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When my son, Wesley, scores goals in hockey, that’s cool, I’m proud of him for that. But when he backchecks, that’s when I’m really proud of him. Back-checking is when an offensive player hustles back on defense to prevent a breakaway or odd man rush. It doesn’t show up on the scoresheet. It doesn’t count…

Michael Phelps gets all the fame, but… Michael Phelps gets a lot of fame and glory for winning 8 gold medals in 2008, and deservedly so. However, without lesser known swimmer, Jason Lezak, this accomplishment isn’t possible.  In the 2008 Beijing 4x100m freestyle relay, Michael Phelps led off. He did NOT put the US in the lead. In…

Work meetings at the disc golf course are the way to go! If you’re looking for an incredible therapist, please feel free to consider my good friend and colleague, Howard Irwin. As a pastor, social worker, father and grandfather, Howard understands life’s struggles… – How to balance work and life – How to find meaning…

The biggest problem with Covid we never talk about… television and screen time. Covid meant staying in. Staying in meant greater consumption of media, more specifically, increased screen time and television.  Media is designed to be extreme, fear-based, and polarizing (it holds out attention better this way), and time spent on a platform is the number one metric…

When people think of “rest” we usually lump it all into one giant category of “time off.” The reality is, though, that almost all of us have come back from a vacation feeling more tired than when we left. The expression we often hear is needing a “vacation from vacation.”  And the truth is, the feeling…

There are many applications of the 20/60/20 Rule. Sometimes it refers to how one feels day to day about their performance (good, decent, or bad), but for me, I like to use it more deliberately. In training, I believe it helps to train… 20% of the time with someone who is better than you 60% of…

After over a decade of supporting clients in recovery, from both addiction and mental health challenges, Cindy West has seen firsthand the strength it takes to ask for help. A committed and compassionate listener, as a Mental Fitness Life Coach, she now empowers others to reclaim their strength and purpose after divorce, trauma, retirement, or…

A “phantom deadline” is an artificial deadline created by a supervisor meant to motivate employees to get stuff done in a hurry. Sometimes this strategy can work in the short term, but it comes at a great cost. The challenge is that it’s lie, and by lying to your team, and it breaks trust in…

As much as we all hate Tom Brady in Pittsburgh, we actually owe him a huge debt of gratitude for helping restore Sidney Crosby’s career… True story! In 2011, Sindey Crosby had missed nearly two full seasons of NHL hockey and was considering retirement. It was here where Tom Brady recommended his personal physical therapist,…

I don’t believe in procrastination. Rather, I believe there are 4 factors that one must implement and/or overcome to get things done. They are… 1. Have a clear Path to achieve the goal 2. Have a clear Pain if the goal is not acted upon 3. Have a clear Pleasure in the action of the…