Therapy, a Protective Mind, and What We Need to Grow

Your mind will actually do gymnastics to protect you. The problem is the protection it will do can get in the way of your growth.  We tell stories to keep

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Bored, Confused, Aimless? Build Constraints

5-7-5. Those are the rules. The writing has three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven, and the last line has five. the sun pours herself

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When We Don’t Get the Answer We Want

“Scrawny” is the word I would use. There I was shaking the hand of what would be my first college strength coach. I was on an official recruiting visit tour

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The Science is Beginning to Suggest Men and Women Regulate Temperature Differently

Like any training environment, the goal isn’t for all people to experience the same absolute stress. That wouldn’t make sense. To do that would mean to prescribe the same weight

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QUESTION: Why Does the Body Feel So Good After a Day in the Sun?

You know those days at the beach or in the sun, where you get significant sun exposure but you don’t burn? Somehow your body looks tighter, your muscles feel more

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