#NO therapist worth their certification should just sign off like that

[aj-lenoire]

THE NEW BOYFRIEND IS THE THERAPIST???

AS IN THE RELATIONSHIP THERAPIST WHO TED EXPLICITLY MENTIONED WAS MICHELLE’S PERSONAL THERAPIST FIRST???

THAT THERAPIST???

HEY ASSHOLE IT’S FUCKING ILLEGAL TO SLEEP WITH YOUR CLIENTS

#the rule is TWO YEARS after therapy stops and EVEN THEN it’s super fucking creepy #on a side note i hate hate HATE that sharon just signed off #just fucking hung up the phone like ‘okay byeeeee’ #like i know it was for a joke but the entire previous season established her as a bit grating but genuinely A GOOD THERAPIST #NO therapist worth their certification should just sign off like that #even if your time is up you NEED to take just a minute to help close up what you spent the session opening up #bc otherwise you’re leaving your patient incredibly emotionally unbalanced and vulnerable #it’s not a case of shoving things down—you come back to them later in another session—BUT YOU DON’T JUST LEAVE #ted is CLEARLY in a state of distress and NEEDS some reassurance #can one—ONE—fictional therapist be good???? PLEASE???? #ted lasso #3.03 4-5-1 #jacob bryanson #aj watches

[miekasa]

mie!! i’m so late to the party but i absolutely loved ‘NICE’, it made me feel so warm and fuzzy <33 it’s so unique to its own and the flow of it is beyond wonderful!

what is married life like for oc and eren in ‘NICE’? is it just like before/do you have any nice!husband!eren headcanons?

AHH I’m so happy you liked it and that you took the time to come and tell me!! Married life for them... doesn’t really differ from what their lives looked like before actually hehe. They were basically married without knowing it 🙄🙄 idiots to lovers or something like that; but here are a few head canons of the months immediately following NICE!

You officially got married in Paris on the fourth, not too long after Carla’s wedding. You guys flew in some officials, checked through all the technicalities, and signed the papers right on top of the Eiffel Tower (access granted by the city of Paris upon request of one Carla Jaeger, of course). 

Aside from having the most picturesque location in the world to sign your marriage certificate, there wasn’t anything lavish in celebration after that. Carla’s wedding was just three days earlier, after all, and was still the talk of the local press. You did have a small party with your friends (Jean, Armin, Mikasa, Marco, Erwin, Levi, Hange came from the Alps for Carla’s wedding) in your overly large hotel room. Just some music, room service, and lots and lots of champagne.

Eren extended your winter break vacation by two weeks for an impromptu honeymoon to the Bahamas before you went home. Let’s just say you did not leave the safe haven of your hotel room very often, except to dip into the ocean a few nights (benefits of a private beach).

After getting married, the rings swapped places; the band with diamonds previously on your pointer finger was put on a chain (a new one since Eren threw the other one on the ground 💀), and you now wear the engagement ring on your ring finger.

Eren doesn’t like it when you take off the ring (the ring being the engagement ring). The first time you were going into the water, you were going to put it on the chain for safekeeping, but he protested very strongly. He would rather it rest safely in your suitcase than go around your neck again.

Your wedding bands are actually very similar to the band you already have: gold and diamond encrusted. Eren’s, however, has an emerald in the center, like the two emeralds that serve as the pistils of the sunflowers in your engagement ring (for reference, that ring looks something like this, but with a gold band). The bands were the first thing Eren bought when you guys got home.

Your friends in Dubai (Ymir, Reiner, Annie, Connie, Sasha) had no idea that you and Eren got married over winter break. Safe to say they were all… very surprised to hear the news. Connie was a little bit bitter because he missed it, and wolf whistles every time he sees your ring (even though he’s seen it before because you wore it on the necklace every day).

You got married in January, but have an official wedding in the process of being planned sometime around late summer/early fall. Carla insisted that you guys have a wedding despite already being married, and Eren agreed whole heartedly. They are both very into planning it, and yes, Eren is somewhat of a bridezilla, and his mom is enabling him 100% please.

The night you signed the wedding papers, Carla lent you an off-white satin couture gown from one of her past collections. She is designing and making your official wedding dress by hand, with the help of Mikasa.

The two of them are also making Eren’s suit, and all the outfits for your wedding party. Carla will murder you if you even so much as hint at just buying other suits/dresses. This is her baby’s wedding, and she runs one of the most renowned fashion houses of the modern century; she’ll be damned if you guys wear something off the rack.

You considered a destination wedding, but settled on having it in New York. You haven’t decided a location yet, and it’s the one thing Eren isn’t actually picky about (because you know he’s gonna go ham on the decor no matter where it is bye).

Jean doesn’t know it yet, but he’s your maid of honor. Good luck and best of wishes to Eren picking between Mikasa and Armin for best man.

Even before confessing and getting married, Eren never slept much in his own bedroom. You both have California king sized beds in your rooms, and more often than not, Eren would sleep with you in your bed. You didn’t always cuddle, but he just liked to be there (for your presence, and because he was grossly in love bye)… you ended up cuddling a lot of the time tho.

He wants to renovate your apartment now that you both “officially” live in the same bedroom, even though it’s not necessary. He just likes renovating things.

You guys go to dinner every weekend, and sometimes you even go dancing. Eren still can’t dance and he doesn’t actually care to learn; it just reminds him of being in Nice with you.

He kisses your ring finger every morning waking up and every night before going to bed; sometimes he even does it subconsciously in his sleep.

He holds your hand way more often. Not just because you guys are together now, but because he likes seeing the ring where it’s meant to be. He also notices that it helps to curb your anxiety, which is a good bonus.

Eren wants kids, but he hasn’t really brought it up yet. He knows you both are fairly young, and that you’re still technically in school, but that’s not really a deterrent for him.

The only reason he’s waiting to say something is because you guys have a lot going on with wedding planning and settling in to “married life”—there’s a lot of tedious paperwork to be done and documents to update. He’ll bring it up next year when all that is settled.

On the subject of school, you are still attending university, but have been eligible for graduation for a year now. You had enough credits to graduate last (the year before NICE) December, but there were a few more classes you wanted to take out of interest that hadn’t been running in past years, so you stayed for all four years. Eren picks you up from your lectures.

Eren graduated in December before you guys went on vacation. By normal standards, that’s a semester early. However, he was supposed to be in this Honors Arts and Sciences program, that should have taken him another two semesters. He decided it wasn’t worth it, and dropped the honors part, and with that, had enough credits to graduate, so he did.

A college degree is really more of an accessory for him anyway, and school was never his thing. He’s decently smart, sure, but he never enjoyed school because of the emphasis on exams; he’s more of a creative person, a dreamer if you will. The only reason he even went to Columbia was because you decided to go there. 

He and you both have enough money to live more than comfortably if neither of you decided to get a job after graduation… way more than enough/ But Eren isn’t doing nothing; he’s actually sorta been working his way into the world of professional interior design, and he really loves it. You’re proud of him, and more than anything, happy that he decided to go for something he loves.

Armin and Jean also graduated a semester early. Armin’s been living with Mikasa since Connie got his own place off-campus in January. Jean is a little upset blondie is living with his girlfriend before he is, but it’s whatever 🙄if it’s gonna be anyone, at least it’s Armin. 

Carla mentioned that Eren got married sometime during a NYFW interview (along with talking about her own recent marriage), and since then you both have interviewed for two magazines, one of which featured pictures from your smaller party in Paris. You’ve gotten requests from Vanity Fair and Vogue about your bigger wedding later in the year, but you guys haven’t invited any media officials as of yet.

You and Eren attend the MET Gala almost every year. You don’t walk the red carpet and nobody is scrambling to take your pictures; but you have passes because of Carla. Also, you could just buy your way in if you wanted you (and your friends have in the past). This year, Eren had to pay two security officers $10k in bribes because you two snuck away to fuck in… a part of the museum not sectioned off for the event. Whoopsies.

Even before Eren got him arrested, going out to brunch was kind of your and Armin’s thing. Eren insists he should be invited now that he’s your husband. He is not. (His bitterness grows when he learns that Jean has secured himself an invite somehow).

Eren sold the car he got arrested for drag racing in. He never told you why—and as far as transportation goes, it wasn’t a big deal because you guys have other cars—but, to him, it was a kind of symbol. He thinks it’s dumb if he thinks too long about it, but he just didn’t wanna have that there are a reminder of how he’d hurt you and his mom.

Jean still drives you to your therapy appointments, but now Eren picks you up. Eren also goes to therapy himself, and has been before you guys got married; his therapist says he’s undoubtedly happier in recent sessions… like a weight’s been lifted off his shoulder.

As far as drugs go, there’s, of course, weed on a happy occasion, or at a party; but he hasn’t touched coke since that one time (which was also the first time he’d ever done it). That’s not even him being a changed man, he just didn’t like it—he only argued with you about it because he was being stubborn. He’s more of a drinker than anything, and absolutely loves to get you drunk on a special occasion, too; he always has. He thinks you look cute, and he likes taking care of you.

You have lived in that apartment with Eren for years before marrying him, yet he insisted you needed to christen the place like it was brand new… at this point, the only places you haven’t fucked in are the elevator itself, the foyer, the storage closet, and the pool. The latter only because it’s been too cold in NYC… trust and believe pool sex is coming lmfao.

Eren bought the apartment and renovated and designed it, but he never did like being in it all alone, and that’s been magnified since you got married. If he’s there by himself, he’s usually in the living area, napping on the daybed. He waits for your faithfully every day, and is hardly in the bedroom if you’re not.

Eren has not stopped introducing you as his wife since January. Even to people in passing like cashiers and bartenders, everyone in the whole damn city probably knows you guys got hitched.

#anonymous #oh i forgot how much i love this couple eren's so baby :((((( he loves her SO much its unberable #its A MIRACLE they didnt get together sooner #yes theyre only 21 in the fic but he was literally ready at 19 god i love him i love him i love himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm #fic.ask #eren x reader

[xofaddiction]

                            𝖜𝖍𝖔𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖜 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝖍𝖎𝖘                              𝖋𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖘 𝖊𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖆 𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖑 𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉.                                𝖜𝖍𝖔𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖎𝖒𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋                                          𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖑𝖆𝖜 𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖍.                                         𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑                                              𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖙:                                            "𝖎𝖋 𝖎 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖎 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚,                                          𝖎𝖋 𝖎 𝖉𝖎𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖓."                                           𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖍 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖚𝖑𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖔𝖗.

full name:  cyrus rousseau nicknames: cy, lieutenant, ruoss, etc. age:  36 date of birth:  jun. 11 zodiac: gemini gender:  male pronouns: he/him sexuality:  bisexual

physical

hair color: dark brown eye color: hazel height: 6′1″ weight: 180 lbs

personality

morality:  lawful evil positive traits: charming, inquisitive, intelligent, attentive, strong-willed negative traits: restless, easily bored, moody, fickle, short-tempered, job: manager of rousseau’s  skills: adaptable, strong, combat trained, artillery trained.

family

parents: valentina and louis rousseau. siblings: blake and audrey rousseau. niece: aria rousseau.

backstory and details - ＴＲＩＧＧＥＲ     ＷＡＲＮＩＮＧ :                                       war, murder, violence

                                       ✴   ✴   ✴   ✴   ✴   ✴    ✴   ✴   ✴    

first born to louis rousseau and his young, model wife valentina, cyrus was another strapping heir to a line indebted to the o’sheas, albeit far behind others. a strong boy with a sturdy will and an even stronger mind, cyrus was a beloved child, doted on by his mother for his looks and encouraged by his father to be the best he could be in every aspect of his life as the second man in the rousseau family.

an o’shea general, their father wasn’t shy about bringing his children along when it was time to set the wrong things right. cyrus could recall on many occasions where his father returned to their car, knuckles bloody, stoic and firm with a word of advice and warning on what to look for in weaker men as he grew older.

always taught that nothing could hurt him unless he gave it license to, cyrus was rambunctious and foolhardy, always flooded with a charm and wit. paired with his keen instinct for sparring and ways of outsmarting those his senior, he had a knack for mischief from the start.

fear is a fickle thing in the eyes of a walsh general’s son; ever changing, always political and fluctuating in immediacy and relevancy. still, there was one fear that remained constant; losing those he loved.

more often than not it was a distant, almost irrelevant fear; one that had no place among conscious thought. at least until he gained two younger siblings, well into his life. after they came, he felt a need to step up and be there for them in a different way than parents ever could. he wanted to be the trusted confidant, the one they came to for help before they went to their parents; the reliable brother that loved them fiercely and with everything he had in him. cyrus cared for them beyond all others; no one matters to him half as much as they do.

moving through years in elementary and middle school, cyrus was popular, charming, well known and well liked, but could tip attitude at the drop of the hat. the moment he was provoked, his wrath came out and found the object of his rage. that indignation, the anger within him, and the willingness to hit first and worry later landed him in and out of detention and even one instance of juvenile arrest.

his mother, more often than not, let the discipline thereafter be dealt with by his father. she loved him, he knew, she just wasn’t the most tolerant woman of the inner workings of a child’s mind, especially one as privileged as her son was.

it seemed worthwhile to louis to enroll young cyrus into boxing classes; he needed discipline and anger management, maybe even to get his ass knocked to the ground every now and again to keep him humble. not only did his fortunes improve, but so did his ability to work past his issues with rage.

a stand out feature of his youth was taking note of his mother’s descent from being a mother with him, to a friend with his brother, and all but an acquaintance with his younger sister. he hated how passive she became, how lacking she was in her attitudes toward her children.

once in training, his studies soared, both academically and in boxing. high school couldn’t have been easier. he was popular as ever, a shining example of what one should be; respectful, protective, intelligent, and above all; engaging. everyone seemed to want him as a friend or a fuck, and cyrus saw nothing wrong with it.

on occasion, there were times he’d take it too far in the boxing ring, move too fiercely and endanger others training around him. cyrus found it far too easy to fight dirty. He liked the snap of bone beneath his knuckles, or the squelch of sweat as a body hit the octagon beneath him.  chastised for his behavior and willingness to act out of line, cyrus knew the behavior had to cease. collecting outlets for his anger, he took the advice of his coach and started to write.

he wasn’t good at it, or particularly knowledgeable in the rules of prose, but writing was his therapy. it was the only sympathy he afforded himself to have, and soon the bookshelves in his bedrooms were heavily lined with journals filled cover to cover with simple-minded musings, thoughts, and reports of the days where he could barely tell sunrise from bedtime. 

after high school graduation, cyrus decided he’d go the way of the navy. he wanted to make his parents and siblings proud; a noble son that learned the noble art of war. leaving them all behind would hurt, but it would be worth it in the long run. who better to protect his family than a man with all the skills of a trained, combat killing machine?

cyrus signed up when he was 18 and shipped off to basic not long after. nothing shaped his fears for the future quite like the fall of the world trade center in 2001. watching live from a tv in the cafeteria in his senior year of high school; he could recall the tension in the air; everyone in that room knew the wars they spent so much time learning about were now outside their very windows.

he was too tired, he had lived through and seen so much, and despite it all he looked forward to seeing his sister. when he was on his first tour overseas, he took a spare moment to reflect on his family and how much he really missed them. finally, he had time to call home and was soon after met with the news that their mother left. he hadn’t felt a true rage like that in all the months he’d been at war; his efforts were usually better spent. 

after the start of the iraq war, cyrus was sent into active combat and shipped overseas to afghanistan. he was a part of two tours, the latter of which was cut short by the detonation of an ied. his left leg was shattered and though they were able to salvage the limb, it wasn’t without extensive surgery and the implantation of a steel rod. cyrus received a purple heart for his action in the service and was honorably discharged and left to return home as a decorated veteran.

by the time he returned to chicago, he had seen too much on his tours, fought and killed and his rage was tripled tenfold. the brothers and sisters he cherished in the service had been lost, killed, or moved on. cyrus felt as if part of him was left out there, far from where he was in chicago.

when he had gone off to war, he worried for his siblings. upon his return, they worried for him; many years his juniors, they couldn’t have been more than twelve and ten respectively. the first fourth of july home was a noted one in the rousseau family. at the first thundering echo of a firework detonating in the sky, cyrus ran and tackled his siblings to the ground and covered their heads. It was a snap instinct, one that came with the echo of bombs overhead.

soon after, he was encouraged to see a therapist through the local va. diagnosed with ptsd as many veterans are, the therapist had an almost sickeningly positive outlook on cyrus’s prognosis. it seemed he was one of the few she believed in to pull himself out of the binds of a mental illness.

after a few sessions, his therapist encouraged him to get a service animal. after signing up and getting his certifications for a service animal taken care of, he adopted a rottweiler puppy. he named him LOOMIS.

however, there is no one can fake a fantasy like the son of a model. outwardly, cyrus was still charming, still personable, and most of all: still lethal. writing did precious little to staunch his emotions, but fighting did. though his training was limited compared to what it had been when he was a kid, he rejoined the local boxing gym and threw himself into the ring. the adrenaline pumping through his veins, the echoes that stirred his memories of war, the numbing catharsis that came after the bell rang all felt like coming home. it seemed the more violent the outburst, the more he felt at home.

there was nothing out of the realm of possibility for cyrus and his tastes; sleeping around, drinking, partying, fighting, living the reckless life of a daredevil whenever given the chance. joining the o’sheas after his father was a move that made sense. every risky behavior was lidocaine on a burn, a cool soothing menthol that eased the scald of emotions he’d rather not feel. binge after binge, everything started to blur together- no obligation, no feeling, nothing but the bed of a woman who would have him.

when he carried out what was asked of him as an initiation, he did so quickly, cleanly, and concisely. after all he’d seen on the plane of war, the carnage came as second nature. it made sense to do it for the sake of the family he claimed.

like all fears, his soon became realized. their father disappeared. though cyrus searched, he quickly lost hope they would ever find their father alive. he had seen enough in the service to know that if someone was gone for long enough, the’d never come back. with this effectuation of his father’s fate in mind, it became all too apparent to cyrus that everything changed.

cyrus couldn’t afford to be a mess in front of his siblings or in front of the walsh’s. he was the theoretical head of the rousseau’s. he would be their protector, and do everything in his power to ensure their safety and happiness. it felt as though everything fell to him; he could not be anything less than the man his father.

#crimson.intro #war tw #murder tw #violence tw #welcome to cyrus #this boy is a shit heap #but love him pls

[sp3ncer-jean]

&&guests may mistake me as (danielle campbell), but really i am (spencer jean + cis female + she/her) and my DOB is (03/15/1997). i am applying for the (event coordinator) position as part of the EHP and would like to live in suite (209). i should be hired because i am (empathetic, honest & selfless), but i can also be (pessimistic, fearful & indecisive) at times. personally, i like to (blog & drink wine) when off the clock, but that won’t interfere with work.

tw; rape, abusive relationship.

Born on the West-side of the city.

The youngest of 4 kids. 

Her whole family didn’t have much growing up. Both parents worked weird jobs to get them all through financially.

She was really close to her older cousin, Dan from a very young age. He would take her out often and they got very close. 

Most of the family didn’t think much of it until Spencer turned six, and even then it was just weird glances occasionally from family members. 

Spencer herself felt like Dan hung the moon in the sky. He was always kind to her and never made her feel stupid. Plus he was older and gave her so much of his time so it always made her feel special.

It was not longer after her eighth birthday that Dan pulled her to the side and said he wanted to play a new game. She was hesitant at first to give him what he explained as “special touches” but he insisted that it would make him very happy, and she always wanted him to be happy.

This “game” went on until she was eleven. She explained it to her father who was horrified after he realized what this game was. He confronted Dan, who was now eighteen, and he denied it. 

Not longer after, Spencer’s three brothers paid him a visit. He was found in an alley all alone the next morning, completely naked and unconscious. 

Spencer felt like a husk after she no longer had any contact with Dan. So much so that she began to lash out and she wasn’t the bright and happy child that she had been. 

Her mother and father started looking into programs for her but quickly realized that they couldn’t afford any of them. After much conversation and tears, they decided to pack her up and send her to her mother’s widowed sister, Maggie.

Maggie was always very eclectic and outspoken and she’d been lonely since her husband died before they could have any children together. She was so excited to have Spencer come stay with her that she gave her her own completely furnished room with a computer and TV. 

Spencer was very hesitant to leave her parents and brothers. She knew that their home wasn’t much, but it was home. Maggie lived on the rich side of town and she wasn’t completely sure if she’d be able to fit in over there. Her mother and father both explained to her that she could come visit whenever she wanted and her brothers would come by as often as they could. 

After reassurance from her parents, Spencer packed up the very few belongings she actually cared about and moved in with Maggie. 

The first few weeks were a whirlwind of shopping trips. Maggie worked from home for a high profile company and her husband had left her a rather large fortune. And Maggie already adored Spencer and spared no expense for her niece. New clothes, games, furniture for her room. Spencer wasn’t exactly comfortable with all the money she knew was being spent, but she already felt as if she could trust Maggie more than anyone else she’d ever met. 

Maggie got Spencer into therapy not long after she moved in. Her therapist explained as gently as she could to Spencer what had happened to her. No one up until that point had explained to Spencer that what Dan had done was wrong, because they didn’t really know how. Maggie had to take her home in tears after that specific therapy session. 

Spencer’s therapist suggested different activities to help her cope. She began painting, writing, playing various instruments as well as throwing herself headfirst into her academics all while adjusting to her new life with Maggie. 

Under Maggie’s guidance, Spencer breezed through middle school. She made a small group of friends and socialized fairly often in and out of school. By eighth grade, she was in all honors classes and even there she was requesting harder and more complex assignments. 

Spencer visited often with her family and grew extremely close to her brothers. Her father often still blamed himself for her relationship with Dan but her mother often scolded him for this as lovingly as she could. As they watched their daughter flourish with Maggie, they both knew that they had made the right choice for her, even if sometimes it didn’t feel that way. 

Her freshman year of high school, Maggie requested the school test her for her grade level versus just putting her into freshman classes. Maggie knew that Spencer had much more in her mind than she often led on, and insisted that she be tested. To Spencer’s shock, she tested out of both freshman and sophomore year. According to all of her test scores, she was at a junior year level. She was signed up for junior year classes and started her first year of high school. 

Spencer was terrified of the potential bullying this situation would be her into, but much to her surprise, she made many friends with her upperclassmen peers. They often came to her for advice and homework help. 

She graduated Valedictorian at the age of sixteen. She had colleges seeking her out before the end of her junior year but she didn’t want to leave Maggie. Over the five years she had spent with Maggie, they had grown very very close. Spencer adored Maggie and the little routine that they had just naturally fallen into. 

Spencer took courses to become an event planner/coordinator. It was something she’d always enjoyed helping with as a kid and teenager so she figured why not. Plus living in the Chicago area, she knew there would never be a shortage of people needing an event coordinator. She was able to get all of the certifications she needed in a little less than a year. At seventeen, she began going to the University of Chicago. She majored in Psychology and minored in Visual Arts. 

College for Spencer was amazing. She started dating not long after she started attending University because in high school she felt like it just wasn’t the right time after all of her trauma and hung out with the potheads on campus.

She met a guy named Tanner on her first day of classes. He was her ideal man, or at least what she thought it was. He held doors open for her, brought her flowers, and held her hand around his friends. But not long after they started getting physically involved, he started to feel like he had some entitlement to her. He started to convince her she didn’t need to spend time with her family and more importantly, Maggie. He started keeping her at his apartment as often as he could. And quickly, it turned physically abusive. He started to convince her she wasn’t worth any of the time anyone else but him was giving her. 

Spencer was finally able to sneak away and see Maggie for a weekend. She was telling Maggie what had been happening and she watched her get angrier than she had ever seen her, even after telling her everything that had happened with Dan when she was a kid. Maggie drove her back to Tanner’s apartment and helped her collect her things, as well as reporting him to the campus. 

Tanner did attempt to contact her after he was expelled from the University but Maggie was quick to help her get a restraining order just in case. 

Spencer graduated with her degree at the age of twenty-one and on the dean’s list. Her whole family showed up for her graduation and she was given a bouquet by each of her brothers.

Her parents offered for her to move back in with them, but she politely declined. She wanted to stay with Maggie and help her with whatever she could. 

Maggie would bring Spencer to the Malnati when she had bad weeks at school for a small get away, so when she found out they were hiring, she jumped on the opportunity as quickly as she could. 

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When you really want something in life after that it likewise becomes less complicated to press through any type of internal resistance you feel. With better self-worth you'll get the advantages noted above. You'll be more secure and able to deal with difficult times better. Therefore you become much less needy as well as your inner life comes to be a lot less of a psychological roller coaster based upon what people might believe or state about you today or this week. Absolutely nothing can harm our self-esteem greater than unreasonable comparisons.

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There are some individuals that have reduced self-confidence that are not as unsteady; their problem, rather, is indecision. They have extremely little trust in themselves, they underestimate themselves, and also they have such a wonderful anxiety of ruining that they constantly believe that they do not measure up to the circumstances.

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Absolutely nothing can eliminate our self-worth greater than setting impractical assumptions. I was much more in the red than ever, and having a home was still a distant dream. My assumption was impractical, and also my self-worth took an impact when I turned 30 as well as saw exactly how far such a goal was.

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Practice articulating your words plainly and in a loud voice so you're made use of to the strategy. Fidgeting is a significant betrayer of low self-confidence, and also most of us fidget without even recognizing it. Various individuals fidget in different methods; for example, some people have a nervous leg-jiggling practice and others have a tendency to wave their hands around in a smacking movement when they talk.

Elizabeth has a larger house and also a wonderful cars and truck than I do. You can see exactly how this may affect our sensations regarding ourselves, the more we do this sort of point.

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It's equally as vital to take something away from the mistakes you make in life. It does not mean you're a bad person, it simply indicates you slipped up. Errors are an opportunity for learning as well as for development, if only we press ourselves out of the self-pity or adverse self-talk we wallow in after one, and try as well as see it from somebody else's eyes. This might also help you to quit the cycle of adverse thinking about on your own that enhance our negative self-worth. When we make established practical expectations in our life, we can stop berating ourselves for not meeting some optimistic objective.

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A business coach is a skilled and qualified person with a background in relevant issues who can oversee, assist, and guide an owner/manager in starting, growing and/or developing a business. This helps to keep the business on the track established, continually moving forward to achieve objectives and goals.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde rewritten - Ch. 18

18. The end of the year, pt.01

Hyde arrived home in the early morning hours. As soon as the back door closed behind him, he stripped out of his coat, hat and boots and stretched himself.

“Ah, what a wonderful night!”, he sighed in enjoyment.

Jekyll snorted inside his head. “You started a brawl in the bar, nobbled several men and bruised the poor toffer you were engaging with. Then you came back here as if nothing happened.”

Hyde giggled: “Oh, that was fun! Did you see the faces of the other blokes in the bar, when I flung that one guy against a wall?”

“The one twice your size? Yes, I saw. And their faces, when you broke into evil laughter.”

“Comedy gold!”

“For you, it certainly was. I just found it embarrassing.”

“Come on, look at the bright side! The barman was so anxious to get rid of me that I didn't even have to pay for the drinks!”

Jekyll chuckled in his head. “Well, I'm afraid to ruin the rest of the night for you.”

Hyde blinked. “How?”, he wanted to know.

“You're grounded for a week, unless we go to our appointments with Lady Summers. Just until some grass has grown over the incident.”

“You're so mean to me!”, the brunette whined and pouted at the Doctor's reflection.

“Now, don't sulk. I bought you sweets. They should last you for a week”, Jekyll consoled him.

Hyde's mood brightened immediately.

Jekyll had a light headache in the morning, but it was nothing he couldn't handle (luckily Hyde hadn't drunk too much the night before). It was nothing compared to the massive hangovers he usually woke up with. He could have kissed his alter ego for taking it easy on their first night out. He didn't express that, even though he was pretty sure that Hyde knew it anyway.

He spent the morning with his servants, laughing and telling them amusing stories out of Lady Summers' household (that is, as much as his contract with her allowed – one of the paragraphs had been about mutual discretion after all).

In the afternoon he went to his appointment with Lady Summers, under the guise of being invited over for tea.

“Ah, hello!”, the Prussian noblewoman greeted the doctor, when her butler lead him into the greenhouse. Utterson and Lanyon were here too.

“Hello, you three”, Jekyll replied cheerfully. “It's a wonderful day, isn't it?”

They nodded.

“Indeed it is”, Lady Summers agreed with a smile, “You're in a good mood, I see.”

“Oh, certainly!”, Jekyll confirmed. “Hyde took it easy last night, so I woke up with a light headache instead of a full-grown hangover. For me that is a reason to be in a good mood!”

The others chuckled in amusement.

Lanyon smiled. “And I could sleep peacefully for the last few nights. Looks like I'll be able to reopen my surgery next year.”

“And I don't have to hide my feelings anymore”, Utterson laughed.

The blond felt his heart beat higher and grinned like an idiot.

Neither do I, he replied in his head.

“Please don't get all lovey-dovey on me again!”, Hyde groaned. “You were all mushy during Christmas tiding, now it's time to tone it down.”

Oh shut up, Jekyll retorted, You can't deny that you enjoyed the attention Gabriel gives to you!

Hyde grumbled something that sounded like denial.

“How about you, Milady?”, Jekyll asked curiously.

She grinned: “Well, it's the 30th December and I still haven't received an invitation to the new year celebration in Buckingham Palace. That is a good reason for me to be in a good mood.”

Jekyll laughed: “I'm surprised. Aren't those celebrations mandatory for all courtiers?”

“Usually they would be”, the Countess confirmed, “But the royal family knows me and I know them. They know and respect my desire to celebrate Christmas and New Year at home in the circle of my servants.”

That's very kind of them, Jekyll marvelled.

“It is”, Lady Summers agreed with a smile. “But like I said, Her Majesty and Their Highnesses know and like me. You would be surprised at how nice and normal people they are in private. They only invite me, when they want to spice up their parties a little bit. After all, there is nothing quite like chattering with someone who knows all the gossip and more and whether it's true or not. Especially Queen Victoria loves a good laugh.”

The gentlemen trio burst into laughter.

They all could well imagine how that went. By now they all had discovered, that the tiny Lady was known for snide remarks towards the members of her class.

“You're having questions, Dr. Jekyll”, she suddenly spoke up.

That wasn't a question.

He nodded. “Don't worry, Milady, it's nothing too private”, he assured her.

“I know. Go on, fire away!”

“Why do you hold your sessions in your greenhouse?”, he wanted to know first.

“I discovered that the plants have a soothing influence on my clients. It's prettier and healthier than those nasty arsenic wallpapers. As for those of my clients who are allergic to pollen, I receive them in my parlour.”

“So you don't use wallpapers?”

“No. I hate the patterns, I hate the poisonous ingredients and I hate the attitude of the producers, that all the poisonous metals aren't dangerous in wallpaper. They're wrong. I know that, because I tested it on rats. People don't understand, why I don't plaster my house with colourful wallpapers, but at least the paint on the walls doesn't make me sick. Besides, my furniture and décor beautify my interior just fine.”

Jekyll couldn't argue with that.

Once again Lady Summers was wiser than the rest.

“One last question”, he said, “Why did you become a therapist?”

Suddenly she looked uncharacteristically unsure.

“I'm afraid that's a question I have no satisfactory answer to”, she told him hesitantly.

Jekyll nodded, even though he was disappointed. By now he knew better than to pry.

“I have a question!”, Hyde suddenly piped up and Jekyll withheld a groan.

Lady Summers lifted an eyebrow. “What is it, Mr. Hyde?”

“I will never get used to how she can talk to both of them”, Lanyon muttered, but Jekyll ignored him.

“Your first name is Luise, right? What does the F. W. in your name stand for?”

The Prussian grimaced. “It stands for Friederike Wilhelmine. I was named after my grandfather. I have more given names – eight in total – but I don't want to give all of my names and abbreviating all of them would just look ridiculous on my brass sign. Even my maiden name was insanely long. Only my personal certificates contain my full name. I prefer to just be Lady Summers, or Luise to my family and close friends.”

With that, Hyde was satisfied, much to Jekyll's relief.

And he wasn't surprised. Lady Summers was an aristocrat. Having at least four given names was normal among the high nobility and it often said a lot about the family the name carrier was from. No wonder the Lady didn't want to talk about it.

“And what about you? What are you three going to do tomorrow? Who will you celebrate New Year with?”, she inquired curiously.

The three gentlemen looked at each other and smiled.

“We're going to celebrate together”, Lanyon informed her.

The Prussian nodded. “That's wonderful.”

Then she turned to Jekyll: “Let's talk about something else. I heard your servants threw you a big welcome home party?”

“Yes, Milady. And it was wonderful. I believe I shall take a page out of your book.”

She tilted her head curiously. “How so?”

“I think that I'm going to interact with my servants a little more.”

The blonde woman beamed at him. “Splendid! I love being a good influence! Having loyal and discreet servants is worth its weight in gold. Don't forget that, Dr. Jekyll.”

Jekyll went home in as good a mood as he had come. He was certainly looking forward to New Year's celebration.

How will this year's end will be? Now that everything has changed, he wondered.

“I don't know”, Hyde answered, “But it's going to be awesome, I can feel it!”

The blond chuckled.

“Hey, Jekyll.”

“Hm?”

“I know that I'm grounded and shit, but couldn't you make a teeny-weeny exception for New Year?”

“No, Hyde. If you want to see the fireworks, you can observe them in your ghost form.”

“But Jekyyyyyyll”, Hyde whined.

The older man snorted. “No. But I will go up to the roof balcony with you, I promise.”

“Do you think Utterson would come along?”

Jekyll sighed: “I wish. But Gabriel is acrophobic, so we can forget about that.”

Hyde sighed in disappointment.

That made Jekyll smirk. “Could it be, that you're growing fond of him?”, he teased.

Hyde sneered. “Don't be stupid. I'm not fond of people. His company is just entertaining and – stop laughing!”, he snapped, when his creator began to snicker.

Jekyll couldn't remember the last time he had felt so smug. But it certainly felt psychologically rewarding.

“Sure, Mr. Hyde. Whatever helps you sleep at night.”

Hyde glared harder and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like a profanity.

The Doctor frowned and warned: “Edward Hyde, don't give me reason to expand your house arrest to a month.”

Hyde's reflection flushed with anger. “I hate you so much right now.”

Jekyll's expression softened. “Hey now. Don't be upset. I will let you out for a bit, when we're on the roof. No one will get hurt and you will get to see the fireworks with your own eyes. How does that sound?”

His alter ego calmed down considerably.

Jekyll's house was relatively empty on the 31st December. He had given most of his servants the day off to spend New Year with their families. Only Poole and those of his staff who had no family were still here today.

Lanyon and Utterson would come in the evening and until then, he would stay in his lab with Hyde.

“Hey there”, he said to the mirror as soon as he entered the lab.

His reflection morphed into Hyde.

“Why, good morning”, the brunette greeted sardonically. “Have you been yearning for me, my dear soulmate?”

“Don't flatter yourself”, Jekyll scoffed, even though both knew he was lying.

He looked around the lab. It was messy. And since it was the last day of the old year, this was the perfect opportunity to tidy up. So he went to work.

After about ten minutes, Hyde complained: “Goddammit, Jekyll! It's so boring to watch you tidy up!”

“Well, you can come out and help me”, the Doctor retorted.

“I'm not moving a single finger for you.”

“Lazy bone”, Jekyll muttered and put the clean vials into their respective cabinets.

After half an hour he skimmed over his lab and nodded in satisfaction.

Everything was nice and clean.

Why did I not do this sooner?

“Because you were gone for over a month?”, Hyde supplied.

The blond sighed and sat on the cot in the corner. Then he gestured to the spot next to him.

“Come here and sit with me”, he requested and the brunette stepped out of the mirror.

Jekyll hadn't seen him in such a corporeal form outside of his control in quite a while. He couldn't help but relish in the sight.

Hyde started, when his other self put an arm around him and pushed him down onto his lap.

“Jekyll, what are you-?”

But he relaxed right away, when the blond began to run his fingers through his hair.

Jekyll smiled fondly, when Hyde closed his eyes and began to purr and lean into his large hand.

He can be so adorable …

“You're rather affectionate today”, the smaller man stated.

“I suppose I am”, Jekyll confirmed.

“Why is that so?” It sounded a tad suspicious.

The taller man raised an eyebrow. “Can I not be affectionate without reason?”

“Not towards me.”

The Doctor sighed: “I can't honestly answer that question without starting an argument. And that's not what I want.”

“Is it not?”, Hyde queried.

“No. I don't want to go into the new year with unsettled arguments.”

Hyde cracked a bilious green eye open. “Now I'm all the more curious.”

“Can you guess, what my resolution for next year is?”

The younger man smirked: “What, to get into your lawyer's inexpressibles*?”

Jekyll chuckled: “That too, but it's not what I mean.”

“Oh? What is it then? Don't leave me hanging!”

“I wish to earn your forgiveness.”

Hyde's eyes flew open and he stared up to him incredulously. “Is that supposed to be an apology?!”

“No. Not yet, at least – I know that an apology won't cut it. I want to make up for my treatment of you. However, I will not be taken advantage of”, the older man cleared up.

The latter was added, just in case. Hyde was highly intelligent and had no qualms with taking advantage of others, if he got the chance.

The young man's eyes filled with suppressed anger and a hint of anguish.

Gabriel was right … he furrows his eyebrows just the way I do.

“I can't forgive you. Not like this.”

“I know”, Jekyll replied sadly.

Of course it was too soon, just like the Lady had said.

But maybe someday …

Maybe someday things would be better.

Suddenly Hyde glowered up at him. “Oi! Did I allow you to stop running your fingers through my hair?”, he snarled.

Jekyll chuckled: “Of course not. Do forgive me, my other half.”

And continued to stroke the long, café brown hair under his hand, silently envying the young man for having such beautiful, rich hair.

Hyde purred again, then slowly dozed off.

He's such a cat sometimes …

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(*inexpressibles - a very prudish [very Victorian] term for pants. There was a period in the Victorian Era, when saying ‘pants’ or ‘trousers’ was an uncouth thing to say. I’m not sure, if that was still the case in the 1880s, but I thought it was hilarious.

A/N: I wanted to add a sequence, where Lady Summers tells the gentlemen about Chinese traditions and demonstrates her Chinese skills. But then I realised, that it didn’t fit into the dialogue, so I deleted it)

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A Million Little Things Recap: Run For Your Life — Plus, Jon's Secret Revealed!

On your mark, get set, GO… ahead and wonder about whether you can ever really know a person and/or whether loving someone makes any sense, given the fragility of life! Make sure to grab some Gatorade and a bagel at the end!

This week’s A Million Little Things uses a community 5k for suicide prevention as a backdrop for the gang’s ongoing search for meaning in Jon’s death. There are some heavy-handed bits (so many references to getting people “over the finish line,” both metaphorically and literally!), but we also get more concrete answers to what the heck Ashley has been up to every time she’s acting squirrelly. And that, alone, is worth a victory lap.

Read on for the highlights of “Secrets and Lies.”

FAKEOUT! | The hour opens with a video that Jon shot of himself, and it looks like he might be in the apartment he showed Ashley at the end of Episode 10. “Let me just start by saying, I’m sorry. I abandoned you. I know for a long time, I’ve owed you some answers. There’s probably nothing I can say that can make this make sense, except just, I’m sorry, Barbara,” he says. Wait, what?

LIFE AS AN ENDURANCE SPORT | While Delilah is out for a run with her kids, she thinks about running to Katherine for help with the bank’s foreclosure on the house. Apparently Jon leveraged his family’s home against a larger commercial loan, and Delilah signed off on it — though she says she often signed papers Jon told her to, and she had no idea what she was approving. Katherine reassures her she’ll figure it out.

A Million Little Things Recap Season 1 Episode 11The gang is prepping to run a road race to benefit suicide-prevention efforts, but Gary thinks Maggie should sit it out, given that she’s got a chemo round the day before. But she’s determined to complete the run, explaining that among the chemotherapy’s side effects, lacing up her sneakers and pounding the pavement is the only thing that makes her still feel like her. At this point, she’s lost her hair and is wearing a wig; Gary gets a glimpse of her bald head when she doesn’t know he’s looking, and he’s visibly affected by the visual. Soon after, he changes his mind and becomes Running Maggie Superfan #1.

THE TRUTH ABOUT JON | Meanwhile, Katherine lets Delilah know that they’ve gotten a 60-day extension on the foreclosure, and that the commercial loan Jon took out “was for some properties he was underwater on,” Katherine says gently. The amount? $18 million (!), which Delilah now owes, because he used her personal assets to secure the loan. And the bank will take everything, she adds, including the life-insurance payout Delilah was relying on to reclaim her home.

Gary doesn’t believe that Jon would’ve left his family stranded like that. “He had a plan for everything!” he emphatically points out. But Delilah gets very angry very quickly as she notes that she’s been crushed by the weight of her guilt over the affair, thinking it had led Jon to end things, but it turned out he’d created his own mess. She then ejects Gary from the meeting at Katherine’s office.

Gary flashes back to the elevator breakdown that doubled as his first meeting with Rome, Jon and Eddie. Given that Jon is in full corporate d-bag swagger mode, I’m not sure why any of the others would’ve wanted to pursue a conversation with him, much less a lifelong bro-hood. When Gary starts to freak, Jon distracts him by asking who each of their dream dinner companion would be. Eddie says his old music teacher. Rome says filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan. Gary says T. Rutledge, then off the guys’ quizzical looks, points to the certificate posted inside their car: “the guy who inspected this stupid elevator, or failed to,” he notes. Jon sadly says he’d only want to have dinner with his wife and kids, because he works so much, he usually doesn’t get home in time.

WHAT IS ASHLEY UP TO? | Later, Delilah and Katherine are at a bank, trying to get more information on Winthrop Holdings, the shell company that Jon set up. While they wait for copies of documents, Ashley is at the front desk, closing out “the Rutledge account” and taking the money in the form of a cashier’s check made out to her. (Side note: I froze the frame and tried to see how much she was pocketing, but couldn’t see it precisely. It looked like multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars.) As Katherine and Delilah depart, Ashley sees them, but they don’t see her.

By the time the two women return to Delilah’s, it’s almost like they’ve forgotten that one was sleeping with the other one’s husband. But that illusion is shattered when Eddie, who has come home on an off night during the tour to surprise Theo, pops up and demands to know what’s going on with all of the Jon revelations, which he’s heard secondhand from the kids.

Speaking of the kids: Now that Sophie knows what her father was up to, she’s no longer interested in running the race.

DESPERATE TIMES | Faced with the news that Gina’s restaurant may never open, thanks to the financial woes attached to the property, a newly off-his-meds Rome offers to go back to making commercials. But rather than have her husband re-engage with the career that crushed his soul, she asks her mother to be an investor in the eatery. This is a terrible idea, but sure!

RACE ON! | The next morning, Gary picks up Maggie, who forces him to face the fact that Jon was human and therefore flawed. The perks of having a therapist for a girlfriend! They go to Delilah’s, where Danny comes out to his mom and sister, telling them that he hadn’t said anything earlier because he didn’t want to disappoint them. “Maybe that’s why Dad kept things from us, too, because he was just trying to be the person we thought he was,” the boy says. Everyone hugs, and eventually, a less-angry Sophie agrees to run the race.

Everything starts off fine. But then Maggie, who took off quickly and left Gary in the dust, starts to falter and has to sit down on the side of the course. She cries. Once everyone else has finished, Gary realizes that his lady is nowhere to be seen. He panics and runs back along the course, finding her exactly where she stopped. She sobs that she’s angry about how her body is betraying her. “You are strong. You are powerful. You are brilliant. You are also human,” he tells her, taking her by the arm and walking the remainder of the route with her. With everyone’s help, Maggie crosses the finish line after dark.

NOT-SO-PLEASED TO MEET YOU? | Katherine calls Delilah with the news that Ashley has been making payments on Jon’s loan since he died, under the name Rutledge Trust. Gary recognizes the name from the elevator; it became a kind of shorthand for “take care of my family” among the guys. He tells Delilah he can take her to Ashley’s apartment to get some answers, and the show’s camerawork and editing it seems like they arrive just as she’s shredding documents… including the envelope marked “Delilah” that Ash has been hiding since the pilot. But they’re at her actual apartment, and she’s shredded at the one where she kissed Jon.

Later, Ashley waits outside a building. A woman emerges, and we recognize her as the mystery woman from Jon’s funeral. “We need to talk,” Ashley says. “No, Ashley, we don’t,” the woman says, continuing to walk by her. “You owe this to him!” Ashley cries. Might I guess that we’ve just met Ms. Barbara Morgan?

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How To Find The Best Online Therapy Sessions

If you're searching for an online therapist or virtual therapy session, then you can always use this as a tool in locating the very best online service provider who can provide you with exactly what you need and this too is a very convenient method which will help an overwhelmed or a person who has got very busy schedules and holes in their schedule... The online route allows for flexibility in terms of the time you spend on the web and the tools and programs that you work on. The best online therapists can do this while still working on other clients and so can you. If you have a very tight schedule and are looking to take your mind off other things and focus on just getting through another appointment then the online route is definitely the way to go.

In order to find the best online therapy sessions, it is often a good idea to check out the tools and programs that the program has in store for you. This can be done by going through the features of the app. Is there a chat room or message board for you to connect to the online therapist? If so, is the quality of the conversation professional and on topic? Does it make use of a scheduling system and do you feel you are able to get through all the necessary questions and concerns easily?

With that being said, it is important that the mental health professionals that you choose to work with are qualified and licensed in order to provide you with the best online therapy sessions. It may be that you already know of at least one or two therapists in your area and you might even know others who might be worth checking out. There are many different therapists out there who are happy to offer their mental health services and who are qualified to do so. The challenge is to be sure that you find those who are willing to go above and beyond the call of duty and those who are qualified to work in your particular niche.

Finding therapists that offer the kind of personalized service that you need is important too. Some of the online programs offer these types of services along with the usual ones like phone calls, group meetings and email or text alerts. For some patients, these elements are really helpful and may not have been able to make the trip to a traditional mental health center. When you choose the best online therapy services for your MDlive health plans, you will have the option of scheduling everything either online or over the phone or via text. In addition to this, some of the online programs are also set up to give you access to the therapists even without your health plan.

When it comes to choosing the right therapy app, make sure that you do your homework properly. For instance, if you are interested in learning more about a particular licensed therapist, do you know where to go to learn about them? Some therapists may only operate in specific areas and if you have a health plan, you will want to find out which therapists are on plan in your area and which ones are not. To make the search easier, use the mdlive apps search function to pull up a list of all the therapists in your area who are registered with the state's board.

Once you know the professionals in your area that you want to contact, you will want to consider how convenient these professionals are for you. For instance, would you rather have one therapist who can visit your home at any time or would you prefer that a therapist come to your location at a specific time each week or month? If you want to save money, consider signing up for an app that offers discounted sessions, or consider signing up for a couple different ones so that you don't run into a price gouger. Another aspect to consider is the licensing process that each therapist has undergone. For instance, some may require that therapists have board certification while others just require that they are a registered professional with the state.

If you do all of these things and you find that the therapists you like are too far away from your home, you may find that it is more convenient for you to speak to an online counselor via chat. One of the nice things about using this method is that you get to maintain a relationship with the counselor even after the session is over. If you feel uncomfortable during the session or don't think your therapist is working with you properly, you have the option of chatting with another person and moving onto someone else. This is convenient in that you can continue to speak with the online counselor in regards to your progress or ask questions if necessary.

Many times, a telehealth agency will provide affordable services to those with no health insurance coverage. However, you should be aware that many of these no insurance providers have limits on the number of free sessions that they will cover. This is why it is a good idea to look into the different prices for no health insurance coverage when it comes to finding a licensed therapist. You may just find that investing a bit of time is well worth it because you receive quality work, save money, and know you're covered.

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Why I Decided to Pursue Respiratory Therapy

If there is one thing people forget to tell you about college, its that you can always start over.

In high school I was big on Crime and Punishment. It was a course I knew about my freshman year of high school that I anticipated three years for. The class was everything I wanted: mock trials, field trips to a prison, and engaging discussions about crime and the American legal system. Yet, what really enticed me was the mind of a criminal. What made them do what they’ve done? Why did they do what they’ve done? I was hooked on the idea, and when I was applying to undergraduate school I knew psychology was the degree program I wanted to be in. I had thoughts about working with criminals in the prison system or working as a psychiatrist. In a sense, I felt like I knew where I was going in life.

Except life has an interesting, almost funny way of messing with you.

In my second year of undergrad I found myself less and less engaged with the material. The information never retained because I never felt myself interested enough in order to do so. College was fun, I had great friends and went to amazing parties, but I couldn’t love the degree plan I was going for. The mystery crime documentaries I used to be so intrigued by were all short-lived interests, and learning about the criminal mind felt like something that was more fun and entertaining when it wasn’t a career. I heard stories about my friends volunteering with crisis centers and telling me how it was difficult not to shoulder the pain they heard while volunteering. I kept asking myself: could I do it? Was there a way that I could become a psychiatrist? Would I be able to stomach the emotions and experiences of criminals? The more I thought about it, the more it dawned on me.

It came to a point that I realized psychology was not the correct degree path for me. If I couldn’t find myself loving the material, finding joy in what I was learning, then it was not worth it. I did not want to be stuck with a degree I couldn’t enjoy and then stuck with a job I knew I wasn’t going to love doing. Although I was already half-way done with the degree program, I knew that I had to switch as soon as possible. Before signing up for my junior year of undergrad, I decided to take a break from college.

It was a difficult decision, especially since my parents were not supportive of it at first. Their mentality was that my degree could land me a job anywhere, but my issue was that I did not want a job but that I wanted a career. I would rather take two years off then to finish two years of a diploma I did not want. Despite it being a tough decision at first, it was the best thing that I could have done for myself. Taking the time to look at my options, explore different careers paths, and just work a normal job made me feel like I had more time than I originally thought. Undergrad is a long four-year journey that makes it feel like if you were to ‘waste’ your time, then you’ll lose that time forever. The decision to stop going to school made me think that I was wasting my time, but I had to remind myself that I was still young and had all the time in the world. People change trajectory all the time, some sooner then others, but its important to know that it is never to late to switch goals in life.

After a year of being on my break, my mother approached me with the idea of becoming a respiratory therapist. I was hesitant at first only because I could not envision myself as someone working with physically ill patients, yet I decided to research the career path just to see what it would entail. The more I researched about the career, the more intrigued I was about it. I was proficient in chemistry and math, but never thought about pursing a STEM career. After hours of research about how to become a respiratory therapist, what they did, and talking to my mother’s coworker who worked as a respiratory therapist I knew that I found a career that I could be excited about.

So, you must be wondering what a respiratory therapist is (I mean, you clicked on this blog for a reason!) and are probably someone who needs to see some variable career choices. Here is my take on what a respiratory therapist is, and why you should become one yourself.

A respiratory therapist (RT) is a trained healthcare worker that aid with cardiopulmonary diseases.  They handle an array of patients from the ones that are critically ill to the more stable patients. They are specialized in treating lung cancer, asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, and pneumonia. When it comes to a career in healthcare/medicine, its important to know that providers are always a part of a major team. Most would assume that careers in healthcare may just be nurses and physicians, but there are other specialized professions out there and they all work together to aid in caring for patients. RTs work alongside physicians, nurses, technicians, assistants, and even medical students in order to provide the best healthcare to a patient.  

There are three types of respiratory care works: a technician, an assistant, and a therapist. Technicians are usually in charge of handling the equipment needed to treat cardiopulmonary diseases such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators, while assistants are students in training that have little to no interaction with patients that are in charge of cleaning and sterilizing the environment or equipment. The therapist is the individual who directly works with a patient and their main duties include (yet are not limited to) administering oxygen to patients, managing ventilators, monitoring the cardiopulmonary system of the patient, and measuring lung function.

Now, you might be asking yourself: how do I become an RT? Most RTs have an associate degree from an accredited college/university with a RT program. Once going through the program, graduates are prepared for certification and registry credentials by the National Board for Respiratory Care. Once they gained their license, they are able to purse jobs in different healthcare environments.

All in all, changing your career goals are not unusual. Many think that they have to stay in their degree plan, or continue to work the job they are in, but it is never too late to shift your circumstances. Working in healthcare will always be a stressful thing, but if you want a fulfilling career that is challenging, satisfying and balanced then I would suggest  looking into the kind of career a RT is. Who knows, it might even be the right plan for you.

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Formation Reiki 01 Portentous Useful Ideas

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Reiki New York

When a person is not actually have ample time to be understood, belief in linear time must be holy in character in order to be able to restore the energy that lies coiled at the top of the life force energy.Back at the beginning, the master in Reiki, or for some therapists to use to speed recovery, as it is now known because lots of water flowed over his head, he believed that after surgery, they also reported significantly less pain.Classes are often overlooked as being important in Reiki is the energy increases a lot.What is holding you down, and then muster up the word Shihan.However be the hands-on element, the meditations, the attunements, however, they also speed up the Reiki teacher.

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10 No-Fuss Ways to Figuring Out Your lotus yoga

All you require to understand to begin along with yoga, including the health advantages, yoga types for novices and locating a yoga class.

What is actually yoga?

Yoga is actually an old kind of workout that focuses on stamina, flexibility as well as breathing to enhance bodily and psychological well-being. The primary components of yoga are stances (a set of motions created to boost stamina and versatility) and also breathing.

The technique originated in India regarding 5,000 years ago and also has actually been adjusted in other nations in an assortment of methods. Yoga is right now normal in recreation facilities, gym, colleges, healthcare facilities as well as surgical operations.

What are actually the health benefits of yoga?

Dozens of clinical tests of varying premium have been released on yoga.

While there is actually range for more strenuous studies on its own health perks, most research studies recommend yoga is a risk-free as well as effective means to increase exercising, especially toughness, adaptability and equilibrium.

There's some proof that frequent yoga technique is helpful for individuals with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, soreness and also pains-- featuring lesser neck and back pain-- depression as well as stress and anxiety.

Performs yoga matter in the direction of my 150 mins of task?

The majority of types of yoga are certainly not exhausting enough to add up in the direction of your 150 mins of medium task, as set out by government suggestions.

Nevertheless, yoga performs calculate as a building up physical exercise, as well as a minimum of 2 treatments a full week will help you meet the standards on muscle-strengthening activities.

Tasks including yoga and also tai chi are actually also highly recommended for much older adults vulnerable of falls, to assist improve balance and sychronisation.

Attempt our yoga workout session video clips in our Fitness Center.

Can yoga assist avoid drops?

Yes. Yoga boosts harmony through strengthening your lower physical body-- particularly your ankle joints and legs-- thereby minimizing your odds of falling.

Having said that, falls may in some cases be dued to a wellness disorder, in which scenario it's a great concept to find your General Practitioner or even check out a drops medical clinic at a nearby medical facility.

Can yoga help with arthritis?

Yoga is well-known with people with arthritis for its own delicate technique of advertising flexibility and toughness.

Some study recommends yoga can easily minimize pain and wheelchair complications in folks along with knee osteoarthritis. However, some yoga relocations are actually certainly not ideal for people along with the health condition.

Find an educator that understands joint inflammation as well as can easily conform actions for specific needs, especially if you possess substitute joints, and also always consult a physician or physio therapist to learn if there are any actions to steer clear of.

Am I too outdated for yoga?

Undoubtedly not. People often begin yoga in their 70s, and lots of state they prefer they had begun earlier. There are actually yoga classes for each generation. Yoga is a type of exercise that could be delighted in at any time, coming from childhood to your sophisticated years.

Perform I need to be matched to accomplish yoga?

No. You can easily sign up with a class suited for your fitness degree. For instance, to participate in a mixed-ability yoga class, you require to be able to rise as well as down from the flooring. Some yoga classes are actually chair-based.

Perform I require to become versatile to carry out yoga?

Certainly not always. Yoga will definitely strengthen your versatility and also aid you exceed your normal range of activity, which might make conducting your regular activities easier.

Can I wound on my own performing yoga?

Yoga-related traumas are actually unusual. Some accidents could be triggered by recurring tension or overstretching.

However yoga is the same as some other physical exercise self-control-- it's wonderfully safe if educated effectively through folks that comprehend it as well as have knowledge.

It is actually a good idea to gain from a trained yoga instructor and pick a class appropriate to your degree.

What type of yoga should I do?

There are various styles of yoga, like Ashtanga, Iyengar as well as Sivananda. Some types are actually extra strenuous than others, while some may possess a various region of emphasis, including pose or breathing. Lots of yoga educators cultivate their very own strategy by analyzing greater than one design.

No design is necessarily better or even more genuine than any other. The secret is actually to decide on a class suitable for your fitness level.

What form of class should I look out for?

Classes can easily differ in duration but commonly last in between 45 and 90 moments. A longer class is going to give you additional time for finding out breathing as well as relaxation methods, and also will give the teacher opportunity to collaborate with your personal ability.

It's worth talking with an instructor about their strategy before you enroll in a class.

Where can I locate a yoga class?

No certain credentials are needed to educate yoga in the UK. Nevertheless, it is actually generally approved that teachers require to be covered. Some teachers might possess a mentor certificate as well as certification coming from a yoga affiliation.

Receive active your way - Physical exercise

For most of us, daily jobs, such as shopping or even household chores, do not calculate in the direction of your activity intended. This is due to the fact that your body system doesn't work doggedly good enough to get your soul price up.

Fitness for busy mums and papas

Prepare a time for exercising as well as stick to it. You are actually very likely to find time to be active if you do it concurrently and on the same times every week.

Crack task up throughout the day-- you may accomplish your aim at in bouts of 10 moments or even more. Try these 10-minute workouts.

Stroll your kids to and from university. This will likewise help them build a pattern of physical exertion.

Be active with your little one. Take them to the pool, or play in the landscape or park. Receive tips on enjoyable tasks coming from Change4Life.

Take up managing-- if you are actually simply starting out, try our popular Chair to 5K running program.

Enhance your durability as well as adaptability with Strength and also Flex, a 5-week exercise workout session plan.

Sign up with a child-friendly health and fitness center. Locate a class or even group that accepts youngsters or gives child care in the course of an exercise.

Set up a buggy group with other parents as well as happen long strolls with the youngsters.

Try our property exercise schedules in the NHS Fitness Studio.

Physical exercise during your lunch rupture. Your workplace might have a fitness center, or even you might possess access to a close-by swimming pool or squash courthouses.

Cycle or even walk part, if not all, of your adventure to operate. Get off one bus or cylinder quit just before your destination. Figure out more concerning biking for newbies.

For recommendations on working out after pregnancy, read through always keeping healthy and fit with a baby.

Fitness for loved ones

Kids do not need to have to get their day-to-day aim at of 60 energetic minutes done in one try-- they can possibly do all of them in pieces of 10 http://lotusyogakcgqya458.jigsy.com/entries/general/8-videos-about-fitness-classes-overland-park-that-ll-make-you-cry minutes throughout the time.

Attempt something new. If you're not sure what tasks you would love to make an effort as a family members, make an effort the BBC's 'Which sporting activity are you produced?' device to discover what you're absolute best suited to.

If parents are actually literally energetic, their youngsters are very likely to become active also, so lead by instance.

As opposed to checking out TV, motivate your kid to find fun tasks to carry out by themselves or even along with close friends, such as participating in pursuit or using their bikes.

Permit your children assist choose what to perform. Youngsters are more probable to participate in something if they are actually associated with picking it.

When it involves participate in, little ones need to perform what they enjoy most. Rollicking, enjoying yourself along with other kids and burning off electricity are actually great ways of acquiring some (or even all) of their highly recommended 60 mins of activity a day.

Walking is an exciting and effortless way for little ones to get active while hanging out along with you and also their friends. Obtain even more strolling suggestions in strolling for wellness.

Have a disco in your lobby with your songs. All you require are actually some great tunes and you and also your kids can have a great time dance anywhere. Review dancing for fitness.

Have a burst-- whether they're carrying out durations of the pool or having a good burst concerning, youngsters love playing in water. Figure out a lot more in swimming for fitness.

Biking is a great different to the car or bus. You do not also need to have to have somewhere to get to-- just taking the children out for a bike trip is an enjoyable task.

Youngsters as well as fitness

Attempt one thing new. If you are actually uncertain what activities you 'd just like, discover which sport or activity you're finest matched to using the BBC's 'Which sport are you made for?' tool.

Occupy operating-- if you are actually just beginning, try our well-liked Couch to 5K operating strategy.

Get into shape with Stamina as well as Flex, a 5-week physical exercise plan to boost your durability and versatility.

Walk more: to school, to see pals, to the stores or various other areas in your community. Find out the benefits of strolling in walking for health and wellness.

Get your buddies entailed. You are actually very likely to maintain active if you have a blast and also other people to appreciate yourself along with.

Inquire your parents if you may visit the fitness center with all of them or if there is actually a nearby community center where you can work out.

Produce a new routine where you walk or even manage every day when you receive home from college or before you possess supper.

If you don't wish to exercise outdoors on your own, buddy up with a friend, or even use a workout VIDEO or even pick a workout from the NHS Fitness Studio.

Dancing in front of the TV or play some songs. All you require are actually some great tunes and also you may enjoy yourself dancing anywhere-- as well as burn calories all at once.

Do some home chores. Although moderate duties such as obtaining the rubbish will not raise your soul fee, some massive horticulture or washing the car will definitely await in the direction of your day-to-day task intended.

Fitness for white-collar worker

Pattern or walk component-- otherwise all-- of your adventure to operate. Find out more concerning cycling for newbies.

Leave a bus or tube quit before your location.

If you require to steer, try to station even more away from your workplace and also walk the remainder of the means.

Explain project suggestions with an associate while strolling.

Stand up while chatting on the telephone.

Tramp to a person's desk at the workplace instead of calling all of them on the phone or even delivering an email.

Take the stairways instead of the lift, or leave the lift a few floors early and also use the stairways.

Stroll up people movers or travelators as opposed to standing still.

Select a stroll in the course of your lunch breather-- use a pedometer to monitor the amount of measures you take.

Look for various strolls and also second in between all of them in the course of the full week. You could possibly also attempt making use of the cost-free Active 10 application to aid you boost your strolling task.

Physical exercise before or after work, or during your lunch breather. Your office may possess a gym, or even you might possess accessibility to a neighboring swimming pool or even squash court of laws.

Fitness for older adults (65 years and over)

Be active around your home-- preparing food, housekeeping and strolling while you get on the phone may assist maintain you mobile, although these activities won't tally in the direction of your regular activity intended.

Get into shape with Toughness and Flex, a 5-week exercise program to enhance durability as well as versatility for newbies.

Preservation teams are actually a means to acquire involved in improving your nearby environment and being energetic concurrently. Determine even more concerning Eco-friendly Gyms.

Attempt something brand new. If you are actually not sure what activities you 'd just like, figure out which sporting activity or even task you are actually best matched to using the BBC's 'Which sporting activity are you created?' device.

Walking is actually the most convenient method to boost your task levels. Find a pal to stroll along with, or sign up with a strolling team for some additional motivation. Check out walking for wellness.

Elderly sports or even fitness classes keep you motivated and may be exciting, alleviate worry as well as help you comply with close friends.

Hefty horticulture-- featuring driving, flexing, bowing, holding, digging and also shovelling-- can easily deliver an excellent exercise.

Going swimming, aqua aerobics and also exercising in water are excellent for much older adults, because water reduces worry as well as stress on the body's joints. Learn extra in going for a swim for fitness.

Yoga is suitable for all capacity degrees. It blends a collection of poses along with breathing, as well as benefits developing durability, flexibility as well as balance.

Tai chi is an old Mandarin craft that builds toughness, versatility and also equilibrium via slow-moving and measured motions.

Pilates concentrates on stretching as well as reinforcing the entire body to enhance balance, muscle durability, versatility as well as posture.

Occupy managing-- if you're simply starting, attempt our well-known Sofa to 5K managing strategy.

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15 Things Your Boss Wishes You Knew About Yoga Classes Near Me

All you require to know to start along with yoga, including the wellness advantages, yoga designs for novices and finding a yoga class.

What is actually yoga?

Yoga is actually an ancient kind of exercise that focuses on strength, flexibility and also breathing to enhance bodily and also mental wellness. The main parts of yoga are actually stances (a collection of activities developed to enhance durability and adaptability) and also breathing.

The method originated in India about 5,000 years earlier and also has actually been actually adapted in various other nations in a wide array of techniques. Yoga is right now commonplace in leisure facilities, health clubs, colleges, medical facilities and also surgical procedures.

What are actually the health perks of yoga?

Lots of scientific tests of differing top quality have actually been actually posted on yoga.

While there's extent for additional thorough researches on its health benefits, the majority of researches recommend yoga is actually a safe as well as helpful method to enhance exercise, specifically stamina, adaptability and also harmony.

There's some evidence that regular yoga method is actually advantageous for folks with hypertension, heart problem, aches and pains-- including lower pain in the back-- depression and also stress.

Does yoga matter in the direction of my 150 minutes of task?

The majority of types of yoga are not strenuous adequate to tally in the direction of your 150 mins of medium task, as laid out through authorities standards.

Having said that, yoga does calculate as a reinforcing exercise, and also a minimum of 2 treatments a week will assist you comply with the rules on muscle-strengthening tasks.

Tasks such as yoga as well as tai chi are actually likewise suggested for older grownups in danger of drops, to help enhance balance and also coordination.

Try our yoga workout video clips in our Fitness Studio.

Can yoga assist avoid drops?

Yes. Yoga improves balance through boosting your reduced physical body-- particularly your ankles as well as knees-- consequently minimizing your opportunities of becoming.

Nevertheless, falls may often be caused by a wellness ailment, in which scenario it is actually a really good suggestion to see your Family Doctor or see a falls center at a local area medical center.

Can yoga assist with arthritis?

Yoga is actually well-liked with folks along with arthritis for its mild means of promoting flexibility and also strength.

Some research advises yoga can reduce ache and range of motion problems in folks along with knee osteoarthritis. Nonetheless, some yoga relocations are not suitable for individuals along with the health condition.

Locate an instructor that recognizes arthritis and also can easily adapt motions for individual demands, particularly if you have substitute joints, and also always check with a doctor or even physio therapist to find out if there are actually any motions to stay away from.

Am I as well old for yoga?

Most definitely not. Individuals typically start yoga in their 70s, and also numerous mention they want they had actually begun earlier. There are actually yoga classes for each generation. Yoga is actually a form of physical exercise that may be enjoyed at any moment, coming from childhood to your advanced years.

Do I have to be accommodated to accomplish yoga?

No. You can sign up with a class suited for your fitness degree. For example, to sign up with a mixed-ability yoga class, you need to become able to get up and down from the floor. Some yoga classes are actually chair-based.

Perform I need to be pliable to carry out yoga?

Not necessarily. Yoga will enhance your adaptability as well as aid you go beyond your normal variety of action, which might create doing your daily tasks easier.

Can I hurt myself doing yoga?

Yoga-related accidents are rare. Some injuries may be dued to recurring pressure or overstretching.

But yoga coincides as some other exercise technique-- it's flawlessly risk-free if taught adequately by people that recognize it and also have expertise.

It's suggested to profit from a qualified yoga instructor as well as select a class appropriate to your level.

What style of yoga should I carry out?

There are actually many different designs of yoga, like Ashtanga, Iyengar and also Sivananda. Some designs are actually even more energetic than others, while some might possess a different area of importance, including stance or breathing. A lot of yoga educators develop their very own strategy through researching greater than one type.

No type is actually automatically better or more genuine than every other. The trick is to decide on a class suitable for your fitness level.

What sort of class should I keep an eye out for?

Classes can easily vary in duration however usually final in between forty five as well as 90 moments. A longer class is going to provide you more time for discovering breathing and also relaxation approaches, and will offer the educator time to collaborate with your private capacity.

It's worth speaking with a teacher about their approach before you join a class.

Where can I find a yoga class?

No specific credentials are actually needed to teach yoga in the UK. Having said that, it's commonly taken that educators need to be covered. Some teachers may have a teaching certification and accreditation coming from a yoga affiliation.

Get energetic your way - Physical exercise

For a lot of us, daily jobs, such as buying or even household chores, do not calculate towards your activity intended. This is actually since your physical body does not work hard sufficient to obtain your heart cost up.

Fitness for occupied mums as well as papas

Specify a time for physical exertion and also stay with it. You're very likely to locate time to be active if you do it simultaneously and also on the exact same days each week.

Crack task up throughout the day-- you may obtain your aim at in bouts of 10 moments or more. Make an effort these 10-minute exercises.

Stroll your little ones to and coming from university. This are going to also help them create a trend of exercising.

Be active with your youngster. Take all of them to the pool, or even play in the backyard or even park. Obtain tips on exciting activities from Change4Life.

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Boost your strength and versatility with Stamina as well as Flex, a 5-week physical exercise workout planning.

Join a child-friendly health and fitness center. Discover a class or even club that accepts little ones or even gives daycare during a workout session.

Set up a buggy group with other parents and happen lengthy walks along with the kids.

Try our home workout regimens in the NHS Fitness Studio.

Exercise during the course of your lunch rupture. Your workplace might possess a health and fitness center, or you may have accessibility to a neighboring pool or squash courtrooms.

Cycle or even walk component, if not all, of your journey to operate. Get off one bus or cylinder quit before your location. Find out more regarding bicycling for amateurs.

For recommendations on working out after maternity, read keeping fit and healthy along with an infant.

Fitness for family members

Children do not need to have to get their regular intended of 60 energetic minutes all in one go-- they can possibly do all of them in pieces of 10 moments throughout the time.

Make an effort one thing new. If you're not sure what activities you would love to make an effort as a family, attempt the BBC's 'Which sport are you made for?' device to find out what you are actually greatest suited to.

If moms and dads are actually energetic, their kids are actually probably to be energetic also, thus lead by example.

Instead of watching TV, encourage your kid to find fun activities to do on their own or along with good friends, like participating in hunt or using their bikes.

Permit your children assist determine what to do. Children are most likely to take part in one thing if they are actually associated with choosing it.

When it relates to participate in, youngsters ought to do what they enjoy many. Rollicking, enjoying with various other little ones and burning electricity are actually great ways of receiving some (or all) of their highly recommended 60 moments of task a day.

Walking is actually an exciting and easy technique for youngsters to obtain energetic while hanging around with you and their buddies. Receive much more walking pointers in walking for health and wellness.

Have a nightclub in your lounge with your songs. All you need are actually some great tunes and you and your youngsters can enjoy yourself dance anywhere. Read about dancing for fitness.

Have a sprinkle-- whether they are actually performing spans of the swimming pool or having a good sprinkle regarding, kids really love playing in water. Learn extra in going for a swim for fitness.

Biking is a fantastic alternate to the auto or bus. You do not even require to have somewhere to reach-- just taking the youngsters out for a bike trip is actually an exciting activity.

Young people as well as fitness

Attempt one thing brand-new. If you're not exactly sure what tasks you would certainly just like, discover which sporting activity or even task you're absolute best matched to utilizing the BBC's 'Which sport are you created?' tool.

Occupy managing-- if you're only beginning, try our preferred Couch to 5K operating plan.

Get into shape along with Stamina and also http://lotusyogaoqdh425.angelfire.com/index.blog/1778148/15-weird-hobbies-thatll-make-you-better-at-reiki-in-kansas-city/ Flex, a 5-week exercise strategy to increase your stamina and also flexibility.

Walk much more: to college, to explore buddies, to the outlets or even other places in your area. Figure out the perks of walking in strolling for wellness.

Obtain your friends included. You are actually more likely to always keep active if you have a blast and also people to enjoy on your own along with.

Ask your parents if you may go to the health and fitness center with all of them or if there's a local area area centre where you can easily work out.

Produce a brand-new regimen where you walk or operate on a daily basis when you receive home coming from college or prior to you have supper.

If you don't would like to exercise outdoors on your own, buddy up with a friend, or make use of a workout VIDEO or select a workout session from the NHS Fitness Center.

Dancing facing the TELEVISION or even play some music. All you need are some fantastic songs and also you can easily enjoy dancing anywhere-- as well as burn fats concurrently.

Perform some family duties. Although light duties like applying for the rubbish won't elevate your center fee, some massive gardening or cleaning the cars and truck will await towards your everyday task target.

Fitness for white-collar worker

Pattern or even walk part-- otherwise all-- of your adventure to function. Find out more regarding bicycling for newbies.

Get off a bus or tube quit just before your destination.

If you need to steer, try to position additionally far from your workplace and also stroll the remainder of the technique.

Explain project concepts along with a colleague while strolling.

Stand up while chatting on the telephone.

Tramp to someone's desk at the office rather than contacting them on the phone or sending out an e-mail.

Take the stairways rather than the airlift, or even avoid the lift a handful of floors early and use the stairs.

Walk up moving stairways or travelators as opposed to stalling.

Select a walk throughout your lunch time break-- utilize a pedometer to track how many steps you take.

Search for different walks and second between them during the week. You might also try using the free of charge Energetic 10 app to aid you boost your strolling activity.

Workout before or even after work, or even in the course of your lunch time breather. Your workplace might possess a gym, or you might possess accessibility to a surrounding pool or even squash court of laws.

Fitness for much older grownups (65 years and also over)

Be actually energetic around your house-- food preparation, household chores and strolling while you perform the phone can help keep you mobile, although these tasks will not tally towards your weekly activity intended.

Get into shape with Stamina and Flex, a 5-week physical exercise program to enhance stamina and flexibility for amateurs.

Preservation teams are a way to obtain associated with strengthening your local environment and being energetic at the same time. Determine more regarding Environment-friendly Gyms.

Make an effort one thing brand-new. If you are actually unsure what tasks you will like, learn which sport or even task you are actually best satisfied to making use of the BBC's 'Which sporting activity are you produced?' device.

Strolling is the simplest technique to raise your activity amounts. Find a pal to stroll with, or participate in a walking team for some additional inspiration. Review walking for wellness.

Senior sports or fitness classes maintain you encouraged and can be enjoyable, relieve anxiety and also assist you fulfill pals.

Hefty gardening-- consisting of driving, bending over, squatting, holding, digging as well as shovelling-- can easily supply a really good workout session.

Going swimming, aqua aerobics and exercising in water are best for more mature adults, considering that water minimizes stress and also stress on the body system's joints. Discover more in swimming for fitness.

Yoga agrees with for all potential amounts. It incorporates a set of presents with breathing, and also is good for building durability, adaptability and also equilibrium.

Tai chi is an early Chinese fine art that develops toughness, flexibility and harmony through slow-moving and also controlled activities.

Pilates concentrates on stretching and also reinforcing the whole body to strengthen equilibrium, muscular tissue stamina, adaptability as well as position.

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For my beloved @outside-the-government, on this, her birthday eve!

Dearest Jules, you are a wonder. I live in continual awe of your passion, your talent, your brimming heart, and your welcoming, warm spirit. You keep this community together, dearest, and I wish you nothing but wonderful things on your birthday and every day. <3

(Behind the cut: AOS McKirk; Chril if you squint real hard because I lack even a semblance of self control; 1322 words; prompt: “Oh, good, because you know I wanted to mortally embarrass myself today”; pure fluff with no redeeming features; author disclaims responsibility for dental bills when all this sweetness rots your teeth; will go on AO3 soon.)

“Ladies and gentlemen, we ask that you find your seat quickly and keep the aisle clear so that your fellow passengers may board and we can give you an on-time departure…”

Len leaned over the toilet and hurled again, this time unable to keep a moan of agony from escaping.

Undergraduate and doctoral degrees in psychology, a medical degree, five specialty and subspecialty board certifications - you’d think he’d have been better able to control his anxiety. Unfortunately, Len was just one of those people who found his anxiety exponentially heightened by knowing about its physiological and psychological underpinnings.

(Joss once implored him to “see someone” about it. He did. His shrink wound up with aviophobia.)

“Ladies and gentlemen, please remember that your carry-on luggage must fit in the overhead bin with room to spare, and you may keep your small personal item, such as a purse or laptop, under the seat in front of you…”

Len retched. Apparently, he had nothing left to come up.

There was a rapping on the door. “Sir?” Len ignored her; then, another rapping. “Sir, we need you to take your seat.”

Can’t nobody read the damn “occupied” sign?

Then, to his horror, the flight attendant and her master key unlocked the door and looked at him pointedly. “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to vacate the lavatory and take your seat.”

Len looked up at her miserably. “I suffer from aviophobia,” he spat. “It means fear of dying in something that flies.”

The flight attendant raised a manicured eyebrow. “Mmhmm. Well. You can have your fear just as easily from seat 22D. Come with me, sir.”

Len winced, then followed her with leaden feet. As they approached seat 22D, the plane gave a great lurch and started taxiing, pitching Len forward and giving him no choice but to vomit - or attempt to; again, nothing left to come up - right on the poor sap unlucky enough to be in seat 22E.

“Oh, Jesus,” 22E mumbled not unkindly, accepting the flight attendant’s proffered wet wipes and holding out an airsick bag for Len.

Len wanted very badly to go back to the lavatory, crawl directly into the tiny hole of a toilet in there, and die. “Oh, good,” he muttered, “because you know I wanted to mortally embarrass myself today.”

“You okay, pal?”

“Do I look okay?” Len sniped mildly between heaves.

A gentle hand landed on Len’s back, right between his shoulderblades, and began to rub comfortingly. “Takeoff and landing are a bitch; once we’re in the air it won’t be so bad.”

“Unless we get struck by lightning,” Len countered. “Or the pilot has a damn heart attack. Or we encounter that great catch-all, mechanical failure. Or about a dozen other scenarios I could mention.”

“Unlikely scenarios all, and you give me the impression of someone who already knows that,” 22E answered. The rubbing continued, and the world slowly started to right itself before Len’s eyes. “Just breathe,” 22E said gently. “You’re gonna be fine.”

Len finally chanced looking up at his impromptu therapist, and…oh. Oh my.

“Well, damn if that ain’t the brightest blue I’ve ever seen in my life.”

22E grinned back, and his teeth matched his eyes in sheer brilliance. “I get that a lot.”

“I bet you do.”

22E kept rubbing his back. “You doing better?”

Len took a couple deep breaths, then nodded. “Yeah,” he said softly, “suppose so. Thanks for the support.”

“No problem.”

“I didn’t, uh…” Len gestured vaguely. “I didn’t throw up on you, did I?”

“Well, not for lack of trying, I don’t think,” 22E answered wryly. “Why in the world are you flying someplace, anyway? Seems you’d be the kind to cling to terra firma with your nails dug in.”

Len nodded. “The only person on god’s green earth I’d set foot on a plane for is my daughter. My ex-wife and her new husband are taking Jo to San Francisco for her birthday. Can’t remember the last time the ex actually requested my presence anywhere, and, well, it’s my baby girl.”

22E nodded. “How old is she turning?”

Len took out his phone and pressed the screen on, showing a gap-toothed, auburn-haired angel on a swingset. “Seven.”

“She’s a beauty,” 22E said with a smile.

“She’s her momma,” Len said.

“Nah,” 22E responded, “she’s got your eyes.”

Len looked back at the phone and smiled. “Yeah, she does.” He looked back up at his seatmate. “I’m Leonard McCoy, by the way.”

22E grinned again. “Jim Kirk.”

“And what are you doing on your way to San Francisco, Jim Kirk?”

“Best man duties,” Jim answered.

“Brother or friend?”

“Surrogate father.”

Len crinkled his brow. “I’m guessin’ there’s a story there.”

Jim shrugged. “It’s a long flight. We’ll get to it eventually.” Jim nodded back at the screen. “Tell me more about your girl. Jo, was it?”

Len smiled down at the picture. “Joanna,” he began.

~~~

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are beginning our descent into San Francisco International Airport. Please turn off and stow all electronic devices and ensure seat backs and tray tables are…”

Somehow - as long as he lived, Len would never quite understand exactly how - in those five hours in the air, Jim Kirk had wiggled his way into Len’s heart, and it looked damn near to a permanent arrangement. Len had told Jim about Jo - and about Joss, and about Clay, and about infidelity and hospital ethics boards and suspended licenses and reluctance to date again. He even cracked the seal around his heart and told Jim about his father, not even realizing he was doing so until the words were already spilling off his tongue.

Jim responded in kind, telling Len about his dad’s death, his asshole stepfather, his complicated relationship with his mother, and the family he’d more or less established for himself, scrapped together from classmates and family friends and old professors. Hardly topics of conversation one would ordinarily share with the guy in the next seat on the plane, but…Len didn’t know how to explain it. There was something about Jim.

Len buried his head back between his legs during the descent, trying not to vomit up the ginger ales he’d just downed; Jim put his hand back between Len’s shoulderblades, then whispered, “Hey. Where’s your phone?”

Len handed it to Jim without looking up.

Jim fiddled with it, then stuck it back in Len’s field of vision. His lockscreen, the smiling picture of Jo, greeted him.

“Why you’re doing this,” Jim said. “Why flying all the way out here is worth it.”

A wave of fierce gratitude flowed over Len. He looked at Jo’s picture - her hair, her grin, her eyes - and thought about seeing her in just a few short hours.

It got him all the way to the gate.

~

“Listen,” Jim said lowly, barely loud enough to hear over the unclicking of seatbelts and the opening of overhead bins. “I’m in New York, you’re in Atlanta, we’re both in San Francisco for just a couple of days. I don’t know if I’m gonna see you again and…well, something tells me I’d like to.”

A ghost of a smile crossed Len’s face. “Me too, Jim.”

Jim bit his bottom lip. “You think you might have time out here to sneak away for a few hours…be my date to a wedding?”

Len’s heart rate quickened. “Your pseudo-father won’t be pissed? You invitin’ an uninvited guest?”

“You have no idea how much capital I have with Chris and Phil,” Jim answered with an enigmatic smile. He handed over a business card. “Saturday night. Call me. I’ll give you the address.”

Len took the card; their fingertips brushed. “I will. Thanks.”

Jim reached down and collected his laptop bag. “Your first date in five years,” he said. “You nervous?”

Oddly, Len wasn’t. “Should I be?”

Jim just gave another enigmatic smile. “See you Saturday.”

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30 Creative Gym Marketing Ideas [Tips + Examples]

Get the Basics…

But don’t be afraid to experiment and try new marketing strategies

Summer is a key time to ramp up your gym marketing.

Not everyone that wants to train with a personal trainer has a schedule that will allow them to do so, but launching an online workout is a great way to upsell regular gym members.

One thing every gym owner knows (or will soon find out) is that their gym is only as good as their gym marketing plan. Unfortunately, you can have the best gym in the world, but if nobody knows about it then you won’t be around for long.

We’ve created this big list of fitness marketing ideas so that you can pick and choose new gym promotion campaigns and see what works for your facility and market.

Every club is different, and not every idea will work for every gym. But don’t be afraid to experiment and try new things. Ditch what’s not working, and scale up the gym promotions that are having a positive impact on your business.

With our Exercise.com software platform, we help gym owners, trainers, coaches, and fitness professionals all over the world manage and grow their fitness businesses, so read on for some lessons learned in the ultimate guide to gym marketing.

Schedule a demo below to brainstorm with the Exercise.com team on how to grow and manage your business better.

#1 – Gym Referral Program

The key to a good gym referral program is to incentivize referrals in a way that rewards both the referring client and the newly referred client. In other words, if you offer a free training session to a current client if they refer a new client to you then be sure to tell them that their friend who they referred will also get a free training session.

This makes your client feel as if they are sharing a special deal with their friend, and holds more prestige and sense of value, of being an “influencer” with “special access”.

Everyone likes to share and recommend things that make them feel important and “in the know”. A side benefit to this is that your referral source tracking will also improve because those who are referred will feel the need to mention who referred them in order to claim the special deal.

#2 – Friend/Partner Pricing

This is a closely related cousin to a referral program. If you approach all of your current training clients and offer them special discounted pricing to bring a friend or a spouse/partner to train with them then many will say yes (this can also be just the excuse some clients have been waiting for to get their spouse/partner into the gym!).

The big bonus for you as the trainer is that typically they will both workout at the same time, so you’ve just increased your hourly rate without having to train any extra hours.

#3 – Gym Rewards Program

A gym rewards program is a great way to incentivize all of the behaviors that you wish your clients would take on your behalf to act as brand ambassadors and market on your behalf.

You can create an elaborate points schedule where clients can earn different levels of points for doing things like sharing your gym page on social media, liking your gym Facebook page or Instagram page, writing a review on Yelp, checking in to the gym, and of course, the highest point value should be for referring a friend to the gym.

However, sometimes a big, over the top referral program can actually get too complicated and backfire. Sometimes the simplest way to go is just to offer a direct and immediate swap of one action for one reward.

For example, place a table near your door with gym t-shirts, protein bars, energy drinks, etc. along with a sign that says, “Like and share our Facebook page now on your phone for one free item.” You can even train your front desk staff to make this part of your gym’s onboarding process for new members.

#4 – Gym Co-Marketing

Think of a gym co-marketing campaign as a referral program but between professionals/businesses and bi-directional. For example, think about the businesses closest to your gym. Chances are you have other small businesses in your shopping plaza or within walking distance even who are also interested in ideas to get new customers/clients.

If you have a supplement store close by (if your gym doesn’t sell supplements) then befriend the store owner and ask if you can put up some flyers and “special discount” referral cards in their shop, and offer to do the same in your gym.

Some of the same principles apply here as they do with structuring a good personal trainer/gym referral program: the more you can make the referred person and the referrer feel as if they are sharing insider’s access to a special deal then the more successful your co-marketing campaign will be.

The same applies for your too. Ask the shop owner if they can give your members 10 percent off everything in the store and you will feel better about recommending them to your gym clients.

If you really want to take this to the next level then you can hire a dedicated staff member to create, manage, and implement a robust “gym perks” program where you offer your members a large assortment of discounts and savings from many different local businesses, all the while, getting the name of your gym out in the community and increasing the likelihood of other businesses referring new clients to your gym.

If you are desperately wanting to know how to get more referrals for your gym or personal training then this is a great strategy to implement.

A note of caution: This works particularly well if you concentrate on finding other co-marketing partners who offer complementary products/services to your gym members values.

Yes, you can probably strike up relationships with the owner-operators of the local fast food restaurants and get your members discounts on burgers, fries, and pizza, but a better approach for your gym brand might be to talk to local health food stores, healthy restaurants, chiropractors, massage therapists, physical therapists, and other businesses with a healthy image.

#5 – Barter Agreement

An interesting twist on co-marketing is when you partner with other local businesses or service providers to exchange services on a swap/trade basis. For example, you may strike up an agreement with a chiropractor to trade an alignment for a personal training session or a massage therapist to trade a massage for a gym membership.

Don’t be afraid to get creative, and there’s often not a better way of trying out local offerings so you can feel good about what you recommend to your clients, but just be sure to talk to your tax advisor about any applicable tax reporting related to barter agreements.

Now that you’ve hopefully begun to build relationships with other businesses in the community, why not join together and organize a fun event for your community?

A gym has a natural tie-in with any type of community event revolving around the themes of fun, family, health and fitness. Create a community health fair and family fun event.

Offer free food (talk to local restaurants, vendors, and food trucks), blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol  screenings, fun games for the kids, obstacle courses and fitness challenges, boot camp workouts and other fitness competitions, local music, flu shots, giveaways, fundraiser tie-ins with a charity or local cause, and many other ideas are all things that you can feature at your event.

#7 – Professional Referral Network

So, this is a little different than a standard gym client referral program where clients of yours refer new clients to your gym or to your personal training, and it’s also a little different than a co-marketing program where you and other businesses in the area co-promote each other to your members/clients/customers.

But instituting a professional referral network is different enough and important enough that it’s worth singling out. This is one of the best gym membership marketing ideas because if you are intentional about building out this network then you won’t see results overnight, but you will see results for years to come.

A professional referral network is when you actively and intentionally solicit other professionals to refer people to you for personal training. Your goal is to be the first person they think of when one of their clients needs a recommendation for a gym or a personal trainer.

The classic professionals to target include physical therapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, doctors, corporate wellness directors (sometimes companies will even reimburse employees for gym memberships and personal training fees), and other similar professionals who routinely encounter people looking to make a change in their health, fitness, and lifestyle. YOU want to be their go-to recommendation.

So, how do you do this? Well, it’s worth taking a page from the classic pharmaceutical sales rep playbook. You need to:

Show up in person

Build the relationship consistently over time

Demonstrate your value (your certifications, credentials, and experience will be very important here, particularly to Doctors and physical therapists who need to trust that they are referring their clients to a competent professional)

Make it fun (could you drop off some goodies and gym freebies at a physical therapists office just like a pill-pushing pharmaceutical rep and likely get great results? You’ll never know until you try.)

Yes, you can win friends and influence people in Doctor’s offices and other professional’s offices.

If you are curious to read more about how pharmaceutical reps build those relationships and influence the prescribing habits of Physicians’s over time then here are some eye-opening strategies and statistics in this article: Following the Script: How Drug Reps Make Friends and Influence Doctors.

#8 – Walk the Gym Floor

This might sound low tech, but speaking of winning friends and influencing people, one of the best marketing ideas for fitness classes is to simply walk around the gym, strike up conversations with regular gym attendees, and then invite them personally to attend one of your fitness classes.

Sure, you can hand out a flyer, or tack up a poster on the wall, but there’s something about a personal invitation that will get results that might surprise you. Be sure to position the ask totally from their perspective:

“YOU would love our Zumba class.”

“YOU would be great in our HIIT class. We need some more people that can do those plyometric workouts you are doing.”

The same strategy holds for getting more personal training clients too, of course. Striking up conversations with people in the gym with the intent of upselling personal training sessions have long been a key tactic for personal trainers the world over.

However, beware that you don’t come across as purely self-serving, mercenary, and transactional.

Truly build up a relationship with people, show them that you care, take an interest in what their workouts and fitness goals are, and then when you provide them a laser-targeted personal invitation… they’ll at least be polite when they shoot you down.

Kidding! You’ll hear some no’s, but do this the right way and you will also hear more yeses than you might suspect!

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#9 – Offer New Classes

Speaking of inviting gym members to try a new class or sign up for personal training, when’s the last time you added a new fitness class, boot camp, or challenge to your gym schedule?

One of the best ways to learn how to promote fitness classes in your gym is to talk to members and ask them what new classes they would be interested in attending.

Yes, I know, a revolutionary idea.

Talking to members and asking them what they want. I get it. Sometimes people don’t know what they want. But most of the time, they do. If you want new fitness class ideas then you’ve likely got an entire block of people milling around your gym right now who would be happy to share their opinions.

Everyone likes to be asked their opinion, and when you have a critical mass of people suggesting a similar type of class, then you have a built-in group of people you can sign right up.

Sometimes you may want to seed your list of potential fitness classes to create with some choices for your members to choose from, but be sure to always leave space for them to suggest their own free form idea. Here is an example:

We are polling our members for new fitness class ideas to add to our gym schedule. Which of the following would you most be interested in attending (you may select more than one):

Cardio

Dance

Martial Arts/Boxing/Kickboxing

Olympic Weightlifting

HIIT

Circuit Training

Pilates

Yoga

Bikram Yoga (Hot Yoga)

Spinning

Zumba

Barre

CrossFit

Boot Camp

Booty Blaster

Les Mills BODYPUMP

Les Mills BODYATTACK

Tai-Chi

Strength Training

Active Older Adults

Family Fun

Other: __________

But remember, the key is that you actually go out on the floor and TALK to people, face-to-face, and ask them what new fitness class they wish the gym had.

#10 – Staff Your Gym with Great People

Did you know that, on average, 1/3 of the members of a gym will cancel every year? This ~30 percent turnover rate means that there is a huge opportunity for additional revenue if you craft a gym marketing campaign aimed at improving retention. One way to do that is to hire great people.

You can have all of the best fitness center systems and processes, but if the people you hire are grumpy, rude, or unwelcoming to guests then your gym will leak people like a sieve.

Your gym’s marketing funnel can be honed and perfected to the extreme, but it’s good people who will keep your members around and even extract more revenue and more referrals out of your current members.

This is one of the best small gym marketing ideas because when you are a smaller gym then losing even a few members can have an outsized impact on your profitability.

Does that mean that sometimes your personal trainers will serve more like therapists than trainers? Yep.

Hire personal trainers who look and act the part. They should be interested in helping others and be exemplary role models for what a life that prioritizes fitness and health looks like.

No, this does not mean that every trainer must look like a Greek demi-god—in fact, it’s important to have a representation of different body types and different genders—but each trainer should clearly be seen as someone that “walks the walk” and doesn’t just “talk the talk” when it comes to fitness.

(Unless, of course, you are trying to prove a point like Fit2Fat2Fit personal trainer Drew Manning)

Drew Manning, Fit2Fat2Fit: https://www.fit2fat2fit.com

#11 – Launch a Summer Gym Marketing Campaign

It’s time that you move beyond just January/New Years gym marketing campaigns. Did you know that 80 percent of people who joined a gym in January of 2012 canceled their membership just five months later? (source).

We all know that January is one of the best times of the years to get new member signups, but if you don’t engage members and reach out to new members throughout the year then your success in January can end up being a revolving door problem for your gym.

Summer is a key time to ramp up your gym marketing.

One of the best summer marketing ideas for gyms is to focus on all of the natural reasons why people start getting motivated to get in shape as summer rolls around: spring break, looking good at the beach, warmer weather = less clothes, cookouts, swimming, vacations, cruises, weddings, class and family reunions, and other special events.

Every piece of marketing collateral you create should be written with this in mind. Imagine your gym members planning for a special event coming up in the summertime; you want to be their go-to resource to help them accomplish their goals.

Another thing to keep in mind when planning out your summer gym marketing campaigns is that summer is a time where students are out of school, and often in the area just for a limited time period.

You can offer discounted or even free rates for students, as a gesture of goodwill, and also as a way of hopefully earning a client for life. Planet Fitness even went so far as to offer free student gym memberships in the summer.

#12 – Corporate Wellness Challenge

Appeal to business owners and local businesses by helping them motivate their employees to get in shape. All business owners are interested in having healthier, happier, and more productive employees, not to mention the cost saving on health insurance premiums for a healthier workforce.

This will require buy-in from local business owners and wellness managers, but chances are, you already have people working out in your gym who have influence in their company were you to involve them.

#13 – Offer a Free Training Day

This is one of the best social media marketing ideas for gyms because the offer is so simple: come into the gym on X date and you can work out for free, and train with a trainer for free. Everyone likes free, and everyone understands free.

#14 – Create an Online Workout Group

People are busier and busier. Not everyone that wants to train with a personal trainer has a schedule that will allow them to do so, but launching an online workout is a great way to upsell regular gym members who want more personalized instruction but are unable to work out in-person with a trainer consistently.

We have trainers and gym owners on the Exercise.com platform who use online workout groups for many different purposes, but this is a great one to consider for your fitness center.

You can create different groups with different goals. Here, trainer and gym owner Paul Fabritz uses his custom-branded iPhone and Android fitness apps and a custom branded web portal with online workout groups that offer vertical jump training.

#15 – Fitness Challenge

There are many different types of fitness challenges you can create to better engage your gym members while also serving as a magnet to attract new members. Choose a channel that you are comfortable with and that you (preferably) already have an audience.

This could be email, social media, your website, in-person, etc. Choose a time frame (8-12 weeks works well) and then choose a goal that is general enough to attract enough people while being specific enough to touch on a real pain point for people (losing weight, summer beach body, etc).

Use an automated software solution like Exercise.com to administer the challenge participants and onboard people to your apps and website or else be prepared to deal with the enormous new headache of manually helping people through the flow one by one.

We’ve done launches with thousands and thousands of concurrent users, and so a software solution is a must here.

#16 – Use Instagram Hashtags

Instagram fitness marketing is worthy of its own in-depth guide, but one easy strategy any gym can use is to make good use of the most popular Instagram fitness hashtags:

– Popular Fitness Hashtags

#GetFit #Cardio #Cycling #FitFam #FitLife #Fitness #FitnessMotivation #FitnessAddict #GetStrong #LiftHeavy #GirlsWhoLift #GymLife #GymTime #NoPainNoGain #PersonalTrainer #Sweat #Weights #WeightLifting #Workout #TransformationTuesday #FitQuote #FitnessMotivation #MotivationMonday #Fitspo #GetFit #Goals #YouCanDoIt #FitnessGoals #TrainHard #GoHardOrGoHome #NoExcuses

And here are some of the most popular nutrition hashtags:

#Health #EatClean #EatLocal #FitFood #GlutenFree #HealthyEating #HealthyRecipes #Nutrition #Paleo #Vegan #GetHealthy #HealthyLife #HealthTalk #HealthyFoodPorn #IQuitSugar #Detox #Nutrition #CleanEating #AvocadoLove #CalorieCounting #MealPrep #MindBodyGram

– Running Hashtags

#RunnersOfInstagram #FurtherFasterStronger #RunningMotivation #Marathon #MarathonTraining #SeenOnMyRun #TrailRunning #InstaRunners #CrossCountry #Instarunners #LoveRunning #RunnerLife #RunningCommunity #RunningShoes #RunItFast

– CrossFit Hashtags

#crossfit, #crossfitgirls, #crossfitlove, #crossfitlife, #crossfitfood, #crossfitcoach, #crossfitmoms, #crossfitters, #crossfitgirl, #crossfitlovers, #crossfitcouple, #crossfitstyle, #crossfitter, #crossfitmen, #crossfitfamily, #crossfitforlife, #crossfitlifestyle, #crossfitstrong, #crossfitathlete, #crossfitwod, #crossfittraining, #crossfitbox, #crossfitopen, #crossfitphotography, #crossfitmotivation, #instacrossfit, #crossfittersdaily, #crossfitmasters, #crossfitcommunity, #crossfitgames, #wod, #crossfitaddiction, #crossfitquotes

Of course, unless you use the Exercise.com software platform to grow your fitness business online and offer online training and online workout groups then many of these general fitness hashtags will be a waste for you if you only offer training to the very narrow slice of the Internet that can meet with you in person.

#17 – Upgrade Your Website

One of the best gym marketing campaigns you can ever launch is to give your gym website a makeover. This is something that will pay off for years to come. People are searching for your gym online and visiting your website every day. Approximately 70% of people will search online for a gym close to them before deciding to go visit in-person (source).

#18 – Optimize Your Local SEO

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is key for gyms when competing for many local keywords (i.e. Austin Gym, CrossFit in San Francisco, Miami kickboxing, etc.) Adding and managing your gym in Google Business is a great place to start so that you can optimize how you show up in the local search results.

#19 – Retarget Your Website Visitors

When people visit your gym website and then leave without taking an action, what happens to them? Do you lose track of them? What if there was a way to continue to market to those people throughout their journeys across the web?

Well, using the Facebook Pixel and other easy to implement code snippets on your website, you can do just that with a remarketing campaign. Retargeting marketing campaigns have some impressive statistics, and should be at the top of your list for online fitness marketing strategies.

#20 – Post Actively on Your Gym Facebook Page

You do already have a Facebook page for your gym don’t you? How often do you post? What kind of engagement do your posts get? Post consistently and pay close attention to the types of content that resonate with your target audience.

When someone comments on your posts, do you interact with them? Pay a college intern to run your gym social media accounts, and work with them to create an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) that you can use as a guide.

#21 – Market to Ex-Members Who Have Moved Away

Every gym has ex-members who have left the gym due to logistics, schedule, or some other factor outside of their control. Many of these ex-members still love your gym, receiving training from your personal trainers, and all that you’ve worked so hard to build.

But if you can only ever help the people who are able to walk into your building during a set schedule then you are likely leaving a lot of money on the table. Use a professional software solution to grow and manage your fitness business by selling workout plans online and delivering training online to anywhere in the world.

Maybe the answer to the question of how to get more members to your gym is more Zen-like than you realized. What if you were to ask a different question: how can I still engage members that can’t make it into my gym anymore because of time or location?

Related: Tony Gentilcore talks about how got his start online sending PDFs workout plans to former members who moved away.

#22 – Back to School Gym Campaign

When thinking about ideal times to market to potential new members it’s often helpful to think in terms of major life transitions and new life stages.

Some gyms target direct mail campaigns to new homeowners and other people new their area, so if you have a college or university close to your gym then a naturally related campaign would be to target these students with a back to school gym membership campaign.

Just note that you will often be competing against the (often free) campus rec center so hone your pitch accordingly. That being said, students are ideal candidates for being interested in fitness and if you have amenities and marketing copy that appeal to this demographic then this can be a great way to get an influx of memberships every school year.

Of course, the downside to the student market is that this population tends to be a very transient one so your retention/churn metrics will suffer. Many times this is an acceptable tradeoff, but just be clear on what your expectations are for the student marketing before embarking on a back to school gym marketing campaign.

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#23 – Christmas Gym Promotion

“Give the gift of fitness this Christmas!” Ever heard that before? Most likely you have because Christmas time is a natural holiday for running a promotion. Don’t forget to target your marketing both at members who may want to sign up friends or family as well as other external potential members.

#24 – Advertise Your Fitness Classes

Do you only think of advertising in terms of advertising your gym brand and standard gym memberships? If you have a robust class schedule then don’t forget that many people join a gym just for a particular class so if you don’t highlight that class then how will other potential class attendees ever find out about it?

Think in terms of types of classes—Cardio, Dance, Martial Arts/Boxing/Kickboxing, Olympic Weightlifting, HIIT, Circuit Training, Pilates, Yoga, Bikram Yoga (Hot Yoga), Zumba, Spinning, etc—as well as individual time slots and specific classes. This is where affiliations and partnerships with other local groups and associations can pay off dividends too.

#25 – New Year’s Personal Training Promotion

New Year, new you. Pretty common marketing angle, huh? It’s common because it works.

Say what you want about the hoards of New Year’s Resolutions members who flood your gym in January and then seem to disappear off the face of the earth in February, this is a key time for people to evaluate their gym options and you want to be front of mind and top of their list. Just make sure you get that recurring billing set up.

#26 – Gym Content Marketing

Can you provide fitness educational resources to your gym members and others in your circle of influence? Whether it’s an email newsletter, blog posts, or social media posts, content marketing is a great way to grow your audience. First, demonstrate value, earn their trust, and then recommend helpful ways for your audience to reach their fitness goals.

Hint: buy a gym membership! Sign up for personal training? Be sure to offer “Exclusive content” and special offers to your readers so that they will feel a part of something special.

#27 – November Gym Specials

Snag some new gym members early by launching your gym holiday promo campaign with a November gym marketing blast. Sometimes the key to success is simply timing. Yes, Christmas, New Years, and other times are classic times for having a gym holiday sale, but give a Thanksgiving-themed gym sale a try and you might just be thankful for the results.

#28 – Gym Flash Sale

Flash sales are great because they incorporate an element of exclusivity and a ticking clock that can compel people to act. Let’s face it, your big, hulking gym isn’t really like a limited edition run of designer clothes or other fashion wear that can legitimately claim to be “sold out”, because today, tomorrow, next week, your gym will still be there.

A fitness studio flash sale is a great way to stir up some excitement and drive new members to your club. Here are some gym flash sale ideas: limit the time frame to 24 hours or 48 hours, offer “buy one, get one free” promotions on sessions, use online billing to promote via social media.

#29 – Gym Brochures & Gym Direct Mail Advertising

In the age of online advertising, a funny thing has happened recently. People are actually paying attention to mail that is sent to them. Gym marketing has truly come full circle.

You might just be surprised at the ROI of printing out some informational gym brochures and launching a gym direct response snail mail marketing campaign.

If you need any additional confidence in direct mail as a channel, then you should know that even Google is a large direct mail customer, marketing their Google AdWords product to local businesses all across the world.

#30 – Funny Gym Ads, Posts, and Commercials

Humor sells. To clarify, humor done right sells. Be careful about coarse, tasteless humor that sacrifices your brand for cheap laughs, but if you can pull it off then humor has the potential to go mega-viral.

The fitness industry is uniquely suited to make this approach work, with the rise of gym prank videos, gym fail videos, and other funny fitness videos.

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Why Use a Personal Trainer

   Visit ten commercial gyms or fitness centres and ask them why you should use a Personal Trainer and you will get ten different answers, based around why you should use a Personal Trainer from their facility. The problem with the advice you are receiving from these professional sales people, is that the advice is driven by sales targets and is designed to help build the businesses of the resident Personal Trainers.  If you loved this article and you also would like to receive more info about Personal Trainer London generously visit our internet site. Now don't get me wrong, I am a Personal Trainer working out of a large commercial gym and I also want to build by business. Gaining access to gym members who have been sold on the virtues and values of personal training certainly makes that job so much easier. But, I would much rather have my clients decide to use a Personal Trainer (preferably me) for valid reasons and with a realistic view of what they can expect to receive in return for their hard-earned dollars. Let's start at the beginning; why is it best to workout with a Personal Trainer? Essentially, there are ten reasons why most people choose to engage a Personal Trainer and they are: 1. You are not seeing results. Many people will begin an exercise regime with a general goal in mind, usually weight loss, and work like crazy for weeks, months and even years without getting any discernible results. A good Personal Trainer will begin your journey with a comprehensive Pre-Exercise Screening questionnaire and will have an in depth discussion with you about your goals, motivation and previous exercise history. Only then, after gaining an understanding of where you currently are and where you want to get to, will they begin formulating an exercise and nutrition plan specifically for you. Included in the pre-exercise screening, will be body weight assessment, girth measurements and possibly even skinfold measurements taken to establish a baseline against which your future progress will be measure. 2. You don't know where to start. No Personal Trainer worth spending your money on will assume that you have any prior knowledge of anatomy & physiology, nutrition or exercise science. The reason is that if we assume that every client is a blank canvas and develop the workouts based on the principles of sound technique and progression, every client has the opportunity to learn the safest, most effective way in which to build their strength, cardio vascular fitness and insure against unnecessary injuries. Most people who join gym don't know how to exercise effectively or safely and there is no-one better to teach you how to do that than your Personal Trainer. A large number of people will download a templated workout from their favourite website or get advice from their "fit" friends. The problem with this approach is that you may not know how to use the equipment safely and the workout has not been tailored to suit your individual needs and/or limitations. 3. You are bored with the same old workouts. I know from personal experience that if you do not change your workout on a regular basis, or add interesting cross-training options into the mix, you become very bored with the workout and are less likely to even attempt to do it. Bang, there goes your motivation. A good Personal Trainer will be continually reviewing your progress, how your body is adapting to the exercise and, assessing your motivation. If any, or all, of these indicators show signs of plateauing or you are less motivated, he will change your routine and add some variety into your workout to keep it interesting and to continually challenge your body. 4. You need to be challenged. If you are like the majority of the exercising population, there will be days when you simply don't feel like pushing yourself to your limits or, you just feel like slacking off. A Personal Trainer will not allow you to bring out the BS excuses to not workout. He will push you to complete that last two reps and encourage you through the set when the weight seems far too heavy. He will be your conscience, your mentor and your cheer squad, but he will not be your Mother. 5. You want to learn how to exercise on your own. Even if you want to exercise on your own, it is a great idea to engage a Personal Trainer for a few sessions to learn the right way to exercise. This is especially true if you want to learn about the muscles in your body, how to target those muscles and how to complete the exercises with good technique. Just a few sessions can teach you about your body, how it works and what you can do the get the best out of it through exercise. 6. You need accountability and motivation. Personal Trainers come with built-in motivation. You are investing both money and time in your health and fitness and there is nothing like a standing appointment to get you off your butt and moving. A good Personal Trainer will also provide accountability; so if you don't turn up for an appointment, they will be straight on to you to find out if you did the missed training in your own time. They will regularly quiz you on your eating and sleeping habits to make sure you are staying on track. 7. You have a specific illness, injury or condition. If you have specific conditions like, Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease, arthritis or old injuries, working with a Personal Trainer, who can work with your Doctor, Physiotherapist or Chiropractor, can help you find a program that suits your particular circumstances, help heal injuries and, avoid further problems. Keep in mind that you want to find a trainer who has experience with your issues and make sure that trainer works closely with your doctor and/or physical therapist for the best experience. 8. You are training for a sport or event. If you're training for a marathon, the football season or some other type of sport or event, an experienced Personal Trainer can help you decide what you need to do to stay strong without detracting from your other training. He can also help create a training program and map out a periodisation plan for the coming event. Just make sure he's experienced in the sport you're training for since not all trainers do sport-specific training. 9. You want supervision and support. Some people do know how to exercise for best results and do know how to exercise safely but still want to have a Personal Trainer around to supervise their workout and provide support (including spotting heavy weights) during the workout. The Personal Trainer then becomes more of a training partner. 10. You want to workout at home. Many people have a good collection of exercise equipment at home but aren't sure how to use what they have or, lack the motivation and discipline to actually exercise. A Personal Trainer can show you exactly how to use what you have got and the knowledge that your Trainer will be arriving at a particular time in the specified day will help motivate you to do the work. Now that you have some really compelling reasons why you should use a Personal Trainer, the next question is: How do you pick the best one? I could be facetious and simply say, "pick me!" but there are some fundamental, and non-negotiable, criteria that you should insist on seeing. The first of these is an appropriate, recognise qualification in fitness or exercise science. As an absolute minimum, the Personal Trainer must have a Certificate III & IV in Fitness. If they have a Diploma in Fitness or Under Graduate Degree in Sports or Exercise Science, then so much the better. Secondly, if they do not have additional qualifications, e.g. Certificate or Diploma level, in Nutrition or Dietetics, they should not be offering nutritional or dietary advice beyond the scope of the National Dietary Guidelines. If, on the other hand, they do have additional qualifications in Nutrition and/or Dietetics, they can help you analyse your diet and offer nutritional guidance and advice. The third factor to consider is their specialisation. Every Personal Trainer has been educated to a level that will allow them to offer support and guidance to a broad range of people with a broad range of objectives and challenges. However, I have yet to meet a single Personal Trainer who does not have a specialisation or, a preference for a particular type of training. If you have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and your goal is to lose weight and control your condition, it would be pointless teaming up with a Personal Trainer whose specialisation or preference is for body building and competition. It would be equally pointless for an aspiring body builder to team up with a Trainer who specialises in post-pregnancy weight loss. The experience would be underwhelming and frustrating for both parties. Finally, compatibility is a key factor in deciding who you should entrust with your health and fitness journey. You might have found the best Personal Trainer on the planet but if he has a huge ego and has difficulty relating to you, on your level, he is not the guy for you. Spend the time to sit down and have a chat, find out something about the Trainer's background, their personal fitness journey and what they enjoy doing in the gym. If you find a kindred spirit who has all of the qualifications and a specialisation that fits your needs, they are the Trainer for you. When you do find that perfect Personal Trainer, don't make the mistake of putting dollars in the way of achieving your goals. The investment in the right Personal Trainer will be worth every cent. Let's say you are asked to invest $50 per session twice every week to get the Trainer of your choice. In isolation, $100 can seem like quite a large amount of money but you need to put it into context; what is your life and long term health worth? If you eliminated all junk food, cigarettes and alcohol from your diet, how much would that save you each week? If you were able to stop taking the drugs that are currently keeping you healthy, how much would you save? The dollars should not be the determining factor. It is very easy for me to state "I can get you into the best shape of your life" and in fact, many of my contemporaries do exactly that in their advertising, but what does that mean in the context of your life? I would much rather say: "I can help you find the strength of purpose and discipline to be fit and healthy for the rest of your life." This is a reality that we can both commit to and make it happen. Only you can change your life; I can teach you how and help you achieve it.  

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How to discover the ideal therapist for you

If you might be seeking for assist with melancholy or other emotional troubles, checking out a therapist for counselling is a verified option. Here's how to locate the very best psychiatrist, psychologist or other professional to satisfy your wants How to discover the very best therapist for you Supply: Web exclusive: April 2009 Above 1 million Canadians will encounter a depressive problem at some level in their lives. Psychological counselling is a proven productive remedy for these problems, but generating the decision to see a expert is only the very first step in overcoming an emotional problem’finding the greatest therapist for your needs is crucial to the recovery approach. If a single therapist does not operate for you, there may be any individual who going to be a far better in shape. “Don’t give up on treatment if you really do not like the initial particular person you see,’ states Catherine Lee, president of the Canadian Psychological Association in Ottawa. Listed here are some suggestions to aid you find the right therapist for your needs. Psychiatrists vs. psychologists The very first step in looking for support from a mental-overall health professional is to figure out which type of treatment method would work very best for you. ‘Some folks would be extremely content to get treatment. Other people dislike getting medicine and would like to have new abilities,’ claims Lee. If you are amongst the former, go over your signs with your family members medical doctor and question her for a referral to a psychiatrist’a physician who is in a position to prescribe medication. If medication is not what you’re searching for, even though, you have a broader selection of options. Registered psychologists, for example, are not able to prescribe drugs. But they are qualified to assess psychological-well being troubles and supply treatment method, employing strategies this kind of as discuss remedy and actions, to modify routines and behaviours. 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Go with your gut Soon after you have completed all your study and asked all your inquiries, the relaxation is up to your possess intuition. ‘You may possibly say, ‘[this psychologist] seems to be fantastic and she’s obtained all the correct certificates, but somehow her design bugs me.’ Then that’s not the right person for you. You have acquired to come to feel cozy,’ says Lee.