Specialty: Sensory Integration, Emotional Regulation
Certificates: Personal Trainer, Sensory Integration, Parkour
Languages: English, Spanish
Asking for help, validation, and support is increasingly normal and common. But it is often harder for men.
We are fathers, husbands, the guys… we are often expected to provide financially, support emotionally, lend a hand, fix that thing. Many of us were raised with the idea that men don’t cry. We are supposed to be Don Draper—strong, stoic, self-sufficient. Manly.
Men tend to be lonelier and more alienated. When did Saturdays are for the boys become Saturdays are for the chores? Medical science tells us it is unhealthy to live in this way; it shaves years off our lifespan.
So how about we don’t!
Every Wednesday at 6pm we gather for our men’s discussion group—led by yours truly—and talk. I don’t promise specific topics but I do know that we will be talking about our lives and our friends; about sex, our partners, and kids, economy and politics. We will be sharing (hence the confidentiality rule) some deep stuff and also shooting the shit. We’ll have a good time, in other words. I will be happy to share what I know about sports, nutrition, parenting but I would also be equally happy to hear what you know and what you care about. Come join us!
Over my professional career, I found two sports in particular to be especially effective in stimulating psychosocial development through athletic training. Parkour is about overcoming obstacles gracefully. Ninja warrior is about meeting challenges in succession. Both parkour and ninja warrior require cardio, balance, and full-body strength. Working for my first gym, I built up a ninja warrior program from four to 300 students. I then started Sensory Sports and partnered with TEMA Therapy Center. My current work focuses on developing emotional regulation, grit, consistency, and organizational skills through improving gross coordination and enhancing sensory integration.
I have eight years of experience helping children of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and limitations develop physically and emotionally through behavioral coaching. My focus is using athletic training as a means of nurturing emotional regulation and confidence.
My immigrant parents filled their days with work, and were seldom present in my life. I began playing sports at a young age; by high school I played numerous varsity sports. My coaches filled the gap in mentorship in my life; sports helped me feel like I have direction. Still in high school, injury left me unable to compete in sports for two years. Being deprived of athletics led me to realize the profound role sports had come to play not just in my physical sense of self, but also in my sense of purpose and identity.
My life and professional experience is a testament to the effectiveness of physical activity in regulating the emotional self. The object of my work is to use athletic play and competition to achieve a healthy emotional balance. I work with children and teens individually and in groups. Group work promotes social skills in addition to grit and self-regulation.
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