Speaking at the 37th NASO Annual Summit in Spokane, WA about my history of depression, anxiety, and attempts at ending my life by suicide.
I shared a few Mental Agility tools from the Sports Officials toolkit that I created specifically for this presentation.
This was my opportunity to be vulnerable on stage in front of my officiating colleagues, and to demonstrate that those with mental illness can learn to work with their distorted thoughts and be successful on and off the field.
Speaking to the Pace Academy Upper School about the stress response, and using a novel method to create some anxiety in the attendees in a safe and humorous way.
Journalist for the Knightly News, Francesca Vaneri, wrote about the impact of my story on the community: https://knightlife.paceacademy.org/knightlynews
