by Jim Struck | Jul 18, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
I lead with a quote from a piece that my friend and colleague, Richard Smith, wrote RENEWAL. . . OR IS IT. . .REPAIR? “ ‘IT’ has many names: hurry sickness, stress, burnout, depletion, self-violence. No matter what ‘IT’ is called we know it is so pervasive that in...
by Jim Struck | Jun 28, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
On more than one occasion I have written about my father on Father’s Day. For some strange reason, this year I am thinking that it would be interesting to write about my children and what they have taught me about parenting. I was 27 when my first wife and I talked...
by Jim Struck | May 15, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
In June, 2015 I wrote a piece on “embracing the chaos” in our lives. I thought, given the past year, it might be interesting/helpful to revisit the topic. A few years back I was mentoring a young man from our church. He was a senior in college and full of questions...
by Jim Struck | Apr 13, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
The Coach is In… The Value of Doubt For some reason, or no reason, I began thinking about the word ‘doubt.’ It was in connection to what I was reading about someone who always needed to be ‘right.’ I have written about ‘the need to be right’ and its affect on...
by Jim Struck | Feb 15, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
The Coach is In… The Heroes of Our Youth Hank Aaron passed away January 22, 2021. He was one of my heroes from my youth. I listened to his memorial service today. Over and over people spoke of his grace and the dignity with which he played the game and treated others...
by Jim Struck | Dec 20, 2020 | The Coach Is In Blog
The Coach is In… Resilience “Resilience is “the core strength you use to lift the load of life.” — Amit Sood, MD “Adversity has the remarkable ability of introducing the real you to yourself.” – M.B. Dallocchio, The Desert Warrior Let me begin by offering a...
