What drives you crazy?
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #34 Maybe it’s the end of the first month of 2024. Last week’s full moon? World events? I’ve been feeling on edge. This week someone decided to speed through a very clearly marked stop sign in my neighborhood as I was walking to the park. I raised my hands, yelled something […]
The cost of losing trust
What a week in US politics. You may have heard of a deadline-meeting hint of hope on Saturday when the threat of a federal government shutdown was averted at the 11th hour, after a bipartisan House approved temporary funding to keep agencies open through mid-November. That move, spearheaded by now former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, […]
When people pleasing leads to burnout
I’ve often described myself as a recovering people pleaser – that person who wants to make sure others are getting what they need right away, saying yes to anything immediately and offering unsolicited items/ideas/ways for you to change that really do work much better, if you’d only just do what I suggest! Since I’m now in recovery, seriously, I have […]
Your brain loves it when you play
Every evening, our 3 year old grandson gets us to chase him to his favorite park on his bike. I call it a chase because we are running at full speed to keep up – and we wind up with a full hour of cardio exercise to engage in climbing, sliding, swinging, rolling down hills […]
Who’s got your back?
If you’re a college football fan, there’s no escaping news of the enormous success of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders at the University of Colorado Boulder. Following last season’s 1-11 record Coach Prime showed up in Boulder last year with his inimitable style, loads of experience and immediately made sweeping changes that naysayers predicted would likely fail. […]
Simone Biles’ choice to pause pays off
When Simone Biles chalked up a record 8th all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Sunday – after coming back to competitive gymnastics just 3 weeks ago – she reminded everyone why she is the greatest of all time. As she clinched the title with a flawless floor routine, resulting in a standing ovation […]
Extreme heat and its toll on mental health
Everywhere you turn, the headlines grab your attention. NASA Clocks July 2023 as hottest month on record ever since 1880 Heatwave: How hot is too hot for the human body? July 2023 is hottest month ever recorded on earth Whether you live in a hot climate or have traveled to one – you’ve most likely […]
Surviving a layoff brings its own challenges
2023 layoffs are setting a record in the tech industry, according to Tech Crunch. Tech layoffs conducted to date this year currently exceed the total number of tech layoffs in 2022. The running total for layoffs at this writing is nearly 225-thousand people since January. As all of these people are now scrambling to find work, today’s headline explores the […]
Now you can get a blood test for Alzheimer’s
I woke up to an email from Quest Diagnostics last week – announcing they’ve released the first consumer blood test to detect the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Scrolling through the email, I was informed that I could put the test in my ‘shopping cart’ and buy it for $399. My father was diagnosed with […]
Where do you draw the line?
Establishing boundaries anywhere in life requires an effort to develop that which is important to you, express it clearly and then enforce those parameters. This actually happened in Washington this past week when President Biden announced he’d received new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies leading AI technology development to meet a […]