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This whole conversation actually didn’t start with anything. I noticed in my coaching practice, but I wanted to share it, because it’s something we should all think about.  I started looking into the lives of professional athletes and their coaches—especially those whose parents were their first coaches. And what struck me was how differently these […]

What Are Your Standards, Really? I was picking up my daughter from dance recently and ran into one of my old dance teachers. She is 88 now, and I couldn’t even sprint over to her fast enough. I didn’t train under her all that long, but we had a very special bond. We were talking […]

My daughter came home from school recently and told me about a “mindset” poster her teacher has on the wall. It says: “A bad brain says I can’t. A good brain says I can’t… yet”.  I thought that was awesome. I love that she knew the word mindset when she was talking about it. And […]

We spend so much of our lives trying to control, fix, or outrun discomfort—believing that if we just push harder or plan better, things will finally fall into place. But what if the real shift begins not with resistance, but with acceptance? Not passive surrender, but a clear-eyed embrace of what is. In this reflection, […]

I read a book in college that has stayed with me ever since, and as I was preparing for work recently, it popped back up. It is called the Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck, who was a therapist in the 1960-1970s. He actually wrote that book in 1978, but it stands the test of […]

Most of us have heard Maya Angelo’s quote. When you know better, do better. At MYLF, you will hear us say over and over again that knowledge is POWER. It’s BECAUSE we DO have to KNOW better in order to DO better. Any time you work with a MYLF coach, we try to give you as […]

Change can be hard. I’m not telling you anything new. At some point, we’ve all been forced to deal with a sudden change we didn’t WANT OR ask for.  Life was going great, and then suddenly, things changed. In a split second, a chapter in your life, one you were REALLY ENJOYING, ended — and […]

I have mentioned this before, but every Tuesday, I drive my son to Austin after school for soccer training. Now, something that you should know about me is that I HATE being stuck in a car. Like, I really hate it. But these car rides have turned into one of my favorite parts of the […]

Many times, a well meaning phrase we have on repeat can do more harm than good. Once phrase I’ve really come to dislike is, “You did your best! You gave it your all!”  If you’re thinking I am a nut job right now, I promise you’ll see why I hate this phrase, and what we […]

This is a big one — MOTIVATION. There are tons of hacks, tricks, and fixes everywhere because it is hands down everyone’s north star. We follow motivation and base our actions on what we feel motivated or NOT motivated to do. Why?  Because motivation makes our decision EASY. We don’t have to THINK — we […]