Patrick Williamstheahl.com writer
Life is fast. And a lot of pressure. Challenges fly to people from all directions. Some of these experiments are secondary, temporary annoyance. Other moments mark the beginning of lasting, life-changing events that allow us to reshape whether we want them to do so.
Even hockey is a game for many people to escape and can bring pressure to themselves. After all, this is a business for many people, and with it the pressure brought by any profession. Contract and job guarantee will be online, bringing the game together with very real and very relevant life changes, including players, coaches, management, etc.
But mental health is also far beyond the scope of the game. Health issues. unemployment. Economic pain. Salary is salary. Interpersonal relationships may become sour. Sudden tragedy. Family conflict. Life experiences that may lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. Lost relatives and friends. Social disease. The problems may go away, they won't go away. So, how do we deal with the inevitable difficulties in life? How do we avoid other issues with mental health challenges, such as addiction? How do we support each other?
“It’s really hard today, more than ever before.” Vinny LobdellThis is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who is committed to understanding mental health, a problem that affects all areas of society. “The huge economic pressure on people across the board is really hard there.”
Tonight, Syracuse Crunch hosted a mental health night at the North Medical University Arena. This is the latest collaboration since the owner and president of Crook Howard Dorgon In partnership with Pulaski, NY, local Lobdell launched a seasonal program in 2023.
The goal is to bring people attention to mental health, which is something that Lobdell and Crunch thinks are not enough to focus on, and a resource that can be used to solve existing problems and act as a preventive measure. Ulrika ErikssonA life coach and certified yoga instructor joined Crunch last year to bring mindfulness and meditation skills to the front desk.
Lobdell said his own personal challenges shape his perspective. His brother rust The Lobdell family committed suicide in 1995. Lakeview’s Lobdell Mental Health and Wellness Center serves people throughout the central New York area.
Sports is always a tool to direct attention to reasons that may be masked. Lobdell's family is sports-oriented. His son, Noahis a walking freshman on the Syracuse University men's basketball team. Crunch has been a fixture since 1994, and Dolgon and his employees know their market and how to cause the buzz.
Professional jerseys have long been a key part of the team’s marketing efforts and identity, so tonight’s game will feature a special warm-up jersey with a mental health theme. The team will auction them after the game. These jerseys will complement relevant messaging on the building’s scoreboard. A pair of local Syracuse safe spaces and right minds will have tables in the arena and will also be paired with austerity to showcase the “Mental Health Alcohol Free Mocktail” event earlier in the day. This is different, and another way is that Crunch tries to convey information and attract people in different ways. It will serve non-alcoholic beverages, including crunch-themed beverages as well as craft activities.
This is also a solution to a more serious and common problem, and it is also an increasingly serious problem. The stress of life can quickly accumulate and worsen – exacerbating potential problems that may already exist. Lobdell doesn't consider solving mental health problems as an optional good or optional thing.
“We sent the car into the inspection, and we had to do the same thing with our body and mind. The problem is that the social challenges foster children today, the extreme financial pressures, all the pressures we face, we tend to keep our mental health going. That really should be number one.”
So what Eriksson does is a kind of daily maintenance.
“Self-awareness and self-acceptance are really looking at yourself well and seeing where you don’t have judgment,” Erikson said. “It’s about understanding, understanding yourself and what’s important to us, from there, seeing where we want to be. It’s very enjoying the moment when we change ourselves, but strengthening ourselves.
“There is a saying that I really love. 'Your thoughts, you become. Your feeling, you attract. What you imagine is that you create. It's so real because in fact everything we put there usually comes back to us.”
These principles apply to how we treat ourselves and others. We can affect our mental health. We can also influence other people's mental health.
“The saying we've always used is that 'Life is messy, right? Whenever you try to do something important or bigger than yourself, you get negative emotions around it. You just keep being who you are and let your success represent yourself.”
Since his son Noah is only a little younger than some crunch players, Lodbell can be associated with the processes they went through in the early stages of professional hockey and adult life.
“They are young people,” Lobdell noted. “They are just still figuring out life. Do you really want to see someone shine? Whether you are running a business or a general manager of a hockey team, it all depends on focusing on people's strengths and letting them know their worth. When you do that, it brings the best people.
“Howard is a special guy,” Lobdell continued. “He has a huge human element. Howard really focuses on just winning, but giving [people] The foundation for growth. And he is very important in the local community. Success brings great responsibility, and this responsibility is given to many people, which is full of expectations. I believe in Howard's life. ”
So whether you are a player, coach, staff, fans or someone who is not related to hockey, mental health is a matter of connecting everyone.
“It doesn't matter how beautiful you are in,” Lobdell said. “It doesn't matter how beautiful it looks. It doesn't matter if you are an athlete. It's hard. Life is hard. Part of our goal is to let people know that when life is tough, there are ways to talk about it. It's OK. It's about having a socket and making sure you don't feel isolated when you talk about it.
“Your vulnerability becomes strength.”
During the fifty years in the American Hockey League, Theahl.com writer Patrick Williams currently covers the NHL.com and Flosports leagues and is a regular contributor to Siriusxm NHL New Network Radio. He won the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for his outstanding league coverage in 2016.
