International Society of Christian Coaches

10/22/2021

This is Kolton. Today at school he was allowed to dress like an athlete. May of his friends were excited to wear a jersey of their favorite football, basketball, baseball, hockey player. But not Kolton. It’s his self-appointed job to tell the world skateboarding is a sport.

08/19/2015

08/19/2015

A new series of experiments and studies shows, for the first time, that the feeling of gratitude is linked to lower rates of aggression.

08/19/2015

The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude.

08/19/2015

You ought to say thanks. At LEAST once a year. Gratitude is a sign of good character and social courtesy. We've known that for thousands of years, right? But modern psychology, especially recent work

08/19/2015

Peter L. Benson, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Search Institute, is one of the world's leading authorities on positive human development. Dr. Benson...

08/19/2015

Most adults understand that making mistakes is part of life. Yet we pressure our kids to get it right! If they make errors or experience setbacks, parents envision a successful future slipping from grasp. Actually, the opposite is true. Making and learning from mistakes improves young people’s posit…

08/19/2015

There’s a good deal of hype about the value of children’s sports. If families understand the benefits and pitfalls, children are more likely to be winners for life.

08/19/2015

Many schools are becoming adverse to harsh discipline measures, but that leaves teachers to wonder how best to address student behavioral issues.

08/19/2015

It is a little-known secret that caregivers, volunteers & activists benefit as much, if not more, than the people they are helping.

08/19/2015

A pediatric occupational therapist says schools keep kids in their chairs far too long.

08/19/2015

In the late 1960s, Walter Mischel tempted children with marshmallows: have one now, he offered, or wait to get two. The study is one of the select few that has entered popular consciousness, a success helped by Youtube clips that show children squirming as they try to maintain their resolve to wait.…