Sunday is Mother’s Day and according to the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend an average of $180 on mom this year for a national total of 23.1 billion. Hallmark says 133 million Mother’s Day cards will be exchanged this year and the U.S. National Restaurant Association reports that Sunday will be this year’s most […]
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What Can You Remove From Your To-Do List?
I make lists, mostly for short-term daily goals, but also for long term goals. For most of us, lifetime goals are organized into a “bucket list,” while annual goals mapped out on January 1st and updated quarterly are typically labeled “resolutions.” My daily to-do list includes key tasks, phone calls, emails and exercise. I try […]
Groundhog Day
Today is February 2nd and it’s Groundhog Day – the day when we cheerfully note the fact that a burrowing rodent in Pennsylvania is generally more accurate than weather forecasters who have hundreds of millions of dollars worth of technology at their fingertips. The good news this morning is that Punxsutawney Phil, surrounded by a […]
It Shouldn’t Be So Hard To Be a Social Worker On Long Island
Right now one in ten of Long Islanders, or about 150,000 of our neighbors are hard at work at our region’s nonprofit organizations – hospitals, clinics, community-based agencies and faith-based groups. They’re comforting a young family that’s been blindsided by a cancer diagnosis or strategizing with a widowed grandmother trying desperately to stay in her […]
Why You Should Run/Walk Without Music
I get a strange look almost every time I mention to someone that I generally run without music. “Isn’t it boring?” “Don’t you need the distraction?” Nope. I’ll occasionally run with music or while listening to a podcast or a book (the last one I listened to was Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if […]
Swimming, Biking and Running in 2018
If you follow me on social media, you know that I track my swimming, cycling and running workouts religiously using a Garmin Forerunner 935 Running GPS Unit (Black) watch, which links not only to Garmin Connect, but to the Training Peaks app. There’s more data there than the average person needs, but technology has made tracking […]
Why Wait Until January 1st?
Many people make New Year’s resolutions – things they’ll start, or stop, doing on January 1st. They’ll diet, exercise more, stop smoking, cut down on their drinking or take charge of their finances. Those are all great goals, so why wait? Why not start right now? You’ll get a running head start and a few […]
Spanking Hurts Kids In More Ways Than We Originally Thought
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) just updated its policy statement on corporal punishment, confirming what most already knew: that spanking increases aggression in young children in the long run and does nothing to promote responsibility and self-control. In fact, new evidence suggests that hitting kids and verbal punishments that include shaming and humiliation may affect […]