SHANNON D. MURRAY
Marriage and Family Therapist

Numbers on the Board - 4 Men Making an Impact with Authenticity In sports, we know that five seconds can change everything—it can be the difference between the greatest victory and a devastating defeat. In life, five seconds can be the difference between staying in our comfort zone and choosing to take a risk—and maybe, just maybe, letting life surprise us with something unexpectedly magical. During NBA All-Star Weekend last year, I stepped outside my comfort zone and took my

Positive Self-Talk Doesn't Weaken Performance -- It Enhances It

The Medication More People Are Taking — And Struggling With — Than You Might Think Chances are, you or someone you know has been prescribed Gabapentin. In any given room, it’s likely that one or two people have taken it in the past year. Gabapentin belongs to a class of drugs called anticonvulsants—originally developed to treat seizures by calming abnormal activity in the brain. Medications like Lyrica and Neurontin fall into this same category, and for the purpose of this ar

What should have been Lewis Hamilton's Eighth World Championship After his loss at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix — and with it, the World Championship — Lewis Hamilton reflected in an interview: "...it can be a traumatic experience when you lose something that you worked hard for.... I think that will always be a part of me but I would like to think that I've gained strength from it... I [just remind] myself of the strength that I have within..." As a psychotherapist, I was