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03/23/2023 Sometimes, Even When You Have Very Little To Give, Just Showing Up and Being There For Others Is All It Takes To Lift Them Out Of A Tough Place

The world lost a legend yesterday – Willis Reed at 80 years old. Reed was known to his Knicks teammates (a team he played his entire career for), as “The Captain.” Amongst his many accomplishments – 2 titles, 50 greatest players of all time, etc., he’s perhaps most known for what he did on May …

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03/18/2023 The Cure For Burnout Is Not Self Care – It Is All Of Us Caring For Each Other. We Can’t Do It Alone. We Need Each Other

Woke up this morn to a DM from someone who’s become a close friend – US gold medalist in swimming from the Sydney Olympics, Samantha Arsenault Livingston. If you look at the next slide➡️, you’ll see the simplicity of her note. It was a share from Ted, related to this line (1st slide) abt how …

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03/18/2023 Be Kind To One Another Because You Never Know What Someone Might Be Going Through

This story is so huge – for many reasons.  Slater Koekkoek – the man pictured here, is not a big-named NHL player…but his reveal (only pieces of which are shared here) is so massive.  In total he’s only played 186 career NHL games w the Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks, & Edmonton Oilers. For those …

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03/12/2023 Off Duty Rookie Cop Involved In Fatal Shooting Dies By Suicide On Staten Island

This story is one, in a long line of examples, which helps us understand how stress & trauma impact our nervous systems over time, & can lead to the risk of self harm thoughts & behaviors. I shared last wk, that I’d began working w Nellis AFB & that they’d had 8 suicides last yr. …

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03/11/2023 For So Long As A Society We Have Tried To Fix Bad Behaviours In A Punitive Way, With Consequences

I remember being in 2nd grade, & me & another student Matt, in Mrs. Foreman’s class, were often the ones who’d “get in trouble” by having our desks moved rt next to hers, facing the rest of the students. It was a way to control our behavior: talking too much…by singling us out & having …

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03/07/2023 One of The Biggest Issues Facing The Mental Health Movement Is How We Narrowly Define What Contributes To The Mental Health Equation

Having been in this space for a # of yrs now, I like to believe I keep my finger on the pulse of what’s happening, generally, in the world of MH. Articles, TV segments, campaigns, & typically if I miss something, one of you is there to nudge me: “Hey did you see this”? I …

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03/05/2023 Lubbock Firefighters Run 48 Hour Marathon For Cancer and Mental Health

This may seem like an ordinary headline we see examples of every day now due to mental health taking a more prominent spot in the news cycle. But it’s anything other than ordinary…& it’s great. Firefighters in Lubbock, TX, are running 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours, to raise awareness for mental health, …

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03/04/2023 If We Want To Change The Negative Trends We Need To Change The Culture

When we first started the SameHere Schools program – it was pre cov!d, & schools were looking for programs – for their STUDENTS.  They realized, their kids were struggling. Here was the issue:  having worked in corporate offices in sports my whole career, I’d been to many workshops – where our leaders didn’t show: no …

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