Joshua Manda

Happy Birthday to the love of my life, my best friend, and the best mom our girls could ask for.

I’m incredibly lucky to get to do life with you and even luckier that I get to call you my wife. We’ve shared so much of our lives together, (a dance at my bar mitzvah, a bike ride at 10 yo) and when I look back on the years and all the memories we’ve made, I can’t help but be grateful that it’s been with you.

I wouldn’t want to do any of this with anyone else.

I hope you have the best birthday—you deserve it.

Love you ❤️

So proud of these two!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there.

And especially to my wife, Victoria ❤️

Our girls are very lucky to have you as their mom and their role model. The love, patience, energy, and care you pour into our family every single day never goes unnoticed… especially after dealing with other people’s kids all day too.

Whether it’s baking cookies, Disney planning, bedtime routines, after school activities, or just being there when the girls need you most… you give them a childhood filled with love, stability, and a whole lot of great memories.

And on a less serious note… I still don’t understand how moms literally push humans out of their bodies. It’s incredible.

Cheers to the moms. Happy Mother’s Day ❤️

I walked in and immediately took this picture.

Some would call it a coincidence.

If you know her, you know it probably wasn’t.

Girl dad status: concerned.

I couldn’t be more proud of our CYO girls basketball team. Looking at your progress from the first game to the last, the difference is night and day.

Every game you all played hard and to the best of your ability. You took what you learned in practice and remembered to apply it to the games.

You all showed a true passion and interest to get better and grow, and even when new concepts and skills were hard you pushed through and gave it your best every single time. It was an honor coaching you this season!

This morning I watched a video that really hit me.

It was about Shohei Ohtani and why he’s so successful — and honestly, it gave me one of those “aha” moments.

I’m not trying to sound all technical here, but the video talked about something in psychology called the ABC method.

It goes like this: Activating Event → Belief → Consequence.

Basically, when something happens, it’s not the event that makes us feel a certain way — it’s what we believe about it.

Once I heard that, it just made so much sense.

In the video, Ohtani gets hit by a pitch.
Most players would be angry or ready to fight, but he just stayed calm and told his team to stand down.

The event was getting hit.
His belief was to stay focused.
The consequence was control and respect.
That right there is what separates him.

But it could’ve gone the other way.
If his belief was “that’s not fair” or “I’m not letting that go,” the consequence might’ve been anger, tension, maybe even a fight.

That’s what got me thinking — how much power there is between what happens and how we respond.

It’s not always easy, but if we can slow down and check that belief in the middle, we can change everything that follows.

It’s crazy — try this out for yourself.
Pick any situation and walk it through: Activating Event → Belief → Consequence.

The more I did this, the more I realized — it really is the belief that shapes everything.