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Unleashing Potential Empowering Children Through Physical Exercise and Resilience In a world where safety concerns often lead parents to instinctively shield their children from physical risks, it’s crucial to examine the unintended consequences of overprotectiveness. The book “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt sheds light on the detrimental effects […]

We get our coffee from Brown Bag coffee, who use Fluid Bed roasting. Traditional roasters use a drum roaster. This is a giant, double drum that is heated externally to the internal drum itself. Inside the internal drum are paddles which agitate the coffee during roasting.   Fluid Bed roasting has only a single moving part –

There is no such thing as bad children. A child may be disrespectful, whining, impulsive, aggressive, inquisitive, non-cooperative. But none of these actions defines the word bad. Bad means failing to reach an acceptable standard. The thing is, we are not raising kids, but future adults. So, they do not technically know what the standard

Let kids run, jump, climb, swing and be social. Kids are social and curious creatures by nature. They are also designed to run, jump, climb, and swing on things! Remember the things you did when you were at camp? Did you shoot a bow and arrow? Do arts and crafts? Learn to navigate a river?

Judgment of others is poorly used energy.  Are you a judge? Is this an Olympic sport? Are you a figure skating judge giving a score on his triple sow cow? Nope. If you are judging others, you are projecting your own insecurities and trying to make others feel bad about something you wish you had. 

We spoke about your alter ego. Let’s call him Dave or Sheila.  When you look at yourself in the mirror, or at yourself when in your birthday suit, what are your thoughts? Do you speak highly of yourself? Or point out what’s wrong? When you are about to start something new, do you talk yourself

Kids point fingers and blame others. Adults take responsibility—they own their mistakes, learn from them, and move forward. Blaming others is a quick way to trap yourself in an emotional rut. True growth comes from the discomfort of owning your actions. It builds resilience and emotional strength. Instead of looking for the easy way out

Self-doubt often stems from a fear of failure. It can arise from a lack of confidence, past experiences, or the belief that we are incapable of achieving our goals. When we convince ourselves that success is out of reach, we may not even attempt to try. But here’s the truth: our mindset plays a crucial

Feeling anger is natural. What makes it toxic is when you don’t take the time to break it down and understand its root cause. Losing your cool is like driving a car without your hands on the wheel in thick fog. What do you think is going to happen? To regain control, you need to