As an innovative aquatics coach with the pre-novice program for Sedona Race Pace Club (sedonaracepace.com), a high-performance training swim team in Sedona, AZ, Jodi Thornton-O'Connell ignites the love of the safe water movement in athletes as young as 6 months old and of all abilities. A former competitive swimmer, Jodi was a silver and bronze medalist in the National Sports Festival. She authored The JATO Principles, Rocket Your Way to Your Best Life Now. A fitness, travel and finance writer for more than a decade, her articles appear in numerous online publications.