From the Mind of Kip Rodgers, LPC-S
Hard to miss all the controversy about NFL kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement speech. Here is my take solely based on his speech (not comments he made before or after). Honestly, I find it disgusting to degrade a man who clearly loves his wife and upholds her in high regard. I can’t say that about other professional…
Read MoreWhen I witness discussions between parent and athlete and it goes into debate mode, the ‘yeah but‘ is pulled out. Both parent and athlete interrupt each other with the ‘yeah but‘. It is a common destructive pattern of communication. Parents need to be equipped for these ‘yeah but‘ situations. It involves moving out of debate…
Read MoreAre you ready for the next 10 months? No matter where you turn to listen to ‘news’, can you really distinguish it from ‘editorial’? I just cannot bear to watch national news right now. The insanity of our politics and the editorial style of news these days sends my stomach into turmoil. It is clickbait…
Read MoreManaging the impact of injury is one of the main reasons parents call my office. When injury is severe or season-ending, the challenges demand strong physical and mental responses for your child and for you the parent(s). Let us review vital protocols to address these typical injury challenges Keeping Motivation: This arguably may be the…
Read MoreRecently while listening to several podcasts in my weekly consumption, I heard both therapists and pastors say, ‘feelings are not right or wrong, they just are‘. What?? Uh, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This declaration coming from therapists I understand after all I am one. Therapists are trained to ask this hardly ever useful question, ‘How does that make…
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