Posted: February 26, 2024
“The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.” ― Gabor Maté I’m back I realize that I have disappeared from the Blog-iverse for a long time. The name of my practice is “Aim For Change,” with the tagline, “Be a Resilient Athlete.” Yes, I can write blog posts with tips based on the […]
Posted: October 4, 2021
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw In athletics, (as in life) one thing is predictable. Athletes peak performance is at a certain age, (depending upon the sport), and then performance starts to decline. There’s a particular period we can refer to […]
Posted: August 12, 2020
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill About 5 years ago, my late wife had the bright idea to sign us up for a four hour swim workshop at an annual pre-season triathlon fair. I said no way in hell. She said, I just paid and registered us. The instructor was four-time Olympic athlete Sheila Taormina. […]
Posted: June 22, 2020
“He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without […]
Posted: May 7, 2020
“A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.” Unknown I know this blog is about resilience in sports. I wonder though if everything I’ve learned about resilience was from my mom, and from being a mom myself….and more recently becoming a single mom and widow. I first wrote this piece about 10 years […]
Posted: April 13, 2020
“(S)he knows not where (s)he’s going, For the ocean will decide, It’s not the destination, It’s the glory of the ride.” (Edward Monkton, Zen Dog) Before I tell you about my secret weapon for staying sane (sane being relative), I want to help put into perspective what it is that we may be feeling right now, […]