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    <dc:creator>christine.anatone@jaggym.com</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:25:17 GMT</pubDate>
   

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      <title><![CDATA[Obedient Kids=Great Parents?]]></title>
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	In a recent article called &ldquo;When did obedience become the epitome of good parenting?&rdquo; author Annalisa Barbieri asks this interesting question.

	And it really is an excellent question. Why is it that the parent who has a compliant child considered a &ldquo;good&rdquo; parent, but the parent who has a child who questions authority, challenges rule or expresses herself freely considered a &ldquo;bad&rdquo; parent?

	Think about it, a first blush one might think that the docile child is the product of good parenting. Yet, if the goal of parenting is to raise an adult who ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tone and Frequency: Not Just for Musicians]]></title>
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	&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.&rdquo; -Maya Angleou

	I think that for many of us Maya Angleou&rsquo;s quote rings true. I know that for me it certainly does.

	For example, I don&rsquo;t remember exactly what my fifth grade teacher said to me that made me feel like I was worthless, but I clearly remember her making me believe that I would never amount to anything. On the flip side, I can scarcely recall ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Emotional Flexibility]]></title>
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	As a gymnastics professional, I know that developing an athlete&rsquo;s flexibility is essential in the development of a successful gymnast. Without flexibility, not only a gymnast is unable to execute certain skills, she also is considerably more likely to become injured. As a result, having a supple body is an important key to an athlete&rsquo;s success and health.

	But in addition to physical flexibility another type of flexibility is also important: emotional flexibility.

	Tenacity and determination are hallmarks of many top athletes. That unrelenting resolve to be the best, to push beyond everyone&rsquo;s expectation ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Myths and Truths of Progress]]></title>
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	&ldquo;My child wants to quit because she is not making any progress.&rdquo; These words begin so many of the meetings that I have with parents who are conflicted about having their child continue in gymnastics. Quite often, the parent will say that the child likes gymnastics, is happy when she is at practice and is constantly flipping around at home, but that quitting is being discussed because nobody (because let&rsquo;s face it, it is often the parents as well) sees &ldquo;progress.&rdquo;

	Occasionally, the parents and the kids are absolutely correct: little to no progress ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iceland, the Happiest Place on Earth]]></title>
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	According to the World Database of Happiness (yes, there is a world data base of such things), Iceland is the happiest place on earth. ICE-land? A place that is cold and dark for one half of the year? A place where more of the land is covered in glaciers than anywhere in Europe? A place that regularly experiences both volcanoes and earthquakes? A place where the largest industry is fishing?

	Curious about the reason why Iceland ranks highest in happiness, Eric Weiner, the author of The Geography of Bliss, went to Iceland to learn first hand. After many interviews, Weiner ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dream Dashers and Rules for Life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I was recently doing an interview and was asked what should a parent do when a child wants to train for the Olympics?  After clarifying the question, that it was really the child who had the goal and that the parents were not philosophically opposed to the goal, I said, let the child go for it.

I then quickly qualified the answer with the following caveats: 1) as the parent you must stick to whatever parameters and rules that are core to your parenting, such as attending school, religious commitments, the needs of the family etc.; 2) as the parent you must ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let Them Run]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[American children are getting fatter and fatter.  Current statistics tell us that over one-third of American kids are overweight or obese.  And the numbers continue to climb each year.
Recent articles in Time magazine highlighted why both school age and preschool aged children are getting heavier—a lack of exercise.
As standardized test scores in the US continue to decline, some administrators and parents believe that cutting physical education in favor of increased classroom instructional time is a solution to boost academic performance.  In fact, a recent article in the Huffington Post described a Texas school district that cut all ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ten Words to Eliminate from A Gymnast’s (or Anyone’s) Vocabulary]]></title>
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	When I am in charge of the world (I still can&rsquo;t believe that hasn&rsquo;t happened&hellip;wonder what the hold up is&hellip;?), I will eliminate the follow words from my gymnasts&rsquo; vocabulary. In the meantime, I share it with all of you so that you may get a head start on eradicating these words and the concepts behind them from your lives.

	
		Can&rsquo;t&mdash;Can&rsquo;t means won&rsquo;t. There are very few things one &ldquo;can&rsquo;t&rdquo; do. Sure you &ldquo;can&rsquo;t&rdquo; not breath ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lessons From a Headache]]></title>
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	My head hurts.


	Yes, I am suffering from the common malady: a headache.


	I know exactly what I can do to help it go away. Take two Excedrin, drink a bunch of water, have a snack (I haven&rsquo;t eaten in six hours) and sniff peppermint oil (trust me, it works) and within a half an hour I will feel considerably better. Yet for the past two hours or so (since the headache started) I have done none of those things.


	Instead, I have just felt sorry for myself. I also complained to my husband and one of my ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Turtle Steps]]></title>
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	Martha Beck in her fabulous book Finding Your Own North Star talks about the enormous challenge of trying to complete her PhD thesis.&nbsp; &nbsp;Initially tasking herself writing some 12 hours a day, day after day passed and she hadn&rsquo;t written a word.

	Stressed but still unable to motivate herself to begin, she knew that she needed to negotiate with herself for a reduced workload or she would never get the thesis written.&nbsp; So, she asked herself what would work using her physical reaction to the proposed time as her guide.&nbsp; Six hours?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:17 GMT</pubDate>
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