I've actually lost weight over the last few months and feel ready to get back to the gym. Here's why getting your kids involved in fitness might be the thing that makes it stick this time.

Touring the Mavericks practice facility, one quote on the wall stuck with me: effort is the one thing we can always control. Here's why it's stayed with me since.

Growing up, we always waited until Christmas Eve for our real tree, when they're often free or heavily discounted. Here's why a little decorating effort makes such a difference.

It's the little things, like standing back to let people off an elevator first, that teach your kids more than any lecture ever could.

A famous quote about the power of making your bed each morning got me thinking. Here's how I started sharing that chore again, and why I'm teaching my boys to do the same.

A simple lesson at the dinner table: teaching my sons to take a proper bite with a fork and spoon instead of letting it hang out, and chew with their mouth closed.