Feeling Another Person’s Feelings

Feb 2, 2017 | Leadership, Respect

The blog this week is by guest Annette K. Lynch, former senior manager of coaching excellence and sport education with Special Olympics North America, and coach in junior high, high school, NCAA Division II and Division I plus Special Olympics. When asked to write...

Helping Your Children Change Their Attitudes

Jan 25, 2017 | Leadership

Wrestling with Feelings First: I love the movie “Inside Out”. I learned a lot about myself watching this Pixar movie for children. I thought it would be a good idea for my teenage daughter as she and I had a Mother-and-daughter date night. I thought I would be...

5 Ways to Teach Resilience

Jan 18, 2017 | Goals

What I Learned from Football My Dad loved to play football. I was about 7 years old when I really started to become pretty good at it because my dad and I played football every weekend. I remember when he threw the ball at me, it would hit me right in the chest. I...

Work-Life Balance: Kids Need It Too

Jan 10, 2017 | Goals

My daughters have always had a way of keeping me on my toes—especially in the fourth grade. Let me explain. My husband and I have always made it clear to all of our daughters that we have academic expectations for all of them, and their best effort was certainly one...

Sculpting Confidence in Children

Jan 4, 2017 | Leadership

Imagine if our kids walked boldly throughout their lives with assurance, knowing that everything they need to succeed is already within them! What an incredible future our society would have. The truth is that many of us adults walk around on a daily basis fighting...