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06/10/2025

09/26/2024

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05/17/2024

When boredom strikes, many parents find themselves frustrated and exhausted. Here are 5 helpful tips every parent can use when they hear those two dreaded words: I’m bored!

05/02/2024

Looking to start a therapeutic gaming group this summer, but I may need to adjust for space.

If you are unfamiliar with TTRPG and how that may help kids with social skills and building self esteem please feel free to reach out. One way to look at it is:

It's a a kind of participatory story telling (narrative therapy) in which players take pieces of their own personality to take on a pretend identity. There is a set of rules to determine some events and if the actions the players attempt succeed or fail. In these games, I (or a similar person) acts as a referee who creates a setting and the backbone that allows the story to be co-constructed.

This model is in development and utilizes a Dungeon and Dragons, or Pathfinder, structure. As therapists, we are finding these groups to be very beneficial for kids from 10-16 that have anxiety, struggle socially, or have some social isolation. It gives them an opportunity to explore relationships, real and pretend, in a safe and controlled environment.

For more info:

https://www.hqpsych.com/blog/dndtherapy #:~:text=D%26D%20can%20also%20help%20with,interest%20areas”%20(SIAs).

05/02/2024

04/27/2024

Sad to hear that Dr Susan Johnson passed today. Her approach to couples and ultimately how are wounds affect our love and language changed me as a husband and as a Couple’s therapist. Her work has helped save thousands of marriages and specifically many of my clients’ marriages.

Thanks for teaching us how to dance WITH our partners Sue!

01/12/2024

1. They don't let their kids try new things alone.

01/05/2024

You have reasons to not sign up. We have responses to those reasons.

I haven’t camped before:
It’ll be a great time to learn. There will be men with varying levels of knowledge on “how to camp.” Don’t sweat the little stuff.

I don’t like camping:
Okay. But you need something different and camp is meant to be just that. You aren’t supposed to be comfortable the whole time.

I don’t like being cold:
Awww, poor guy. Learn how to dress and stay warm enough. Plus, fires are hot.

I don’t know if I can physically do it:
You can. If you have some physical limitations, we can support you. Kill your pride and ask for help. There are big difference between physical limitations and mental limitations you may place on yourself. Let’s kill some of those mental limitations while we’re at it.

I won’t know anybody:
To be honest, that’s even better. Nobody is going to know everybody. But by the end, we will have forged some solid connections and with other men who are local that can continue to fight alongside one another. If you’re from out of the tri-state area, we aim to place you with men closest to your area.

It’s too far away:
Believe it or not we have had guys from all over the country show up. It may be far, but it’s worth it. Get some buddies and make a road trip out of it. Who doesn’t like a road trip with buddies?

I don’t believe in God and I don’t like church:
So. That doesn’t change the fact you are tired, worn-out from your current routine, way of life, whatever it is. Come get refreshed, get away from things for a weekend. Lean into camaraderie with other men. Also, we aren’t a church. As noted before, we are just regular dudes.

I don’t have the gear to camp:
Excellent time to learn that you don’t have to do it all alone. We expect men will be helping each other in this department the whole time. Do not let gear be your reason to skip this.

I’d rather spend my free time with my family:
That’s noble and nothing to put down, but before you choose that, let us ask one question. How has that been going for you lately? What new ground do you plan to take? We spend a lot of time with our families, and it’s good. But, things look/feel/play out differently when we rest and come back into our lives ready to fight battles that mean something.

I’m more of a lone wolf kinda guy:
Lone wolves die. You need a pack, a tribe, a battle unit.

Email or Facebook message us with questions if you got some:
Thefight.414@gmail.com

The Fight Camp
March 1-3, 2024
Dearborn County, IN

Click the link to sign up:
https://www.thefight414.com/fight-camp-1

01/04/2024

... and why parents shouldn't let family drama get in the way.

12/06/2023

EACH WINTER WE CAMP.

The Fight Camp is a time for men to break out of their hum-drum life. We are all soft compared to the men of the past. We live life with the touch of a button or the tap of a screen. We don’t often, or never, get away from our comfort cells. We recycle the same routine and just look to the future for things to be different with the hopes it’s going to be just as easy as one more button or screen tap.

We all have battles that need to be fought. Maybe it’s work, kids sports, financial stress, marital issues, loneliness (the list could stretch for miles). Hell, it could be all of those things. You need to experience something different.

It’s time to suit up and get uncomfortable for a weekend. We camp during late winter in Southeastern Indiana. If I’m not mistaken, that means colder than a beach in Mexico. You will, in the least, be physically uncomfortable. But, usually just beyond discomfort, fear, etc is that new place you’ve been searching for.

This is an all outdoor camping weekend experience. This is a men's only event for ages 18 and up. The Fight Camp will take place the evening of March 1st through early afternoon on March 3rd, 2024. Cost: $40 per man Location: Dearborn County, IN (Specifics are confidential and will be revealed later...