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Hi Everyone! In this episode, Jane Helsing talks about navigating the RT field. In addition, she speaks to the perseverance it takes to continue with the good work of a therapist. If you would like to reach out to her please email me at [email protected]
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 […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month (AKA Mental health month)! As we close the month we at Rec, Play, Live want show how mental health affects Recreation Therapy. In the course of providing Rec Therapy Services, we cross paths with all types of persons including those with mental illness. In the US alone 43.8 million […]
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 […]
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As we conclude Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to take the opportunity to highlight what mental health is and the importance it plays into our everyday lives. According to Workplace Mental Health Promotion, mental health “is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with […]
We live in a fast paced technologically advanced society, that allows us to connect with the swipe of a finger. We often lose sight of the fundamental thing that empowers us to grow, we forget to play. As time goes on we may think of play as an abstract far reaching concept that’s perceived to […]