’s an encore representation of one of my favorite ski racing posts. You can begin to develop your mental skills in the gym.
Read More26 Photos Show How Technology Has Changed Our Lives
This series of 26 photos vividly captures how technology has changed how we interact with others and our world. THEN: Girls catch sight of The Beatles, 1964 NOW: Girls catch sight of One Direction, 2013
Read MoreAre Parents Ruining Youth Sports?
A great article about the role of parents in youth sports these days. This article is an indictment on what I call ‘the professionalization of youth sports.’ It should compel every parent whose children play organized sports to pause, look in the mirror, and ask some tough questions about why their children play and how invested they […]
Read MoreStandardized Testing Gets a Laugh (from Louis C.K.)
Here’s a very funny take on standardized testing from the comedian Louis C.K. (first 2:30 mins.). As with most humor, there is more than a grain of truth to it.
Read MoreActivities for Raising Secure Children
In my two previous posts on the topic of raising secure children, I suggested that your words and actions have a powerful and direct impact on developing secure children. Security may be the most subtle message you communicate to your children. Though you can talk to them about what security means, the deep message of […]
Read MoreWe’re All Disabled
The Huffington Post, for whom I blog weekly, asked me to write a post for the TEDWeekends edition of its website focusing on the TED talk by the wheelchair -bound performance artist, Sue Austin, titled, Deep Sea Diving…In a Wheelchair. The only instructions I was give was to consider the following themes: “How society views […]
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