Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.
You don't have to look very hard to find out why swimming is not a popular spectator sport. Go to a local club meet and scan the crowd. You will see bored parents, mostly, reading their phones. Oh...
I was raised in the hey-day of the self-esteem movement. Or at least it seemed like it. When I was young, I...
dark ages, mental health, leadership Last week, Rutgers coach Petra Martin resigned (not willingly, it seems) after swimmers came forward to say what they had...
I'm on vacation this week. I am still following what is going on. But seeing as how I am spending most of...
In 2011, there was a brief moment of detente between this writer and USA Swimming’s “efforts” to ensure a “Safe Sport”. Then...
If you’re a coach (or a manager, the coaches of the business world) let me ask you if the following scenario sounds...
On the left, the beginning of my journey. On the right, where I am now. As I write this blog, I feel...
This is a part of a series on Positive Masculinity. For the other parts click on the following links Part 1 Part...
I’ve been on a hot streak of podcasting recently. It’s been over a year since I changed the podcast format and committed...
I’ve often joked that at some point in my career I’m going to host a men’s seminar. In this joke scenario, I...
On the left, the beginning of my journey. On the right, where I am now. As I write this blog, I feel...
I’ve written extensively in this space about the ways in which empathy gets twisted and misused. That misuse often leads people to...
