Social Health
Teens Need Your Support
The research was clear – teens who participate in extracurricular activity do better academically, are more confident, and usually have more successful adult careers and lives. But the interesting part of the research that sticks with me to this day is why that outcome is as it is. There are really two main pieces for the success of these teens – the non-parent adult influence and their peer community.
The World Before and After COIVD: Nature Exhibit Edition
by Andie Vasquez After being stuck inside for the last couple months and staying mostly close to home due to the pandemic, my children were eager to get out and about. Some places remain closed, but a few have reopened. This was our first trip into the world with all...
The Unspoken Language Everyone Speaks
by Jessica Wilkerson Have you ever traveled to a foreign country for vacation where you didn't speak the language? When you communicated with people there, did you feel slightly misunderstood? Have you ever felt that way speaking to your family at home? If you have...
How I am surviving the coronavirus pandemic
By Isabela Collins ATC No one ever expected this. I would never have thought I would have to see my dear friends lose their jobs and file for unemployment before the age of 25. I never thought my senior athletes’ would see the field for the last time after a regular...
The Rise of the Midlife Mom
By Beth Jones, MEd, ATC, LMT, CPT-RES, CHC Geriatric. It’s a word that I didn’t expect to have associated with me for many more decades, but about 10 years ago I heard it for the first time. “You’re a ‘Geriatric Primigravidae”, the midwife told me. Basically I was a...
My Unplanned Quarantine
by Cassandra McCoy MAT, ATC, LAT I had a plan. The last two weeks of March and the first few weeks of April I would be making some changes and would also develop what I wanted to share with others. So I moved forward, plans were formulated, with announcements to the...
Social Distancing: How You Can Survive the Isolation
By Lisa Mildon With US government officials and scientists recommending our population to self-isolate to slow the spread of COVID-19, many people may be feeling the effects of social distancing very negatively. While the US has a large sector of remote workers,...
The Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020: What it is and how you can do your part to stop the spread.
Written by Sophia Pollalis ATC, LAT and Jayme Taylor MSN, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, CSOWM, DIPACLM What is coronavirus? COVID-19, which stands for Corona Virus Disease 2019, is a strain of coronavirus that was discovered in late 2019 not previously identified in humans. The...
When Grief is What a Woman Knows
Written by Emily Dunn, Edited by Andie Vasquez Why does grief/grieving feel so taboo? It seems so taboo, but yet nearly everyone can relate. We can all relate, but why do we all feel like we are suffering? I would like to share a little bit of my story. I lost my best...
You Don’t Need to Fit In: An Open Letter to My Teenage Self
By Rachel Warner Take up all the space. Yes, I am talking to you, that sweet insecure and anxiety ridden 13 year old, who wants to change the world. Society teaches girls and women to shrink, make themselves smaller, not to question or offend those around you. Do not...