L ike many professional procrastinators, I never put off what I needed to do by engaging in some trivial, mindless activity. No, I put off important work by getting engaged in something else equally important. Look
A staggering 80% of Americans complain about back pain, and it remains one of the most common causes for missing work. Even the words “back pain,” mean vastly different things to different people. For some, it
View original article here. Nicole Nason seems more mom-next-door than woman at the top of the nation's highway safety agency. But bubbly personalities can be misleading. The 36-year-old lawyer and former Republican Capitol Hill aide
View original article here. Child Passenger Safety Technicians train parents and caregivers to select, install and adjust car seats and booster seats and to determine when a child is the right size to move from
View full article here. Update: Nason stepped down from her position in September 2008. She was replaced by David Kelley, her former chief of staff. When Nicole Nason became administrator of the National Highway
I had always been interested in martial arts, and though I had little exposure to the Japanese arts, I found them fascinating. Since childhood, I was drawn to the inherent strength ingrained in the discipline visible
I can write a book about why I stayed. The short answer is I fell in love with everything about Japan: the people, the culture and without a doubt, the martial arts. The training and code
I wish I could bottle the feeling I get when I finish teaching. It’s partially endorphins; I do complete at least part of the workout when I teach. But I know there’s so much more.
T his past September I finally acquiesced to an amusement park trip to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. (She’s been asking for years.) I drove nearly 200 miles with two giggling tweens in the backseat. They had