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Meet Aveeva Mirchandani.

Aveeva @aveevamirch is an 8th grader and was introduced to golf at the age of 7 when she attended Top Golf Summer Camps.  After a year there, she got the golf bug and became a member of @dancampbellgolfacademy @tatumranchgolfclub led by @dhince33 and @austin.blake87 According to her and her parents, it was the best decision ever and they were all thrilled that a fitness component was involved.

Aveeva's Nana (G'pa) believes that golf is a sport you can play for a lifetime, encouraging integrity, patience, focus and infinite challenges.  He is ecstatic that she is playing and even beat him last year.

Aveeva makes small, incremental goals.  She has had experience playing in the AzJGA tournaments and looks forward to moving to #uskidsgolf and strives to be on the HS team.

Aveeva is focused and successful in academics and truly enjoys French, Social studies, and Language Arts.  In fact, she has experience with Spanish, French, Latin, Mandarin and Hindi!

Hemant @hemirch and Prena @prerana_mirch are Aveeva's parents.  Her 8 yr old brother, Neev likes to call her Didi (older sister in Hindi) and is learning golf now because of her influence.

Baking is a favorite pastime.  Aveeva just baked her Mom a birthday cake recently along with Flan, Merengue, @candacenelson cupcakes and brownies.  She likes to eat her own baking, but her favorite cuisine is Mexican.  Nothing beats a Chipotle burrito in her world!

A few years ago, Aveeva got CPR and ASHI certified for Child Babysitting & Safety @desert_foothills_ymca.  She finds babysitting young kids so fun and now can handle home safety and emergency situations.

Though exposed to many sports over the years, Aveeva has found golf to be the most comfortable physically due to her allergies.

Currently, Aveeva's favorite golfers to watch are @brysondechambeau and @xanderschauffele. Her highlight is going to the #wmpo every year to see the pros in person. In fact, @rickiefowler took the time to sign a picture of her with him and mail it to her with a ball and hat!  Wow!  What a guy!

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Fit For Golf! Fit For Life!

#wisewordwednesday. CHANGE

Do you want to break a habit, achieve a goal, and transform your life?  You can!
One of the best-known approaches to change is the Stages of Change or Transtheoretical Model, introduced in the late 1970s by researcher James Prochaska. The Stages of Change model has been found to be an effective aid in understanding how people go through a change in behavior.

Stage 1: Precontemplation
People in this stage may wish to change, but for the immediate future have no plans to do so. They may not be fully aware of all the potential benefits, or they may feel disinclined to try because of past failed attempts, or a lack of available energy.

Stage 2: Contemplation
Those in the Contemplation stage are thinking about taking action, but aren’t quite ready or don’t know how to get started. Contemplators often think they might make the behavior change within the next six months, and they’re open to information and feedback.

Stage 3: Preparation
People in the Preparation stage are getting ready to take action. They are more decisive, confident and committed; they’re developing a plan and may have already taken small steps. At this point, the pros of making the change clearly outweigh the cons.

Stage 4: Action
Beyond just thinking about it or preparing to act, a person in this phase has actually begun doing something (or a lot of things) differently, and may be experimenting with expanding his or her efforts. Even if the changes are small so far, he or she is building momentum.

Stage 5: Maintenance
Individuals in the Maintenance stage have managed to stay in Action mode for at least six months. Their new behaviors have started to become a more integrated part of their lifestyle and identity, and their risk of relapse is much lower than when they began.

Stage 6: Termination
When people in the Maintenance stage continue their healthier behavior for at least two years.According to Prochaska, about only 15 to 20 percent of people ever make it to Termination.

As long as you can identify the stage you are in, you will always know what you need to do to get back on track, recommit to your goal and make forward progress.
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