Prevention Blog

On New Year's Day, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and came across this post. After reading the post from this young lady (who I do know along with her mother), I was [...]

There is risk in everything we do. Yes, American football, like every other sport on every level, is a game. What players go through to train and constantly improve, to make a difference on [...]

The advice I would give a younger me is the advice I give to other parents everyday. “Educate yourself on addiction, drugs and mental health”. I was so naive and uneducated on substance misuse, [...]

Advice to my adolescent self: Don’t worry about what other people think. It is a common theme among adolescents to “keep up appearances” with their peers. No one wants to be left out or [...]

As trees naturally shed their leaves in Fall in preparation for the new foliage of Spring, humans must tap into our natural ability to let go of mindsets and concepts that hold us back [...]

The word gratitude is derived from the Latin word gratia, which means grace, graciousness, or gratefulness (depending on the context). In some ways, gratitude encompasses all of these things. Gratitude is the thankful appreciation for [...]

Red Ribbon Week is a national campaign to encourage drug-free living. It began in 1985 after the murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena by drug traffickers in Mexico City. Agent Camarena believed that even [...]

“Friends” star Matthew Perry compared his castmates to penguins in a recent interview. He explained that when one penguin is sick or injured, the others “surround it and prop it up” until it is [...]