Not too long ago I was getting ready to go on a trip and I realized how stressful it can be when preparing to travel and actually traveling. I think it’s important to enjoy my trips so if travel causes you anxiety or stress then you should read on because it’s difficult to enjoy your […]
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Recreation Therapists can also get Compassion Fatigue
It’s ironic that we as Recreation Therapists who provide so much joy in other people’s life, sometimes forget to take care of ourselves. In those cases, we risk being hit with compassion fatigue. If you’ve never heard of it, it is often characterized by physical and emotional exhaustion and a profound decrease in the ability to empathize. […]
Therapeutic Boxing
For a while, I have wanted to write about boxing. It’s something that amazed me as a child and as an adult, I participated in it for several years. Boxing is difficult in contrast to my previous thought where I believed it was simple. In retrospect, boxing is limited and finite, and its main difficulty […]
21 things you can do in 5 minutes or less to improve your quality of life
Have less than 5 minutes or in a pinch? Awesome! That should be more than enough time. In the busy world, we live in we should not take our time for granted. Instead, we should allow ourselves to take breaks throughout the day. We need to take control of our lives and impose free time […]