My Leisure Coach: Recent Episodes
Vicky Pitner, CTRS, CDP, CMDCP
Finding happiness, passion, and purpose in your life life through leisure and recreation! My Leisure Coach helps other create a meaningful life through play. Whether you are planning your retirement, or you are lonely, bored, depressed, or just looking for a more robust social, physical, expressive life that excites you to get up in the morning, please join me. Has there been a change in your health and their are barriers that prevent you from doing something you love,? Then this podcast is also for you. We also supports people recovering from a TBI, CVA, addiction, or are living with a physical, emotional, or developmental disability or living with dementia or Alzheimers, My Leisure Coach can assist you in setting goals by creating an action plan to better mental health and achieve improved overall well-being. Join as our guest if you are seeking a happier life and would like to explore your leisure lifestyle, or share your journey to finding the benefits of fun and engaging hobbies that changed your life.
As the holidays are approaching, families are beginning to plan their celebrations. However, due to changes in their family dynamics such as loosing a family member through death, or the newness of having a family member diagnosed and now living with memory loss, traditions may need to be adjusting. Join me as I give tips on modifying family traditions so the holidays will continue to provide joyful celebrations with the one you love.
Have you ever tried an activity and decided on the first attempt that you didn't like? I have worked with many people who have tried an activity and really thought they would enjoy it and after the first try it wasn't what they expected. This can happen, but often as we begin working through the barrier that prevented the enjoyment, it was outside circumstances that formed their opinion. This episode explores what to look for when an activity was not enjoyable the first time and how to increase your enjoyment level by increasing your skill and risk level.
Are you ready to find purpose, passion and happiness? My Leisure Coach will support you as you discover how leisure affects all components of life. As a therapist who has been teaching leisure skills, leisure awareness and leisure education for a very long time, join me as we begin a begin a life changing journey in discovering your physical, social, expressive, and cognitive needs and create a balanced and enriching life by doing things you love.