In the latest Building Confidence in Young Athletes podcast, Konstantin Sonkin, a neuroscientist and CEO at i-BrainTech, describes how giving real-time feedback to sports kids while they’re visualizing a game or practice can boost their confidence and performance.
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Sonkin developed a sports-specific training game platform that provides insights into characteristics like focus and motor control.
“When you really …
It’s a myth that participating in youth sports will build character in young athletes, say Brian Smith and Ed Uszynski, authors of “Away Game: A Christian Parent’s Guide to Navigating Youth Sports.”
Listen to the Building Confidence in Young Athletes podcast interview here:
The problem: There are too many variables in youth sports to conclude that participating will build character.
I just launched a new podcast, Clean Energy Today. I’ll be interviewing innovators, businesses, policymakers and consumers shaping the clean energy transition, focusing on cutting-edge projects.
You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts.
Listen to the preview: Preview of People and Projects.
Here’s the first episode, based on interviews I conducted at the Oregon Solar & Storage Industries Association conference in …
Elisa Wood and I were doing blogs and podcasts about energy and never imagined where this work would lead. Read on to learn more…
Superstorm Sandy was an event Elisa Wood would never forget. The huge, destructive hurricane in 2012 left millions on the East Coast without power – but not everyone. “There were massive power outages everywhere, except for …
I just launched a new blog, Clean Energy Conversations (aka Nerding Out About Clean Energy), which shares clean energy enthusiasts’ stories about adopting solar, wind, energy storage, electric vehicles, hydrogen and other forms of clean energy. The goal is to help others learn from the stories and make decisions about deploying renewable energy and electric vehicles.
The first blog was …
On April 4, Michael and I released Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark!” and in April and May will donate 100% of book sales to the Ukrainian Foundation, which provides food, medical care and emergency support services to the displaced families and military in Ukraine.
Please support Ukraine by buying our new book or ebook on Amazon by clicking …
When climate-change caused disaster strikes–knocking out power–clean, distributed energy can create electric sanctuaries that are sometimes life-saving.
Solar, energy storage, wind and other renewable resources can power hospitals, keep medical devices charged, ensure food stays cool and provide for air conditioning or heat.
As a co-founder and editor of the news site Microgrid Knowledge, I’ve been covering the ways that …
By Lisa Cohn
This summer, tens of thousands of Oregon residents had their power shut off when high winds and hot temperatures threatened to ignite fires from electrical equipment such as utility poles. This was by far the largest series of “public safety power shutoffs” implemented by Oregon utilities.
During such events, homeowners and businesses tend to fire up …
When Russian invaded Ukraine in February, I watched my friend, Tatiana Terdal, jump to the aid of fellow Ukrainian Americans, organizing rallies and fundraisers and educating the public on social media. I was excited about telling her story for The Immigrant Story.
To write this piece, I attended a moving rally organized by Terdal. Then, during our interview, which took …