Archive for the ‘parenting’ Category
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Kai Sonnon takes on his much more seasoned (but still good looking) father in a round of fisticuffs... because the Son got scolded but Dad was wrong, so now... is payback time.
I try to not teach my kids martial arts believe it or not. We only play. We've been playing ...
Posted in boxing, education, Familial, parenting, kickboxing, martial art, kids, pediatric, learning, children | 13 Comments »
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
My mother helped me seek out many alternative educational approaches as a child. But due to my rampant forms of dyslexia, I found great difficulty in comprehending language, understanding concepts and internalizing ideas. So often did I have that glazed over look in the classroom that my teachers nicknamed me ...
Posted in Sambo, parenting, culture, courage, challenges, language, dyslexia, education, inspiration, kids, children, pediatric, learning, martial art, empowerment, success | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
As my children continue to sprout, I find myself focused on sharing with them the essential skills which I believe a self-sufficient adult should master. These are low-tech, perennial disciplines which I intend to offer my family. And as a obese, under-privileged, mentally and physically challenged child, I dreamed of ...
Posted in Familial, Physical, leadership, education, parenting, cooking, hunting, gardening, boating, public speaking, awareness, kids, children, energy, yoga, pediatric, learning, martial art, green environment, healing, exercise | 7 Comments »
Monday, September 8th, 2008
As a coach for decades, I have over-heard trainers advising people, "don't worry, it'll get easier." I believe that this lie ultimately does not serve you, which is why some of my students misunderstand my coaching as "tough love."
I've found being a parent to be the most difficult and most ...
Posted in Mental, parenting, patience, Familial, pediatric, children, kids, yoga | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Guilt is learned. We are not burdened broken or ill by nature. Guilt is a legacy, hazed unknowingly by our predecessors generation after generation.
Early in life, most people are their most impressionable. The reason is that the amygdala, and its emotional imprinting develops prior to the 'higher' functions of ...
Posted in wellness, change, love, compassion, freedom, Familial, rage, parenting, Mental, grace and poise, inspiration, anxiety, breathing, stress relief, fear, empowerment, flow, relationships, panic, emotions | 4 Comments »
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
As a child, branded dyslexic and hyperkinetic (attention deficit disorder was only 1st termed in 1980), I faced incredible negative stigma as to my potential. It seemed just from the "diagnosis" everyone just gave up on me, as if I was no longer capable of aspiring to the heights of ...
Posted in Familial, parenting, motivation, inspiration, pediatric, flow, children | 3 Comments »
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
In an interview for American Mensa The High IQ Society Magazine, I was asked how I managed to create this life-empowering system of personal transformation.
The violent years of my childhood has allowed me to help others who feel trapped, persecuted and deprecated. I haven’t shared this story publicly before because ...
Posted in theatre, motivation, freedom, writing, Physical, Vocational, parenting, Mental, Spiritual, education, public speaking, back pain, pain-free, learning, children, fear, empowerment, inspiration, martial art, honesty, success | 8 Comments »
