Ben Kitching

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"Bench Pressing" Your Way to Better Mental Health

Posted by Ben Kitching on August 04, 2021 | 0 comment(s)

8ED79D42 1BAE 45FF AA60 7FFBC20FCE21 1 201 aI spent a lot of my time as a field staff working with adolescent boys who were struggling with their anger. With a background in athletics, I often used sports to relate to them. I could bring in sports scores from the past week when I returned for another shift. We’d debate who was a better basketball player: Lebron James or Michael Jordan? (Clearly Michael Jordan if you’re asking me). And, we had a lot of fun playing games of ultimate frisbee or my personal favorite, sock hockey.

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