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In late September, I traveled to Northern British Columbia to speak at 5 schools about physical literacy, learning from failure, and challenging the students to get Unplugg’d. I was also booked to run frisbee workshops at most 4 of the schools, teaching kids all about throwing & catching, and giving them a look at what’s possible with frisbee.Read More »Frisbee Workshops in Northern BC, Canada

For Pink Shirt Day 2018, I spent the day talking about Kindness and Unplugging, and teaching frisbee to 500+ kids from K-8 for Pink Shirt Day! This is the 5th year in a row speaking to kids about Kindness and teaching frisbee on #pinkshirtday!Read More »Nice Needs No Filter – Pink Shirt Day 2018

Almost 16 years ago, my mom died from a heart attack.

The “typical” heart attack signs weren’t there for her. Because those signs are for men, not women. After she passed away and they had studied her heart, we were told that they believed she had had a series of smaller heart attacks leading up to the one that ultimately took her life. Although there were early signs, we just thought she was tired, weak, not feeling very well, and had the flu. However, it was much more serious than that, but we didn’t know. Had we known more about heart disease, she might still be alive today.

Read More »February is Heart Month

Although I’ve been speaking in public since elementary school (I fondly remember writing notes on recipe cards that I would refer to as I did my speech), my speaking abilities really improved once I started speaking professionally in schools 4.5 years ago.Read More »Frisbee Rob’s Top 5 Tips for Public Speaking

I was invited to teach frisbee during the weekly Youth Active Night in Cochrane. Every week, they showcase a different sport. Last week was futsal and next week is soccer. I was honoured and excited to have been invited to teach frisbee and they even ordered 10 Innova Makani golf discs that would be given away to 10 lucky kids.Read More »Cochrane’s Youth Active Night