Martial arts is a wonderful activity for fun, fitness and competition, for all ages. Dr. Karla Steingraber, Psy.D. and an IMGCA Certified Mental Game Coach, sits down with John Fonseca, founder of Fonseca Martial Arts and Sensei Jaime Gamboa to talk about how to support youth growth in the martial arts and to encourage students,…
Like many of you, the pandemic began, schedules became fluid, time was freed up, and this allowed for putting time into personal wellness. I took some online classes and put more time into my trainings and running. Because now I could. But as this pandemic has drawn on, enthusiasm for training at home has waned.…
When we think about investing and investing in the future, stock options, IRAs, 401Ks and diversification strategies come to mind. But expert advice on how to build a bright future might look a little different. “By far the best investment you can make is in yourself,” said Warren Buffett in his 2019 interview with Yahoo…
Remember when lockdown happened and everything, including your gym, closed? Determined not to have a fitness set-back, you went to Walmart or Dicks and tried to buy weights or a bike and basically absolutely every piece of fitness equipment was sold out. Remember how you then went on e-bay and all the prices were through…
When you exercise, do you typically avoid the free weights and head straight for the treadmill, elliptical or stair climber? Are you worried that you would expose that you’re a novice and don’t know what you’re doing? In my practice, working with both adults and children who are looking to enhance their moods or get…
“Don’t stop, don’t cheat yourself,” Jess Movold encourages her 75K Instagram Live audience as she leads them in jump squats, lunges, dead bugs and more. She is a force. Jess Movold, once a reluctant runner who avoided invitations from her father while her sister trotted along, eventually caught the speed training bug in junior high.…
Illinois has entered a new phase and gyms have re-opened. While some can’t wait to have a reason to get out of the house, you may be hesitant to rush back to the sweat mill. With everyone breathing heavily and not quite always wiping equipment down, how clean are gyms anyway? And with the economy…
You’ve heard of the hotly debated Intelligence Quotient (IQ). And perhaps you have even heard of the more recently developed concept of the Emotional Quotient (EQ), and how aspects of each, IQ and EQ, can essentially be used to predict various definitions of success in life. The former assesses whether you have a mixture of…
This present climate of sheltering-in-place has brought up a variety of concerns, expectations, emotions, and self-reflection. Being a clinical psychologist, mother, and part of various interest groups, I have had the opportunity to hear the gamut of experiences. Some were excited for the “time off” from school and work. Some were happy to…
Given the many images and messages we receive, whether through advertising or social media, about the “perfect” life, it can be a challenge to feel confident about what we have, who we are, what we look like and what we are doing. This is even more difficult for children, whose self-image is ever-evolving and whose…