
Don’t cover them up.
Don’t pretend they don’t exist.
Really, really don’t blame someone else.

My daughter Siena and I spent much of the summer at my mother’s lake house in Ohio. It was the longest I had lived in my mother’s house since I was in college. And to make it even weirder, Ohio was not my home. (My parents are the only people I know who sold their beach house in Florida to retire in Ohio.) So I felt a bit like a fish out of water in the first place.
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Let’s get our kids moving their bodies NOW!
Three cheers for the study and article in USA Today by Amanda Gardner, HealthDay, "Experts: Recess improves student behavior." It's about time! I remember when my very bright, energized, and engaged son stood up after sitting at a desk for several hours and got scolded. I told his teacher, 'These kids need to move once in a while to keep their brains active." She disagreed. I am sure happy to see experts now waking up to how important it is to give our kids time to move throughout the day.
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I get this question a lot. Though coaching is becoming a bit more mainstream in this country, there are a billion different species of life coach. I hope to break it down for you a bit here, based on my own perspective and experience as both a coach and coaching client.
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