I am up early and only have a short window before heading out the door to meet my carpool. Over the last few months, I have tweaked my morning routine to get in: Breathing Exercises It is an awesome way to start the day by stimulating the respiratory system, Read more…
Making change in our lives can be gritty and difficult, but at the same time it can be inspiring, energizing and a powerful facilitator to momentum. Society has consistently told us that achieving a goal is the only measure of success. For me, my experience has been that often the Read more…
When Our Ten Year Old Daughter Asked To Play Tackle Football: My Answer Was NO. But when the same Daughter Asked at Twelve: My Answer Was Yes. I originally wrote the first part of this post in 2018 (it sat in draft). After two years my thought process had changed, Read more…
In my life, I have pulled on a jersey hundreds of times, but I can’t remember a time that was more impactful than on April 12, 2018. It was about a week from the day of the Humboldt Broncos bus accident, where sixteen team members (players, coaches, and volunteers) were Read more…
Over the course of my life, the science, research and overall conversation around the risks related to sport and head trauma, have progressed exponentially. Much like technology has progressed from beta/VHS to Netflix, and rotary telephones to smart phones, the science focusing on our brains and the potential outcomes of Read more…
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In a recent session we did with parents of youth athletes we asked for a show of hands to the question: Do you find going to your child’s activities fun? The majority of the room raised their hands, but there were others that did not. It begs the question, why? Read more…
During my adolescent years, a friend and I would constantly give each other a hard time about “awkward times.” These were those situations where anxiousness would build, there was uncertainty in how to behave and when you look back at your actions it makes you cringe. Like all of us Read more…