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What an Olympic Champion Teaches Us about Persistence and Priorities family fitness inspiration parenting virtue

I was struck listening to what Bodie Miller had to say just after winning his first gold medal. Rather than talking about the thrill of victory , he was talking about how difficult it was to get up the focus, desire, and motivation to take the risks necessary for his event. He said it was very...

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Family Fitness During the Olympics exercise family family life fitness inspiration sports

Here's an idea from my family to yours. This is an excerpt from the book, Exercising Values. Give it a try. My kids are teenage and beyond but they still enjoy participating in this tradition we established when they were young.

When my oldest children were still very small we started a tradition...

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How to Instill Character, Good Habits and a Love of Fitness in Children character family family life fitness parenting sports values

This is a great sports day for us. Not Super Bowl Sunday but cheer for my kids Saturday. For some reason these days always seem to involve a lot of driving. First forty minutes to my daughter's basketball game then immediately after another forty minute rush to see my youngest son's gymnastics...

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Choose to Lose: A Plan to Look and Feel Great this Holiday Season children family family life holidays

I’m sitting at the Auckland Airport waiting for my flight to L.A. I have a fourteen hour lay over. When I return home our family will  officially begin our holiday season. First up, we celebrate All Saints Day which we do with costumes and candy much like the other holiday but with...

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Easy Does It: How to Raise Children to be Healthy and Fit character family family life fitness parenting

Don't we all appreciate the person who makes life easier, even if it's a relatively small matter.  No wonder a well-known company likes to associate themselves with an easy button. I recently had a clerk in a store make my day by getting me in and out with a last minute errand that I had to...

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