Anxiety, Anxiety, Go Away…

Author: Alexandra Salerno, LPC, NCC The unknown is scary. Period. One of the hardest things; is not knowing what the future holds. We don’t have a crystal ball and we can’t say exactly what is going to happen. And that – is scary. Whenever fear is present, anxiety tends to be right there with it. Anxiety is an intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear about a sit...
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Face Your Fears: How to Handle Failure

Author: Alexandra Salerno, LPC, NCC Imagine you’re minutes away from giving one of the most important speeches of your career. You’ve prepared for this moment for months; reviewing and revising your thoughts, clarifying talking points, rehearsing out loud, and memorizing your lines. All of a sudden, a moment of dread hits and you think to yourself, “what if I mess up?” ...
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PARTICIPATION TROPHIES: IS JAMES HARRISON RIGHT?

Participation Trophies: The Good, the Bad, and the Lessons Learned By Aimee C. Kimball, PhD Yup. One parent, albeit an NFL player, decides that he doesn’t want his kids to have a “participation trophy” and now the floodgates have opened and every parent who has ever had a little kiddo in sports has an opinion. You just want to know what the right thing to do is so you don...
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