Parenting: Should Parents Raise Their Own Children?
This is, I realize, a rather heretical question to ask given the size of the “parent-industrial complex,” the fact that the word parent has morphed from being a noun (i.e., what someone is) into a verb (i.e., what someone does), and the recent proliferation of “I am a better parent than you” genre of books […]
Read MoreSki Racing: Next Season Starts…NOW!
Note: This article is an encore presentation of an article I wrote at the end of last season. The race season is finally over. After a long and demanding winter, you’re probably tired of skiing (regardless of whether the season was a triumph or a disappointment). It’s time to hang up your skis, pack away […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Do You Have ‘Complete Freedom’ in Your Life?
My series of posts on “life inertia” has been exploring the role that it plays in where your life has been, where it is now, and where it is heading. As you consider ways to change your life inertia, it’s helpful to have a vision of the direction you want your life to go. This […]
Read MoreSki Racing: Ski Racing Imagery: Your Most Powerful Mental Tool
If you do anything to work on the mental side of your ski racing during this off season, it better be mental imagery. Why, you ask. Because there is no more powerful mental tool than mental imagery and it can have a huge impact on your ski racing. I say this with such conviction because […]
Read MoreLatest News: Interviewed for article on “Parental Temper Tantrums”
Furthermore, says Marin parenting expert Jim Taylor, Ph. D., “yelling is threatening. It creates fear.” “Yelling and fear can induce temporary behavior change, but generally not long-lasting behavior change. When the fear isn’t present, when the threat – you – are not present, they have no inducement for engaging in whatever behavior you were yelling […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Blame Your Parents for Your Problems!
In my last post, I described the differences between needs, which ensure your psychological and emotional survival and growth, and NEEDS!, which arise from the neuroses, pathologies, and just plain whims of your parents and the environment and culture in which you are raised and have likely caused you considerable unhappiness and dysfunction in your […]
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