Goldilocks Anxiety – How to Deal with it in Sports Families

Some parents worry about their kids all the time.  I’m one of those parents. I like to call my worrying Goldilocks anxiety. My routine worry is if I’m doing a good enough job to prepare my kids for their future.  For example, one day I may worry if I’m being too hard on my kids. […]

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Eliminating External Happiness and Sadness Triggers to Improve Health

At one time, professional and college football were happiness and sadness triggers for me.  Meaning that if my team won, I was happy all day and possibly the next day too.  If my team lost, I was sad all day and possibly all week.  This is a vicious cycle. The fact that something I had […]

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You Can’t Teach Discipline – Here’s What I Learned at West Point

Recently, I was discussing my time at West Point with a family member.  She asked if my experience there taught me discipline.  I took a moment to think about it, then I responded by saying you can’t teach discipline. I wasn’t trying to be witty or anything like that with my response. This is simply […]

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