Tag Archives: anxiety

High expectations. Low drama.

Posted on October 24, 2017 by

In the weeks leading up to her Ironman Louisville event, my wife Sue was quite busy with her job. For one thing, she was out of town handling job responsibilities for a week. Then she got back with a day … Continue reading →

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What’s it like to go really nuts?

Posted on September 6, 2017 by

Ten years ago in the throes of caring simultaneously for a wife with cancer and a father who was a stroke victim, the emotional toil became too great. I met with my doctor who prescribed an anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medication … Continue reading →

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The Dragoon and The Blaggard

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us like a good revenge story. Almost every Clint Eastwood movie from the 1970s was about revenge. You know the plot. Cowboy gets beat up. Cowboy goes into hiding. Cowboy … Continue reading →

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What Carrie Fisher taught us about choking the beast of depression, anxiety and dread

Posted on December 29, 2016 by

When the Star Wars character of Princess Leia Organa played by Carrie Fisher took hold of the chain that bound her and used it to choke the dickens out of her captor, Jabba the Hut, fans cheered at the triumph … Continue reading →

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Feeling for a friend

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

Perhaps you know someone with depression. I know I do. A friend just walked in the door of the coffee shop where I’m writing this morning, and I could tell in an instant he was in the midst of a … Continue reading →

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10 Stone Cold Good Reasons to go Outside and Run Today.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by
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What it’s like to live with anxiety and depression. How running and riding can help.

Posted on January 30, 2015 by
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The important difference between “get through it” and “let’s do it”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by

So do yourself a favor. Before your workout do a review of your daily status in terms of relationships, work obligations and creative endeavors. If you feel conflicted or over-obligated in any of these categories, you’re likely going to feel pulled apart and wind up just “getting through” your workout rather than being fully engaged. Continue reading →

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Ask yourself this simple question: “Why am I eating?”

Posted on December 10, 2014 by

Humans have to eat like everything else on this earth. Fortunately we don’t actually have to hunt our own food these days or 99.9% of the human population would die in a week. Continue reading →

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What a 5K for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and National Mental Health Awareness week can teach us all about healthy minds

Posted on October 6, 2014 by

By Christopher Cudworth For the last six or seven years it has been a joy to rise on an early October morning to support a local race in Batavia, Illinois called the NAMI 5k. The race raises money each year … Continue reading →

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