Kara Thom

Jul 1, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Kara Thom |Jessie Sholl

See the 5 Strategies to Stop OverfunctioningSay your kid comes home complaining of a bully on the bus. You don’t want them to suffer, so you start driving them to and from school — even though it requires you to arrive late to your office, leave early, and work into the evening at home. Or perhaps you take over for your partner who’s in the middle of cooking dinner. Even though it’s their turn, it will simply be easier if you do it.

Jun 27, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Kara Thom |Laurel Kallenbach

Soccer and other field sports feature a lot of accelerating, decelerating, and quick changes of direction, says former collegiate soccer player Erica Suter, MS, a youth female athlete speed and strength coach. As the link between the upper body and lower body, the hips play a crucial role in transferring power efficiently for these high-speed movements. The ankles are key, too, because they help transfer the force from the hips to the feet.

Oct 24, 2023 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Elizabeth Millard |Kara Thom |Jessie Sholl

When Julien Mirivel arrived in the United States in 1994, he was a 15-year-old exchange student from France who didn’t speak English. People in his Iowa host town were welcoming and friendly, but he felt isolated by his inability to communicate using anything other than simple gestures. “Even basic conversations came with a feeling of doubt,” he recalls. Mirivel learned a lot during those early years in Iowa, and he’s now the author of several books on positive communication.