Wrestling Through Adversity

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Do you recall how you felt when, as a teenager, you were preparing for an important exam in your life, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and you sec...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity With the rise in the diagnosis of ADHD and the increase in prescriptions hitting record highs, scientists are wrestling with fundamental questions about th...

Part Two – Metamorphosis: Fertility Enhancement Coaching In Part One of this series on “Metamorphosis: Fertility Enhancement Coaching” in my blog-“Blooming Through Infertility: My Path to Hope,”  I s...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Reading Into Stuttering When I was attending an all-girl’s Catholic high school at 15, I sat next to a classmate who had a severe speech impediment, which w...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity As I look out through the back window of my home, I see a harbinger of spring—a bright red cardinal perched high up on a large evergreen branch. He is chir...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity With the change to daylight-savings time and with the start of the baseball season in March, we begin to make plans for summer camp for our children, espec...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Even well-meaning parents—those who care about their teens—feel frustrated, furious, and sometimes fearful about their futures. As their children grow up t...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity The Mental Game of Baseball The great Babe Ruth said: “You can’t hit the ball, if you don’t swing the bat.” His wisdom played out with the story of a pretee...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity A panicked dad The father of a 17-year-old son, Marty, who is a high school wrestler, called me in panic to say that his son’s performance on the mat and at...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Satiety is a perception The name, “Jack Sprat,” taken from a nursery rhyme was used for people of small stature in the 16th century. However, my tale has to...