The history of middle-distance running runs deep, and it is a part of the track and field discipline, usually 800 meters and 1500 meters races. The 800 meters runners start the race in lanes, but they merge together after roughly 100 meters to run inside the track. Longer middle-distance races such as the 1500 meters … Read more
“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it – It can’t survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.” – Brene Brown Every day I receive notes from strangers. A lot of them. Sometimes via my website. Sometimes via … Read more
People are not what they portray publicly. Not even close. I wish we all posted pictures when we looked and felt like shit too. I still care what others think a little too much. #WorkInProgress Thought Charlie Sheen had bipolar long ago, but it didn’t feel appropriate to say. I’m fortunate, very fortunate to have … Read more
Lindsay Wallace from Executive Director – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Dane County Tammy Gibbons from Director of Professional Development at Association of Wisconsin School Administrators Paul Gionfriddo from President & CEO Mental Health America Paul E Keck, Jr., MD from President-CEO, Lindner Center of HOPE & Lindner Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience … Read more
Suzy Favor Hamilton was the US Junior Record Holder at 1500m and won 3 National Junior Titles in High School. She was named by Scholastic Sports Magazine as one of the top 100 High School Athletes of the Century and was inducted into the US National High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. At … Read more
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month! A nice cause with a good purpose. But for most who are made aware of it, I suspect it does not lead to much, except a general reminder that mental illness is out there, and we should care. I’m asking you to do more though. I’m asking you to go … Read more