I’m doing a short meditation course that includes conversations between Dan Harris and the well-known psychologist Dr. Kelly McGonigal through the Ten Percent Happier app. The course is on Healthy Habits and each session is about 15 minutes and includes a 10 minute or so meditation. In the first session, McGonigal talks about the role READ MORE
Category: Fitness
Using the Things That Motivate Me
During my conversation with Todd Henry for the latest episode of the Better Me Podcast, we discussed his new book The Motivation Code. To get ready for the conversation, I completed The Motivation Code Assessment, which gave me some new insight into what motivates me. According to the assessment, the top five motivators in my READ MORE
The Benefits of Celebrating Wins
Last week my wife and I went golfing at a nearby course that has only 12 holes (the other six were paved over for some very large houses that I do occasionally find myself admiring before thinking “damn, those must cost a fortune to heat in the winter.” Never mind that part though, this is READ MORE
What Do I Need to Learn / Practice to Do That?
I’ve golfed more this summer than all other years combined, and the season isn’t over yet. I’ll be honest, while I’ve gotten better as the months have gone on, I’m still pretty bad at it. I’d like to cut at least 10 strokes off my game by the end of next season. We have a READ MORE
Walk, Run … Stop to Sniff
I haven’t been on my treadmill very much lately. Instead I’ve been taking my dog on two to three mile walk / runs. Of course, because she’s part beagle (best guess), it’s actually a walk / run / stop to sniff things (her, not me). I’ve often thought of our dogs as great teachers for me. READ MORE
Creating Your Motivation
In one of my journals I keep a running list of ideas for blog posts, podcasts, etc. I add an idea to the list every day. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes I look back on what I wrote and think “why on earth would I want to do anything with that?” Some days I sit down READ MORE
Think of it as Smart-Care, Not Self-Care
I’ve written about and talked about on the podcast about the importance of putting your oxygen mask on first. If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of others. Too often, however, we think of “self-care” as “selfish care”. I’ve known that for a long time, but people, especially women often put READ MORE
Experimenting Without Risk
Let me start with an apology. I’m using a golf story again. Sorry about that. This past weekend I purchased a new set of golf clubs. My previous ones were only a partial set and I got them more than 20 years ago. That was on Saturday, and on Sunday my wife and I went READ MORE
Shake It Off: Keeping your head clear after a hard moment
I’ve mentioned before that my daughter is into sports. She comes by that pretty naturally as both my wife and I are the same. Our daughter loves both watching and playing sports and she has her favourites – basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and golf. I know I’m biased, but she’s a really good pitcher in baseball. READ MORE
Stretch Beyond Comfort
One of the first things that I do every morning is stretch. Flexibility wanes as we get older, but is important to avoid injuries. I’ve never been particularly diligent about stretching before and after workouts, but I’m pretty close to consistent about those couple of minutes of stretching when I get first get up. The READ MORE
