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My Interview on Bullying in the Sun-Sentinel

I was interviewed for the South Florida Parenting Magazine of the Sun-Sentinel. David Sherman, a youth mentor with Broward Schools, is familiar with bullying intervention. He went through some … [Read more...]

Walk Your Stress Away

Saw a great article on a great way to reduce stress and become social at the same time. Click here to read the article … [Read more...]

Attitude

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, … [Read more...]

Motivation

Motivation is what drives us to begin something that we need or want to accomplish. That could mean many things however. Motivation might drive us to take a class or learn to play an instrument. … [Read more...]

98 lb Weakling

In today's single parent, latch key kid society, developing a child's self esteem and self worth has never been a more difficult task for the parents or whoever is looking after the kids. It is … [Read more...]

Why Diets Don’t Work

All diets are, pardon the pun, a big fat lie. The diet industry is a $70 billion industry with a 95% failure rate, do the math! Despite the thousands of books written on the subject and the gyms … [Read more...]

Weight Loss: Why We Fail To Succeed

In my 15 years experience in owning and operating my own gym, the rolodex of reasons why people fail to achieve success seems to keep growing. It’s no wonder the fitness industry is a $65 billion … [Read more...]

When You Exercise Does Matter

Being a Personal Fitness Trainer for 15 years has taught me one thing about people. They genuinely don’t want to work out, so I will never turn anyone against exercising no matter what time of day. … [Read more...]

Connecting With Your Kids Through Sports and School

As I spoke about in last months’ column, kids connect best with you when you, the parent, are actually enjoying themselves as much as they are. I have two boys and through coaching all of their … [Read more...]

Connecting with Your Kids

Believe it or not, connecting with your kids is not as easy as it seems for some parents. I mean, really, it is your kids how hard can it be? Who knows your kids better than you do? There are the more … [Read more...]