Posts in Deep Thoughts
5 Things I Wish I Knew (or actually listened to during my playing days)

Spring season has begun at the college level and many high schools are gearing up in the coming weeks. During the spring season you WILL face hurdles, especially the goalies. I still see and hear goalies experiencing similar hurdles I went through during my high school and college days. I hope these lessons can help some players out there take their game to the next level and thrive off the field along the way. As I mentioned in the title, these might not be novel ideas, but rather things I wish I actually did to maximize my potential.

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Virginia Tech Video -- Where To Go From Here

In case you’ve been living under a rock, or just not on Twitter, a video surfaced this weekend of the Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse team singing along to a song that included the n-word. 

My celebratory haze of Stanford beating USC had come to an unfortunate end as I was immediately struck by sadness upon seeing this video. Yet again, here we are, in the same position we were a month or so ago when a similar situation occurred. 

We talk about solutions, like helping more organizations grow the game, so that the game starts to resemble what our world looks like, but is that really the problem here though? I believe that’s a piece of the puzzle.

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When Light Follows Darkness: My Mental Health Journey

This one is heavy. Very heavy. Today marks the beginning of #SuicideAwareness month, and on this day, I’m sharing my story. This is the most vulnerable I’ve ever felt in my life putting this out there. I hope that it can help someone out there in some way, that someone knows they aren’t alone and as much as you might not think things can get better - they can! I am living proof of that. 

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