No Child Left Behind: Let’s Get Physical
A lot of political capital and many educational dollars have been invested in keeping our childrens’ minds up to speed. The solution may be fitter bodies. Aerobic fitness is good for the body and the...
View ArticleBrain Injury and Mental Health, A Time to Heal
What a national conversation we’re having, around an issue very close to home: illness of the mental variety. We’re afraid of it, because we can’t see it, can’t touch it, can’t manipulate it to see...
View ArticleHow Exercise Makes us Smarter and Think Better
If I told you there was a new brain-enhancing drug and it’s free and available to everyone, would you take it? Actually, this drug has been around forever, we just didn’t know our brains were...
View ArticleOur Secret Weapon Against Stress: Rebooting the Brain
I am angry. Feeling hurt, let down, used, abused, dismissed. I am panicked. Do it now! I don’t care if you’re ready. I am embarrassed. Everyone is looking at me. What if I mess up again? Everywhere...
View ArticleHow to solve the mental health crisis in young people, according to young people
If active sports are good for kids, why are so many of them dropping out, being selected out or sitting the bench because injury is keeping them out? That’s the issue I set out to address in my book,...
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