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  Ever find yourself consumed with worry and unable to break the cycle? Ever feel like worry consumes your whole day and sucks the energy from you? If so, you’re not alone!   If worry is something you struggle with from time to time, I’m going to give you 5 tips that can help you break that…

The Ten Principles of Goal Setting: COVID-19 Edition We’re coming up on that time of the year when fitness goals are set and resolutions are made. No matter that 80% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by February, we still find ourselves renewing our unused gym memberships or googling the most painless, delicious, quick-results diets…

You don’t have to be a professional athlete or celebrity to be a hero!   If you’re not familiar with Greg, that’s okay. It’s never been his goal to be famous. Rather, Greg has made it his life mission to rescue as many displaced dogs as possible and connect them with loving forever families.  …

As many of you may know, my grandparents were both very influential to me growing up. Unfortunately, my grandparents on my father’s side passed away when I was in grade school, but my grandparents on my mother’s side were very involved in my upbringing throughout my life.   Many of my friends from childhood will…

Tyler’s Poli-Tips for Politics this Holiday Season   As the holiday season draws near and some of us will be seeing extended family – whether in small gatherings or virtually – it can be expected that at some point the 2020 election will be mentioned. A particularly polarizing election, lines have been drawn, sides chosen,…

  When I was in second grade, our teacher, Mr. Conway, had all of us students write a letter to someone we admired as a local hero. I suggested Mario Lemieux, and fortunately, the class agreed. The year was 1994 and Mario Lemieux had just helped lead the Penguins to back to back Stanley Cup…

  I first discovered golf in high school. To me, it just kind of seemed like hiking, but with a bit more purpose. I was never very good (I’m still not!), but for me, that’s not the point.   There’s a lot of reasons I love disc golf: connecting with nature, bonding with friends, getting…

  In 2016, I was working a sales job and I just wasn’t feeling fulfilled. I kept remembering that Alternative Therapies class in college that I took and loved, and I knew deep down that I wanted to help people in a unique way. I departed with the sales company and shifted gears as I…

A Quick Tip For Anxiety From a Professional Therapist One unsolicited suggestion if I may: watch the term “my anxiety”. Why possess something in your language that you don’t want to be a part of your identity? Instead try… I’m feeling a bit anxious, and that’s okay (notice and allow it, don’t possess it), but I…

A Professional Therapists Take on the Subject The clinical indicators are there: Male. Early 20’s. Life stressors. Even more so: Third person references. Pseudonyms. Vague journal entries. Poor hygiene. Drifting and isolating. These are all indicators of first break potential.   So was Christopher Johnson McCandless, protagonist of the book and movie, “Into The Wild,”…