Category Archives for Success/Motivation
How to Use Your Head to Get Ahead
The game was close with each team trading off the lead. With the clock ticking down, we were losing by two points. I got the ball, glanced at the clock. Four seconds. I gave my defender a head fake, he
Continue readingStraight Roads Are Boring
I’ve never met a client who has said, “I hope there a lot of twists and turns, unexpected things, and major setbacks in our work together.” Everyone wants a straight road. Full speed
Continue readingSomething’s Broken
A lot of people, and from time to time myself included, think that “if I had more money in the bank, I would feel better…happier, more content“. If you’re net worth twice was much
Continue readingAging and the Edges
I still have “use or lose it” on my mind… I’m 61 years of age now. How did that happen? I received an email from a former student, Darin, who is now CEO of a hospital in Idaho. A hollow gasp
Continue readingWhy You Sometimes Hurt When You Haven’t Done Anything to Hurt
A reader emailed me recently inquiring about “Tension Myositis” – a syndrome proposed by John Sarno, MD as a cause of lower back pain and other musculoskeletal pains. The theory proposed
Continue readingThe Key to Staying Healthy That Takes No Physical Effort
I was talking with my wife Ellen the other night about her day. She’s a Realtor and has certain phrases that are unique to her industry. She was describing a client’s condo that was up for
Continue readingThere But For The Grace Of God Go I
When you think you have it bad, usually someone else has it worse. I learned that while working in a trauma center. I saw some devastating injuries that many people, somehow, pulled through. One young
Continue readingThis Type of Fighting Holds You Back
Have you ever had days where you feel like your body is working against you? Despite your best efforts at overcoming the aching, pain, or stiffness, these things just keep showing up like an unwanted solicitor
Continue readingWhy You Can’t Get Healthy & Fit
“The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.”—Henry Van Dyke What’s the number one reason people fail to improve their overall health and fitness? They give up. They
Continue readingLittle Stuff Matters
It’s just the little stuff that matters. You gain another few degrees of motion, or lose a pound of fat, or skip the latte this week. It’s those small, sometimes imperceptible, improvements
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