iPads… are they good? Are they bad? This is a question every modern day parent has to negotiate. Here’s the basic challenge… If a child watches the iPad in the car, they’re quiet. The parent can focus on the road and there’s not much complaining about being bored coming from the back seats. If a…

This week’s newsletter is written by Sam Anthony based on his experience working as a personal trainer and how it relates to Mental Fitness. I hope you enjoy!  “For years, I worked as a personal trainer. And people would walk into the gym thinking my job was to show them the machines. So I’d smile…

Everyone talks about burnout and compassion fatigue, but the truth is, if you’re in a helping profession, there’s no escaping it. There is one approach that can help though… And that is to increase compassion satisfaction. Think of it like counterbalancing scales. The only way to counterbalance compassion fatigue is to increase compassion satisfaction. So…

Buddha once said, “”Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree, in the midst of them all.” I think about this saying a lot in life… Even in sports, the winning or losing of a single baseball game is 80…

There was a time when gyms weren’t called gyms. They were called health clubs. You didn’t go there to perform better. You went there if something was wrong… or if you were trying to avoid something going wrong. Then something shifted.  Health became fitness. Maintenance became improvement. And eventually… It became normal. Now nobody says:…

The first thing that got me into the field of psychology was the passing of my cousin from an overdose. I was in eighth grade. The question that plagued me was “Why?” So I studied psychology at Penn State then got my masters in social work from Pitt. From there, the first job I took…

This past week I presented “Mental Fitness for Athletes” for three high school boys and girls’ basketball teams from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Through the talk was mostly about getting a mental edge in sports – and it went really well- the true mission we’re aiming to achieve in Bridgeport is greater than just a one-off speech.…

Dating is fun. When you’re in the honeymoon stage of a new relationship, it’s easy to feel on top of the world. For many people, being a DINK (dual-income no kids) is a phase of life where you still have time and energy to dedicate to courting and traveling, physical fitness, and career goals. Then…

Client: “I struggle with self-confidence…” Therapist: “Write out a bunch of idealistic I am statements and mantras and you’ll magically manifest what you write over time.” Client: “You’re probably right, but I think I’ll pass.” I know this dialogue may seem simplistic and facetious, but it’s not far off from the all-too-often truth. Many people…

Recently, I was watching a stand-up comedy clip from comedian Bill Burr. In the clip, he talks about going through some hard childhood events which would have led him to feel depressed, IF he felt like he was allowed to show feelings of sadness as a man. In his stand up, he says men are…