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North Shore Weekend NEWS 08 Loving the Haights

Ben Haight, first-year teacher at Lake Forest Country Day School, is the fifth generation to be involved with the private institution.

09 Common bond

My Only Hang Up just opened in Highland Park. It’s the only paint-and-sip venue in the area.

LIFESTYLE & ARTS 12 Out and About

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Discover the answers our roving photographer received to our weekly question to North Shore residents.

14 Social Whirl

Take a look at some of the top parties attended by North Shore residents recently.

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18 Relaxing in the tub The North Shore’s Carpet Cleaning Experts

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In a class by themselves

T

he quick passage of time is marked in many ways — for instance, when a son of one of your grade-school teachers becomes a teacher himself at the same school.

In the mid-1970s, Terry Haight was my sixthgrade homeroom teacher. His wry sense of humor masked a serious work ethic, he taught history with passion and believed in discipline (I was once forced to write every definition of the word “run” — there are dozens — for some misconduct).

He also started the group “Terry and the Terrifics” — he strummed guitar in a white T-shirt while female students sang 1950s songs. Overall, he was a great teacher to be involved with. In fact, he was one of only two faculty members in school history to have a fund named after him when his 27-year run (a word I now understand by heart) ended.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised in his name, a testament to his legacy.

Fast-forward almost 40 years. His son, Ben, just finished his first fall as an English and social studies

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teacher at LFCDS. The family humor is obvious to LFCDS alumni when they hear Ben talking in class: “Now, you’ve got one minute to begin a story. I’ll give you two words, and you can choose what to write about. Your words are dark — and pimple.”

Read more about this fifth-generation LFCDS family inside.

I believe it’s appropriate the story’s writer also boasts a well-regarded father in the education field.

Will Schutt, a graduate student at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, is the son of Stephen Schutt, the Lake Forest College president who was featured in these pages not long ago.

This is his first story for us, and we all appreciate his hard work on it.

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8 | news Haight’s family boasts a five-generation history with the school. His great-grandfather, Albert Day Farwell, was one of the founders of Lake Forest Day School, which in 1958 merged with the Bell School. Both of his grandmothers, Edith Hill Farwell and Deborah Haight, attended as students — as did he and his sister, Edith Haight Stewart, and now his children, 7-year-old Myles and 5-year-old Ainsley.

Both Ben’s mother and father, Tina Haight and Terry Haight, taught at LFCDS, Terry spending his entire 27-year career at the school.

“As a historian, and someone who values family as much as I do, I really love the family connection that I have here,” says Ben, who previously taught for eight years at Prairie Crossing Charter School. “It wasn’t so much a cognizant thought of following in

“Most days, I don’t think of it as work. It’s been a very happy time coming home.” | Ben Haight

Ben Haight. photography

by will schutt

A family tradition lives on at LFCDS ■ by will schutt Amidst the clamor of his fifth-grade English pupils, a bit rambunctious as they enter their last class of the day, Ben Haight begins by asking what summer Olympic

sport they would choose to participate in.

This simple question calms his students at Lake Forest Country Day School. After their answers, they take out their touchscreen laptops as Haight moves on to “power writing,” an educational technique he’s teaching.

Dressed in a button-down shirt and tie, Haight — who also teaches social studies at LFCDS during his first year at the school — scans his students, who are allowed to pick different-colored shirts, skirts, and pants.

“It’s much more laid back than when I went here,” says the 1988 LFCDS graduate.

Dad’s, or Mom’s, footsteps. I think it’s just something I was always drawn to and interested in ... I charted my own path here.”

While he never had his parents as teachers, he’s picked up lessons, both consciously and subconsciously, from his father. Ben’s patience and aptitude as a teacher is apparent as class begins.

“I know it’s exciting to have two visitors in the room,” he says, returning to his students, “ but we’ve got to quiet down.”

Another visitor to the school that day is his father, Terry. A spry 67-year-old dressed in a blazer and khakis, shirt and bow tie, he has the air of a lifelong teacher.

“This is not like a family business, where you pass on shares of a company,” laughs Terry. “I had nothing to do with his hiring.

No one even talked to me about it, which is complimentary to Ben.” Terry did not see Ben showing much interest in teaching a a child. But that changed.

“As a young adult he was always active, always great with his younger cousins,” Terry says. “So the whole relationship with family, and caring about people, is very much part of what we do as a family, and it just overflows into so many different parts of our children’s lives. Education is clearly one of them.”

Ben’s class is handed an assignment.

“Now, you’ve got one minute to begin a story,” he says. “I’ll give you two words, and you can choose what to write about. Your words are dark — and pimple.” The students giggle as they begin writing.

“As we began this activity, you thought that I was going to collect and judge your writing. Instead, this is an activity to have you judge your own writing,” says Ben. “Now, give yourselves a thumbs up or thumbs down.”

Olivia gives herself a thumbs down, explaining, “I’ve been working in poetry about using descriptive language. So I tried to use big descriptive words, and it slowed me down.”

Haight’s encouragement puts a smile on her 11-year old face and eliminates her concern. All in all, he is happy to be back at LFCDS. “My children love it here,” he says. “I love coming to school. Most days, I don’t think of it as work. It’s been a very happy time coming home.” ■

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A spot where art and wine joyously intersect ■

by angelika labno

My Only Hang Up (MOHU) recently opened in downtown Highland Park as the first “paint and sip” venue in the North Shore, filling a niche for a space where one can create, frame or enjoy art with a drink.

The facility serves several purposes, depending on the clientele, event or time of day. From an aesthetic perspective, it is an upscale gallery where one can look at original art, sit at high-top tables and clink wine glasses. During the day, it functions as a retail store specializing in custom framing and wall décor — or building what Avenaim calls “memories to masterpieces.” It offers a quick turnaround on custom framing (an estimated three days).

MOHU differs from custom framers in its pricing method. Instead of charging for individual materials like the glass, frame and backing, MOHU charges by the inch (95 cents). The only a la carte cost is matting.

Another service is turning images or photos into canvas, which can also be framed.

“Taste is in the eye of the beholder,” said co-owner and Highland Park native Eric Avenaim, speaking to trends in the business, “but geodes are in, which are images between glass, and ‘deco-ing,’ which is painting something to make it look textured.

Inspirational typography on wood is also big.”

Painting is available in open sessions or private parties. In the last month, Avenaim says he’s had inquiries for parties ranging from toddlers to a 60th birthday celebration. With a full liquor license and space for approximately 70 people, the gallery can host corporate events, cocktail parties and more. On one occasion, attendees painted

Painting flourishes at My Only Hang Up. photography

their own square on a five-by-five foot canvas that the birthday celebrant took home that night.

Avenaim attended various paint-and-sips around Chicago as “homework” before opening the shop — and noticed a flaw that ultimately changed the vision for his venue.

“I wasn’t able to see the artist,” he says.

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“We have an audio-video system so that people can see the artist on a 60-inch TV and 120-inch projection.”

Recognizing that making art can be intimidating, Avenaim ensures that the artists lead people through each individual brush stroke.

“Most people don’t think they’re capable that

they can be an artist, but the way the artist walks them through the process, most people are amazed by what they can come up with.

They leave and are ecstatic to do it again.”

A calendar-based schedule of instructional paint-and-sip sessions and their themes is available at www.myonlyhangup.com. ■

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Organization is a dream come true for needy

Dreamweaver International Director Dr. Warren Bruhl, surrounded by Kenyan children.

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by jenna schubert

Dreamweaver International aims to improve life for people in Kenya — and beyond.

“We’re looking for ways to make people

feel valued again,” says Dreamweaver International Director Dr. Warren Bruhl.

“And because we’re looking to solve issues of poverty, we have to do everything possible to help needy people become needed —that’s Dreamweaver International’s theme.”

Dr. Bruhl, a Northbrook resident who

ran a chiropractic practice in Glencoe for 25 years, is the son of Dreamweaver International’s founders Ken and Sandy Taylor, who launched the organization 24 years ago when they were missionaries in Nairobi, Kenya. The Taylors realized that, despite building churches in the area, the native people were still affected by poor education and a lack of healthcare opportunities. As a result, they started the Northbrook-based organization, in hopes of improving all aspects of life in Kenya.

O ver the yea rs, Dreamweaver International has expanded to include a threefold mission: improving education, healthcare, and quality of life (which is known as the “compassion care” branch of the organization) for the Kenyan people, as well as for people of other nations.

A key component of the education initiative was the opening of the Kimana School of Leadership and Professional Studies in 2011. The college — which is located in Kenya’s Kimana Rift Valley, in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro — has programs in computer education, business, early childhood education, and theology. Currently, the college has 80 students, although the Dreamweaver International board’s goal is to accommodate 200 students in the next couple of years.

Healthcare includes teams of volunteer nurses and doctors who visit rural areas in Kenya to examine and treat the natives, known as the Maasai people. Plans are also in the works to build a hospital (which will be called Kilimanjaro Mission Hospital) near the college. As Dr. Bruhl explains, the hospital is a huge step, considering that healthcare institutions are difficult

for Kenyans to find.

“Their state-run hospital facilities are understaffed and underfunded,” he says.

“So, many times, doctors and nurses go on strike, and there’s no healthcare available to anybody in the area.”

The final part of Dreamweaver International is its “compassion care” segment, which includes Gear for Goals — a program that has provided sports equipment to more than 40,000 children in 18 countries. Local schools such as Glenbrook North High School and Northbrook Junior High School have participated in drives.

Thus far, the volunteers and board members of Dreamweaver International have seen the remarkable effects of their work, according to Dr. Bruhl.

“I’ve heard [Kenyan] people say to me that we are an answer to their prayer,” he says. “And some have said, ‘It’s nice to know that somebody cares.’ ” Dreamweaver International volunteer opportunities are plentiful — from helping organize gear drives and completing various administrative duties here in the U.S. to serving as a volunteer coach, teacher, nurse, or doctor in Kenya.

“In the Chicago area, we have a lot of talented and resourceful people — with not just financial resources, but also education resources,” Dr. Bruhl says. “Within our Chicago market is a wealth of ability to change things around the world. But we have to get outside of ourselves, be willing to do more than we’re doing, and to choose to not always be so comfortable.”

To learn more about Dreamweaver International, visit dreamweaver911.org or email info@dreamweaver911.org. ■

standout student

He videotapes stupendous action-sports moves and sets them to music

Spencer Welte

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by jake jarvi

Eighteen-year-old Spencer Welte, a senior at Lake Forest High School, first found his love of pairing video and music while

filming his friends at Billy Uhlig Memorial Skate Park in Lake Bluff.

His early skateboard videos can still be found on his personal YouTube channel — where his friends jump and flip their

skateboards in slow motion, underscored by bands like Purity Ring and Imagine Dragons.

“I realized very quickly that making videos is something I’m passionate about,” Welte says. “I do a lot of action sports filming for skateboard, skiing, snowboarding, and I’m constantly watching those kinds of videos on YouTube and Vimeo. That’s my main passion, showing really cool feats of human ability. It’s not just a cool montage of tricks; it’s a way to express myself.”

He further developed his storytelling ability in telecom class at LFHS, experimenting with the commercial and music video formats. His first music video was grounded in his love of action-sports photography, telling the story of a new kid in town finding a community of friends through snowboarding.

For one assignment, he co-directed a commercial for Lake Bluff restaurant Inovasi, and it won second place at the Chicagoland Television Educators Council Festival.

Lately, though, he’s turned his talents to the service of Committee Representing Our Young Adults (CROYA). During his junior year of high school, Welte, a regular CROYA attendee, was elected cabletech chairman. His duties include taking pictures at CROYA meetings and activities and posting them to the non-profit’s Facebook page.

“I think it’s important that people

understand what CROYA is about,” Welte says.

“I feel like pictures show the smiling faces, but people don’t really know what’s going on.

“There’s a lot of pre-judgment that comes with CROYA, but people don’t realize how fun it is. If you see the people that come to CROYA, it’s not just one group of kids. It’s all different kids from all different types of groups.”

Video after video on the CROYALFLB YouTube page shows high school kids leading meetings for their peers before some brand of revelry breaks out. Smiling and dancing teens play games like dodgeball, enjoy Halloween and 1980s dance parties — and dare each other to get hit with pies or eggs. Each video is rendered in slow motion and edited to a different evocative indie rock track implying the strong community of friendship and fun that every CROYA pamphlet has always promised — but with an immediacy that’s undeniable.

As Welte heads off to college next year, he’s looking to continue developing his knack for action-sports photography.

“I’m really hoping for the University of Utah,” Welte says. “It obviously has the ski and snowboard aspect to it, but they also have a pretty well-regarded film program.

They also have Sundance Film Festival right around the corner from their campus.

“It’d be a dream to go work for someplace like GoPro and get to travel the world and film all those amazing videos.” ■

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Listening: Lots of public radio and ‘90s rap. Wu-Tang, Notorious B.I.G — stuff from when I was a teenager.

Watching: I have a four-year-old, so I watch a lot of “Yo Gabba Gabba!” I’m lucky — I live in Skokie, and I have a really great library. We check out a lot of Japanese samurai movies — I just watched Kurosawa’s “The Hidden Fortress,” one of his lesserknown ones, and it was really good. I guess it’s technically reading, too, because it’s all subtitles.

Following: I’m one of those people who’s not on Facebook or Twitter — I just got an Instagram account. I follow Sassoon Academy and Sassoon Salons to see what’s going on in the company, and behindthechair.com, which lets you know what’s going on in the world of hairdressing, trend-wise.

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I think the one thing right now is a lot of people are really into being natural, just as far as what their hair does. A lot of looks you’ll see in magazines emphasize what people have going on for them already and just making it better. I personally like doing things that are more experimental, but I really like giving somebody something that works with their lifestyle; I don’t think hair should be something you worry about or struggle with. I like enhancing what women already have.

Eating: I mostly eat a pretty paleo diet. I really try to eat clean. We try to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and lots of barbeque.

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Ted Boufis is the owner of Westwood Bistro in Lake Forest.

What led you to open Westwood Bistro? Originally I started a place in Lake Bluff, Grille No. 43. I’ve been looking for a second location for a while and came across this space, and I liked the location (a former Burger King). I wanted to be in Lake Forest, so I jumped on it.

I really wanted to do something different and unique that no one else had done around town — we wound up with this American contemporary concept with an Asian fusion.

Years in the business? Most of my life.

I grew up in it and I opened quite a few concepts myself and owned my own places before. I’d say I’ve been in the business almost 20 years.

What’s the plan for this location? We do have a little bit of a sushi menu, about 10 rolls; we have a great sushi chef that’s been around for a long time. Also, my main chef, who’s been with me for four years, was at La Francaise — he’s started quite a few restaurants on the North Shore, and he has a variety of specialties as far as his background goes. He’s overseeing both locations [Westwood Bistro and Grille No. 43]. He’s got a great background, so when I took this concept and made the decision to do a few things differently — it’s a fun concept, it’s a trendy, contemporary-looking place with a fun sense of style.

What kind of audience? I think right now we’re getting some family, but I think it’s more of a date-night, casual upscale place.

Signature dish? The sushi rolls are very popular.

Do you cook? I do, but I try and keep myself available to be pulled from one side to another — I like to be able to speak with my customers and make myself available.

I’m pretty hospitable What do you like to eat at home? I’m not at home a lot! I probably put 120 hours in last week. I’m pretty basic. I do like to experiment a lot. I’m across the board. I’m Greek — I like my authentic Greek food.

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Food you don’t like: I’m not a processed food guy.

Favorite fruit or vegetable? I love spinach and plums or grapefruit.

Proudest of: From point A to point Z, it’s turned out to be a very beautiful place. A lot of hard work and effort to take a Burger King that’s been here for 35 years and turn it into something fantastic. It’s beautiful inside, and the food is fantastic. We’re getting rave reviews and we’re filling the place.

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by simon murray

The bathroom has become something of a misnomer.

Hardly, it seems, do people have time to bathe in a tub. A luxuriously long soak has been replaced by the frenzied shower; hands grabbing for shampoo like a grizzly bear pawing a slippery salmon.

LeaNora and Dennis Pollina didn’t want to be another hyper-washing statistic. They also wanted to enjoy their master bathroom as well as a good investment should they decide to sell their home in Glenview in the near future.

Built in 1987, the home had been remodeled several times — but the master bath had stayed conspicuously the same.

“We had one of those old-fashioned jacuzzis that were so big in the ‘80s, the ones that four people could fit in and no one would ever use,” begins LeaNora.“By the time you filled up, it was cold: it just wasn’t practical. But everyone had to have one in those days.”

To go forward, they had to reach backward — in time, that is. They chose to revive a now nearly abandoned 19th-century trend: the claw-footed bathtub.

“Even if we were to move a year from now, I wanted to be able to enjoy the bath for me.” | LeaNora Pollina “I always wanted one,” says LeaNora.

Apart from the pleasing aesthetic, the sight reminded her of growing up in Chicago.

As a standalone feature, the claw-footed bathtub smacks of the traditional, but it was important to the Pollinas to keep it as neutral and classic as possible lest they decide to sell their house some time down the road.

“A fine line to walk,” notes LeaNora.

After shopping around for building companies (and finding many to be overpriced), the Pollinas settled on Katlia Construction of Park Ridge. The team was able to convert the old jacuzzi area into a self-sustaining claw-foot tub — but the Pollina’s vision didn’t stop there.

“What’s unique about us as a company is specializing in specific areas of the home,” explains Mark Paulson, chief executive officer of Katlia Construction.

The Katlia team constructed an array of vanities with cabinets that included all-plywood construction, a soft-drawer close, and marble counter-tops with a core-guard sink (“To protect the wood from any kind of leak”).

“You go to Home Depot, you’re getting that standard,” continues Paulson. “There’s differences: the stuff that’s made for us comes directly from a manufacturer.”

“I was really impressed with the cabinets we got,” notes LeaNora. “They were really upper end.”

The builders also remodeled a standalone shower area and added a refrigerator, heated A soak in the traditional claw-footed tub includes fine views.

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towel bar and coffee bar to the vanities — “So I can have a cup of coffee in the morning while I’m getting ready,” says LeaNora — blending a modern sensibility with a traditional design.

“Even if we were to move a year from now, I wanted to be able to enjoy the bath for me,” adds LeaNora. Hardly something that a future homeowner will gripe about.

Above the claw-foot tub, Katlia designed a chandelier with hanging strings of jewels, ostensibly for someone to stay — or sit — awhile and enjoy the ambiance of the room. Most claw-foot motifs incorporate a “ball and claw” design: derived, possibly, from ancient Chinese mythos of a dragon’s claw grasping a crystal ball.

The Pollina’s tub’s claws look most similar to a sedentary reptile: a tortoise, perhaps. Indicative, maybe, of a slower pace — and a more enjoyable bath. ■

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Sam she is: Sam Stoddart of the Trevians strikes a pose during her floor exercise routine. photography by joel lerner

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New Trier senior brings a fresh mindset to gymnastics routines ■ by bill mclean sports@northshoreweekend.com The move-in from Michigan arrived at Wilmette Gymnastics dressed in a light purple leotard. She also wore a blue shirt, the one with “Daddy’s No. 1 girl” across the front. She was eight years old. Her name was Sam Stoddart, the one with a surplus of talent, the one with a surplus of giddiness.

Her future New Trier High School gymnastics teammate, Claire Egerter, remembers the day well.

“She waltzed right in, doing her stuff,” Egerter says. “She did a couple of tumbling passes. ‘Wow, she is good,’ I thought. ‘I want to be her friend.’ ” They’re friends now. Close friends. And seniors. Egerter typically precedes Stoddart on vault, on the balance beam and on floor exercise in the Trevians’ lineup.

Egerter’s friend/teammate was somewhere between disillusioned and miserable a few weeks ago.

“I had just come home from a practice, a couple of days before the Glenbrook North Invitational [held Dec. 13],” Stoddard recalls. “I wasn’t happy with how my season was going. I was shaky, nervous, so

discouraged. I felt stressed. My head was all over the place. I broke down, right in front of my mom [Lee Anne].

“She told me, ‘Take a deep breath.’ Then my mom said, ‘I want to see that girl I remember seeing in the gym all those years ago, the little girl who liked to be goofy, the girl who thought it was OK to be ridiculous at times.’ ” The day of the Glenbrook North Invite arrived. A Sam Stoddart performed in all four events. Shortly after she absolutely nailed her second tumbling pass on floor, an excited, super proud man in the stands started pumping his right arm. Repeatedly.

It was Rich Stoddart, aka Daddy Stoddart.

“I’d heard he was excited,” Sam says. “I loved hearing that.”

Stoddart won the floor event that day.

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Her all-around score? A robust — and ridiculously good — 37.5.

Daddy’s all grown-up girl won five gold medals in one day — with a happy-to-themarrow, little-girl approach.

“I was light, airy, bubbly,” says the fourthyear varsity gymnast. “You’d think that’s

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But it’s a mindset that works. I had to turn my mind off and trust that my body knows what it’s doing.

“Muscle memory … gymnasts have to rely on that and forget about thinking,” Stoddart adds.

It is Dec. 20, exactly a week after the Glenbrook North Invite. Sam Stoddart stands in her team’s home gym in Northfield, minutes before boarding a balance beam for another routine at another big meet. She is listening to a song only she can hear, nodding her head and mouthing the words inches from some of her teammates’ faces.

She pushes her iPod’s ear buds in deeper, probably because all that nodding dislodged them slightly.

As the one in the best mood in the building returns to nodding, she starts tweaking the braids of a teammate. Stoddart then stops. A teammate is about to execute a beam routine. Time to be a vocal teammate.

Time to put the blinders on, do everything she can to spur a Trevian, to “talk-cheer,” as Stoddart likes to say.

The routine ends. It is Stoddard’s turn.

Stoddard de-ears her ear buds, gets focused, climbs the beam, earns a sixth-place 9.175 — good, not great, for an elite gymnast. No matter. Floor exercise is next. One of her duties, before hitting the mat for her floor show, is to make sure her teammates are ready for their floor shows.

Junior Ana Dabrowski — third in New Trier’s floor lineup, before Egerter and Stoddart — poses on the floor mat, awaiting the start of her music. A voice shouts, “You’ve got this, Ana! Come on, Ana, you’ve got this!”

The voice belongs to Stoddart. Stoddart sways to her left, sways to her right. She is a legitimate threat to dance, because she’s listening once again to sounds from her iPod. Maybe it’s Fountains of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom,” maybe it’s another catchy tune. Stoddart sips liquid from a bottle.

Multitasking at a meet. Once again.

“Sam,” New Trier gymnastics coach Jennifer Pistorius says, “is always about the team. Even when she was winning all those events at Glenbrook North, she had the team — her teammates — on her mind.

“I’ve known her since she was little. Sam was kind of squirrely when she was young, always happy, always smiling, always bouncing around. Coaches noticed that. Coaches also knew how much talent she has. Full of talent … that’s Sam. This is her year to shine, and that’s what she’s doing.”

Last season, at the state meet, Sam Stoddart landed on a mat head-first on her second vault. She was fine, thankfully. Her score? Not so fine.

Judges gave her a 0.0.

It did tie the character John “Bluto” Blutarsky’s mid-term grade-point average in the movie “Animal House.”

After recovering from the initial shock of the score and receiving consoling hugs galore from her teammates, Stoddart had very little time to feel sorry for herself. She had about 10 minutes to prepare for the uneven bars. She swung to a steely, inspiring 9.4. It ranked fifth among all qualifiers in the preliminary session.

Stoddart ended up seventh (9.375) on bars in the next day’s finals session.

She wrote all about the 0.0 and her response to it for her college essay. She has applied to 10 schools. Bowling Green State University, Michigan State and the University of Denver accepted her.

Stoddart looks back at that day at state … and smiles. Adversity tried to trip her.

Stoddart sidestepped it, aggressively.

And beautifully.

“I never thought I’d get any value from a 0.0 score,” she says. “But I did that time. I found out that I’m resilient, that I can put something like that behind me and focus on what I have to do next.”

Sports psychology intrigues her. So does public speaking.

“Maybe someday I’ll become a motivational speaker,” Stoddart says.

Someday?

Listen to her.

That day is here.

Notable: New Trier finished third (season-high 142.35 points) at its Holiday Gymnastics Invitational on Dec. 20.

Stoddart took runner-up honors in the allaround (36.9) and topped the bars field (9.4).

She also silvered on floor (9.625). Trevians junior Taylor Kwok (ninth in the all-around, 35.3) placed fourth on vault (9.35). Pistorius also received sturdy efforts from junior Peyton Burns (sixth place, bars, 9.05) and Egerter (seventh, beam, 9.15). … NT senior Sara Hummel scored a sharp 8.6 on beam — from the lead-off slot. “Huge,” Pistorius said. “That was a huge score. That’s why we have her leading off for us.” ■

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Wright at home

Tremendous loyalty — to the hockey program and to her friends — personifies Loyola Academy standout Emma, Emma good: Junior center Emma Wright controls the puck during earlier action this season. photography

■ by bill mclean sports@northshoreweekend.com It has been quite a month of December for Elizabeth Mary “Emma” Wright, Loyola Academy’s 5-foot-10, blonde jet on skates. Tests and challenges on the ice. Tests and challenges off the ice.

The junior center, an alternate captain, has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in 10 games for a 10-1-2 hockey club. A severe bout with mononucleosis kept her off blades for three games. She works at Wilmette Bike and Sport Shop — “I’m a behind-the-desk girl,” she says — and plays fiercely graceful hockey, if there’s such a thing. Last week she gave her stick a rest in order to take finals.

The week before that?

This: Wright slept over at a good friend’s house. For the entire week. The good friend’s father had died. The good friend’s mother had died a couple of years ago. The good friend is an only child.

“I don’t want her to ever feel she’s alone,” Wright says.

“She’s tough, strong. She’s like a sister to me.”

Wright’s mother, Grace, looks at Emma and shakes her head. That’s what people in awe of others tend to do. Her teenager — the youngest of four Wright children — isn’t acting her age.

“She’s 16,” Grace Wright says. “Sixteen. The poise she’s showing, especially these last couple of weeks … it amazes me.”

Emma Wright received a fun nickname years ago as a hockey player going up against boys. Current New Trier Green boys hockey coach Bob Melton called Wright “Mouse” when Wright was a third-grader.

“I squeaked a lot back then,” she says, her huge smile

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forcing her eyes to squint. “My friends started calling me that. They called me that for about three years.”

Wright, former mouse, turned into a rink rat and skated for the Ramblers’ state runner-up team last winter. One of her big influences on that squad was current Cornell University freshman Erin O’Connor, a defenseman, an all-stater and a Blackhawk Alumni All-Star Team member in 2013-14.

“Great captain, great skater, great friend,” Wright says.

“Every week, it seems, she’s named ‘Athlete of the Week’ at Cornell.

“Hockey,” she adds, “I love it. There’s something about skating. Skating … it’s so different compared to running.

I love going fast on the ice. It’s cold out there. It feels good out there.”

The girl with the heavy heart continues to play heavy minutes for Loyola Academy, which lost for the first time this winter on Dec. 21. Evanston edged LA 4-3 at the Robert Crown Ice Arena in Evanston.

“Emma plays every other shift for a reason,” Ramblers coach Conor Sedam says. “Her energy. She’s very passionate about the team. And Loyola is her only team; she’s not a double-roster player. That shows in her work ethic.

She works extremely hard every shift. She’s fast, has long strides, has a good reach. Her hands — Emma works hard on that part of her game at every practice. That part of her game has really improved the last two years.”

Minutes following a recent game, Loyola Academy wing Valerie Caldwell emerges from a locker room. She finds out she gets to talk about Wright. Caldwell beams. Caldwell then gets delightfully loud and animated as she discusses what has to be one of her favorite topics in the world.

“Emma? Oh, she’s always happy, always smiling,” says

Caldwell, who scored two goals, including a crafty unassisted tally in the third period, in the loss to Evanston.

“Great player, great person. She knows where every one is on the ice. Always. She gets the puck to you. She’s always working hard, always wants to get better.”

Caldwell takes a breath. There’s more. Caldwell wants to recall Wright’s go-ahead goal in the Fenwick game, a Loyola win. The puck entered the goal through the five hole.

“You should have seen that shot from Emma,” Caldwell says. “She faked that goalie out … really faked that goalie out.”

Wright’s three older siblings played hockey for Loyola Academy. Maggie, 25, battled as a center. She’s in medical school now. Indiana University senior business major Caroline Wright played wing. Big brother Nick, 20, served LA teams as a goaltender. He plays college lacrosse at Holy Cross.

The runt of the Wright bunch does not come across as a runt. And not just because she would look perfectly normal playing power forward for a basketball team. Or as a powerful outside hitter for a volleyball team. Or as a relentless midfielder for a soccer team.

“I’m 5-9 and three-quarters,” she says, refusing to round up.

You can’t teach height, coaches like to say. You can’t teach attributes of a true friend, either.

Just ask Elizabeth Mary Wright’s friends.

Any of them.

Notable: Kathleen O’Connor scored LA’s other goal in the 4-3 loss to host Evanston on Dec. 21. Assists came from Anne Bloomer and Courtney Cheevers. Ramblers goaltender Tianna Lavalle made several impressive stops against a highly skilled team. ■

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Cohen’s role with the Giants continues to grow ■ by bill mclean

Can’t have it: Highland Park High School junior guard Dahlia Cohen secures a loose ball during an earlier game against Lake Forest. photography by joel lerner

role this year is a big one.”

Bechtel’s Giants headed to Orlando, Fla., earlier this week for three games in four days. Moments after a recent home game, Cohen’s eyes grow to the size of Mickey Mouse’s ears. Thoughts of the Magic Kingdom swirl. Cohen can’t wait to hit the rollercoaster circuit down there.

“I’ve been there,” she says. “I love the thrills of rollercoasters, of Space Mountain.

We’re not just excited because of the basketball we’ll play down there. We’re also excited because it will be a great bonding experience for us.”

Well before Cohen cemented her try-hard reputation as a rookie high schooler, she tried her hand in circus acts. She juggled balls at a Fink Park camp in Highland Park.

She rode a unicycle. No insert-head-in-wideopen-mouth-of-a-tiger act, though. That’s for fearless pros, not grade-schoolers.

Cohen has served as a counselor for the same circus camp for two years. Camp kids look up to her. Camp kids smile around her.

“It’s all about getting them ready for the show at the end of the camp,” she says. “It’s fun watching them, helping them.”

Especially when they try hard.

“In general, I like to have a positive attitude, even when I’m on the bench,” Cohen says. “If I’m sitting, I can still be supportive, right?”

You can tell a lot about a player after the player commits a turnover. After Cohen commits a turnover, she does not shoot a “You have got to be kidding” look a ref.

She hustles back on defense, her shoulders slump-free.

“Dahlia never gets down on the court,” HP senior teammate Sydney Levenfeld says.

“That’s a big part of her game, how positive she is. She also has a high basketball IQ. She sees the whole floor well. Really capable … she’s really capable as a player, and her

Notable: Visiting Maine East scored the first 10 points of its 55-48 defeat of HP on Dec. 19. HP tallied the next 12, beginning with a Levenfeld free throw at 1:52 of the first quarter and ending with a Kiera Thorpe bucket at 6:26 of the second frame.

The hosts owned a 43-39 lead midway through the fourth quarter, before Maine East produced another 10-0 run. Levenfeld scored a team-high 14 points. Thorpe (11 points) had a superb first half, netting 11 of the Giants’ 18 points to go with her three rebounds and three steals. HP senior post player Grace Quirk finished with 10 points and a team-best eight boards. Levenfeld came down with seven rebounds, one more than Thorpe’s total. ■

sports@northshoreweekend.com Two years ago, as a freshman PE student at Highland Park High School, Dahlia Cohen tried hard. In everything. It was her thing. It still is.

She even turned it into a two-word adjective.

“Yes, I was one of those ‘try-hard’ kids,” says Cohen, now a 5-foot-7 junior guard for the school’s varsity girls basketball team.

“For the mile run in class, I ran hard. I tried hard. It didn’t matter what we were doing, what we had to do.”

Jolie Bechtel noticed Cohen’s aversion to doing anything 99 percent or less. Bechtel was Cohen’s PE teacher. Bechtel is Cohen’s varsity basketball coach.

“First and foremost, Dahlia is an extremely hard worker in everything she does,” Bechtel says. “Outside of practice, she puts the time in to get better. Works hard on her shooting. She saw she’d have a bigger role for our team this season, so she made sure did whatever she could to make sure she was ready. Dahlia loves the game, loves her team. She’s really committed to Highland Park High School basketball.”

HP’s Giants scored 42 points in a loss to host Lake Forest High School on Dec. 6.

Miss Try Hard tallied 18 of them. Career high. Two more than her previous career high, in a playoff game against Deerfield High School last winter. Nine of her 18 points vs. LFHS came from three-point terrain. All three treys nearly kissed rafters.

All three treys descended majestically.

“Before my sophomore year, I worked hard on my shot, my form, everything,” says Cohen, averaging 10 points, 3.5 rebounds and nearly two assists for the 0-12 Giants.

“I love to shoot. Before this season, I played a lot of AAU basketball [for the Chicago Gauchos], starting in the spring and going all the way through the summer.

“I also worked on my ball handling.”

She did not need to work on her positive disposition. It has been one of her qualities for years, one of her go-to traits. Cohen struggled with her shot and sat for most of the fourth quarter in HP’s 55-48 loss to visiting Maine East on Dec. 19. But there she was on the bench, clapping for the positive things her teammates did, shouting encouraging words to her teammates. She kept her head up. And her spirits. Either Steve and Holly Cohen are raising their daughter wonderfully or Dahlia Cohen is allergic to negativity.

It’s the former.

Credit Dahlia Cohen, too.

Loyola Academy welcomes back Boehm ■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com A key inside presence has returned to the Loyola Academy starting lineup.

The Ramblers, who defeated visiting Providence 46-39 on Dec. 19, welcomed back Griffin Boehm. The senior post player had been sidelined six games with a dislocated shoulder.

“Griffin did everything he could to get back,” said LA head coach Tom Livatino.

“He was a little rusty tonight, but it was great to have him on the court,” the coach added.

The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Boehm, a threeyear varsity player, didn’t tear it up statistically. He finished with only two points and five rebounds.

Boehm’s lone basket came on his second attempt of the game, when he tossed in a jump hook from 12 feet out with 3:56 left in the first period.

He was there in the end. Three of his rebounds came in the final five minutes of the game.

Livatino was thrilled to have No. 4 back in uniform. The veteran coach, however, wasn’t real keen with the way his team ended the third quarter and started the fourth quarter.

The Celtics (4-5), who trailed by 12 points midway through the third quarter, battled back to take a one-point lead, 32-31, with 5:40 left in regulation.

“We’re not exactly where we want to be right now,” said Livatino. “Our offense is lacking flow. Lacking continuity. “ Still, the Ramblers closed out the game in flawless fashion. Guard Mike Mangan, who scored seven of his team-high 18 points in the final six minutes, ignited the comeback, when he turned two steals into fastbreak layups.

LA’s six-minute, 17-point outburst also featured a pair of ice-in-the-veins threepointers. First, it was Peter Poggioli bombing one in from the right corner at the 5:00 mark. Then, at the 2:54 mark, Ricky Cedar drilled one in from the left corner. Both shots were set up on passes by sophomore Ramar Evans.

Evans, who finished the game with 11 points, four rebounds and three assists, helped to seal the win by hitting two free throws with 45 seconds left to push LA’s lead to four points, 43-39.

LA’s other standout finished the game with exactly … 0 points. Despite not scoring — he only took one shot — Mark Dowdle came off the bench and made his presence known on the defensive end.

Dowdle, a star defensive back for the LA football team, spent most of the night collecting particles of dust by diving on the floor for loose balls. He finished the game with four steals. He nearly had six.

“His toughness is through the roof,” said Livatino. “What he brings is a great example to the other guys on the team. Right now, I just wish it would be a little more contagious.”

The Ramblers (6-3), who will be competing in a holiday tournament in Meza, Ariz., on Dec. 27-31, saw their three-game win streak come to an end on Dec. 20 with a 49-39 setback to host Evanston on Dec. 20.

Junior Brandon Danowski scored 17 points in the loss. Mangan had 12 points, while Poggioli had seven points, six rebounds and two steals.

while David Sachs had six points and seven assists.

The Giants (6-2, 2-1) will play in the York Holiday Classic. They will face Sandburg in a first-round contest on Dec. 26 at 10 a.m.

Highland Park For the second game in a row, senior Jordan Krawitz paced the Highland Park attack. He scored a game-high 17 points on 8-for-11 shooing in his team’s 48-21 triumph over the host Maine East on Dec. 19.

Hallvard Lundevall once again reached double figures (11 points) while also leading the team in rebounds (5).

Luke Norcia finished the game with eight points, four assists and two steals,

New Trier Robbie Abuls continues to be a very productive player for the Trevians.

The senior guard tallied 26 points to lead visiting New Trier to an easy 67-45 victory over the Niles West Wolves on Dec. 19.

With the win, the Trevians evened their overall record to 4-4. They are 2-1 in the CSL South.

The team was scheduled to open play in the Proviso West Tournament on Dec. 22. ■

Lake Forest Evan Boudreaux (18 points) and Noah Karras (13 points) paced the Scouts (9-0) to a 56-48 overtime win over host Deerfield on Dec. 20.

The Scouts, who will open play in the York Holiday Tournament on Dec. 26 (1 p.m.) against Nazareth, improved to 4-0 in the NSC Lake on Dec. 17, when it downed visiting Mundelein 67-42.

Junior Lorenzo Edwards led LF with a career-high 19 points on 9-for-10 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds.

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Rock-solid Scouts win Lake County title ■ by kevin reiterman sports@northshoreweekend.com Lake Forest High School boys swim coach Cindy Dell is not going to get ahead of herself.

Instead, she’s taking it one “boulder’’ at a time.

“We have 14 meets this season, and each one is a boulder,” Dell said. “We’re removing them one at a time.

“You can’t think ahead,” she added. “What good does that do?”

Still, the future possibilities of this Lake Forest squad?

Rock solid.

The Scouts did their share of rockin’ and rollin’ at the Lake County Invite at Stevenson on Dec. 20. Highlighted by their fab four — swimmers Dylan Boyd, Michael LeMay, Symen Ooms, Daniel Smith — and their dynamic duo — divers Alexander Streightiff and John-Michael Diveris — they won the nine-team meet by a comfortable 45 points.

On the strength of eight first-place finishes, Lake Forest finished with a score of 267.50. The host Patriots were second with 232.50 points.

“This meet was nice. Real impressive,” said Dell.

Lake Forest’s slogan this season is: 1 Team, 1 Dream.

Streightiff and Diveris got things started by going 1-2 in the morning session. The judges loved them.

The gap between the two divers?

Razor thin.

Steightiff’s score was 468.35. Diveris finished with a 467.20.

“They were amazing,” said Dell. “They set the tone.”

Boyd and Ooms kept the momentum going. Boyd took first in event No. 3 (200 free, 1:41.21) and event No. 6 (100 butterfly, 51.31), while Ooms sprinted to wins in event No. 5 (50 free, 21.37) and event No. 7 (100 free, 48.03).

Then, it was time to team up. Boyd and Ooms joined forces with LeMay and Smith

to win the 200 free relay (1:28.77) and the 400 free relay (3:13.37).

Boyd’s victory in the 200 free was extra special. He rallied late to beat Libertyville’s top star, Matt Harrington (1:41.85).

Smith, meanwhile, earned a first-place medal in the 100 backstroke (52.21) and took runner-up honors (48.35) behind Ooms in the 100 free (48.03).

LeMay’s day also included a second-place finish in the 200 IM (2:03.11) and a thirdplace showing in the 100 fly (54.13).

Dell also was pleased with Scott Bennatan (6th in 200 free; 7th in 500 free); Michael Hambleton (6th in 500 free); Spencer Moore (10th, 500 free; 10th, 100 back); Nico Demet (7th, 100 back; 11th, 100 fly) and Alex Ortiz (11th, 100 breaststroke).

Highland Park Nothing swims like a Tran.

Highland Park junior Allen Tran was on the top of his game in the 100 breaststroke at Saturday’s Lake County Meet.

He won the race going away (59.80). The

runner-up was Barrington’s Colin Cross (1:02.26).

“He’s found a new level of training,” said HP head coach Tim Sirois. “He’s doing race pace training. And that’s how he swam today.”

Tran was one of the workhorses in the HP lineup. Minutes after winning event No. 11, he came back to anchor the free relay.

He teamed up with Levy Nathan, Eddie Kochman and Alex Grigorovich and took fourth (3:25.21) in the meet’s finale.

That same foursome ended up sixth in the 200 free relay (1:32.99), while Tran also earned a sixth-place medal in the 200 IM (2:07.53).

Nathan turned in a solid all-around effort.

He was fourth in the 500 free (4:53.75) and fifth in the 200 free (1:49.89).

Kochman placed sixth in the 50 free (23.12) and seventh in the 100 free (51.13), while Grigorovich was 10th in the 100 free and 11th in the 200 free.

Other contributors included Mark Fox in diving (7th, 298.45), Jason Fox in the 100 back (8th, 59.69) and Jack Burson in the 200 IM (12th). ■

With Kevin Reiterman & Bill McLean twitter: northshore sports @tnswsports AT COURTSIDE Girls Basketball Lake Forest: Grace Torkelson had a big outing, but it wasn’t enough. The Scouts opened play in the Warren Tournament on Dec. 20 with a loss to the host Blue Devils 52-46. Torkelson finished the game with 16 points, 15 rebounds and three steals.

Maeve Summerville added 11 points and 13 rebounds, while Delaney Williams had four assists.

In non-tournament action on Dec. 18, LF dropped a 67-35 decision to Zion-Benton. Summerville led the Scouts with 11 points and eight rebounds. Torkelson had eight points and nine rebounds. Brooke Green had seven points, five rebounds and three assists.

New Trier: Jeannie Boehm scored 18 points, while Kathryn Pedi added 16 to help New Trier to an easy 62-42 win over Niles West on Dec. 19.

The Trevians, who improved to 11-0, also received solid work from Grace Gagliardi (13 points) and Jackie Welch (8 points, all in the first quarter).

FLIPSIDE Girls Gymnastics At LF Holiday Quad: Sara Rossman and Jessica Pasquesi turned in solid efforts in this four-team meet on Dec. 18.

Lake Forest finished with a score of 126.20, while Carmel won the meet with a 141.00. Deerfield (130.95) was third, while Glenbrook North (129.850) took third.

Rossman’s best event was floor (4th, 8.65). Pasquesi was sixth on bars (8.10).

POOLSIDE Boys Swimming Loyola: Chris Canning came up with the highlight performance for the Ramblers in their three-team meet against Evanston and Rockford Guilford on Dec. 20.

With his score of 318.15, Canning broke a 24-yearold Evanston pool record for six dives.

The host Wildkits won the meet with 170 points.

Loyola was second (111), while Guilford was third (42).

Senior Charles Hussey of the Ramblers took second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.67. He was narrowly defeated by Evanston’s Jake Girard (1:04.02).

PINNACLES Wrestling At Hinsdale Central: Senior Alec McKenna was New Trier’s top finisher in the 49th annual Rex Whitlatch Invite on Dec. 19-20. He took second at 132 pounds.

McKenna, a Northwestern University commit,

Frosh on floor: Lake Forest High School freshman Jessica Pasquesi moves through her floor exercise routine during earlier action this season. photography by joel lerner

recorded two falls and a major decision before losing his first match of the season to Montini Catholic’s Dylan Duncan 1-0 in the final. The senior is now 15-1.

The Trevians, who placed ninth in the 24-team field with 96 points, had two other placers: Jack Lowell (7th at 170) and David Raynes (8th at 285). Lowell, a sophomore, is now 15-5 on the season.

At Lake Park: Highland Park finished with five medalists in the Krupke Classic on Dec. 20. The Giants scored 91.5 points to take seventh in the team standings

(16 teams).

HP’s top finish was turned in by sophomore D.J. Penick. He went 3-1 in the tourney, losing 3-0 in the152pound championship to Marian Central’s Nick Remke.

Penick had two pins in the meet.

Spencer Jacobson (160) and John Ciancio (170) placed third, while Alex Rosenbloom (126) and Andrew Cohen (132) finished fourth. Jacobson defeated Maine West’s Jake Riportella 14-5 in his third-place bout, while Ciancio capped things off with a pin in 65 seconds against Warren’s Andrew Demos. ■

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■ by ann marie scheidler

One morning, Elizabeth Lombardo was standing in her kitchen multi-tasking as many mothers do — quizzing her daughter on her spelling words while getting herself ready to be in New York City that day.

“I had gotten a call from the Today Show the afternoon before asking me to come in and talk about happiness,” says Lombardo, the author of “A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness,” a best-seller. “I was making a list of what I had to do when my daughter spelled ‘unpleasant’ wrong. When she misspelled unpleasant, I became unpleasant.”

It was in this moment that the Lake Forest resident realized that her perfectionist tendencies were causing her to overreact.

“A perfectionist looks like a highly accomplished person on the outside, but they are struggling with judgment and self-criticism on the inside.” | Elizabeth Lombardo “I became really anxious, thinking that she would miss that word on the test. I’ve always tried to hide my perfectionist tendencies from my girls, but who was I kidding?”

Perfectionism is more than organizing your junk drawer.

The way Lombardo defines it, perfectionism is an all-ornothing mentality: something is either perfect, or it is a failure; there is one “right” way and the rest are deemed “wrong.”

A fan of a healthy egg scrambler at Egg Harbor Cafe, Lombardo, a clinical psychologist in private practice, explains how this a-ha moment in her kitchen drove her to write “Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love,” which is published by Seal Press.

“What I figured out is that perfectionism often gets in

the way of our happiness. A perfectionist looks like a highly accomplished person on the outside, but they are struggling with judgment and self-criticism on the inside.”

In “Better Than Perfect,” Lombardo offers step-bystep instructions for perfectionists trying to find balance and freedom. The book defines perfectionism in easy-to-understand terms, offers simple assessment tools, and shares case studies from Lombardo’s clients to highlight the conditions she’s t a l k i ng about .

She also includes practical exercises and suggestions for behavioral changes, including seven ways to overcome perfectionism that range from choosing passion over perfection to remembering you’re more than what you do.

But L ombardo — a former physical therapist who earned a masters degree at Duke University before notching a Ph.D. in clinical psychology — cautions recovering perfectionists from

throwing the baby out with the bath water.

“It’s all about balance. You have to keep the ingredients of perfectionism that work for you,” she says, cupping her blue mug of coffee in her hands. “I like to say that perfectionism is like a chocolate cake.

You can have the finest organic eggs and sugar cane to make your cake.

But then if you dump in a cup of dirt — no one is going to eat it. And that’s what perfectionism is. It has some good ingredients —striving for excellence, wanting to be successful, wanting other people to like you. Those are the good things.

The dirt is the judgment. The ‘I’m not good enough.’ ” A concept Lombardo refers to often is called failing forward.

“I tell my clients that mistakes are data. We should let our children make them — and work through them. It’s data you can learn from.”

“Better Than Perfect” helps readers see that there is a way to live happy empowered lives where things aren’t actually perfect.

“We think perfectionism is going to bring us happiness, but it’s actually an obstacle to it,” she says. “If you’re judging yourself, you’re likely judging your husband, your kids, your friends. If you start a diet in January and you eat a cookie, don’t consider the diet a failure. If you can’t workout for a full hour, take a walk around the block and feel good about it.

Any step in the right direction is a positive one. Don’t give up so quickly.” ■

Elizabeth Lombardo illustration by barry blitt

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