- Feb 24, 2021
Why Black Athletes?
As we come to wrap up another Black History Month---the first one after the immense, yet delayed magnification of the Black Lives Matter movement and more blatant display of systemic biases in 2020---many have proclaimed a well deserved change. The change is declaring that Black History is not confined to one month. Sticking to one month is a constant minimization of the joy, celebration, and healing that Black people need. One month doesn't put a dent in the exploration of a
- Feb 18, 2021
Mental & Emotional Quarantine
The experience of being lonely in a crowded room helps us see that connection is not based on physical presence alone. There is also a mental and emotional component to connection. As a Collegiate or Professional athlete, you and others can attempt to question how loneliness is an experience when fame and popularity are a part of the elite sports culture. Mental and emotional isolation can be felt in the process of obtaining and maintaining elite athlete status. Regardless of
- Feb 10, 2021
Relational Poverty: Where Vulnerability and Intimacy are Lacking
When we hear poverty, we often only connect it to the significant lack of financial resources. Relational poverty is the lack of relational resources: lack of knowledge, awareness, capacity, endurance, and/or skills necessary to manage relationships in healthy, effective ways. A significant part of the makeup of slavery, oppressed systems, poverty, and trauma-ridden communities is to break the family down to where the main focus is not on family, but on survival. Survival shi
- Feb 3, 2021
Get In the Ring
Recognize your stuff; Deal with your stuff Don’t project your stuff; Don’t blame others for your stuff I grew up in a family where projecting our stuff was normal. Blaming others, starting fires, adding fuel to others fires was normal. The chaos of it all was even fun sometimes. We didn’t create space for really recognizing what was our stuff to take responsibility for, and because we didn’t, we became our own barriers to healing. Nowadays, I’m going toe to toe with dysfuncti
