Counseling work is metabolically expensive — even when you are not moving. This Grand Rounds at The Family Institute at Northwestern University translates current evidence on prolonged occupational sitting, cognitive nutrition, and practitioner wellness into strategies counselors can apply between sessions and across the clinical week. Grounded in sport psychology, exercise science, and counselor ethics, the session reframes self-care as a professional competence requirement — and provides a practical framework for meeting it.

Rock climbing is one of the few physical activities that simultaneously demands prefrontal engagement, working memory, sustained attention, and fine motor control. For athletes with ADHD, that convergence is not incidental — it is neurologically therapeutic. This post explores the neuroscience behind why climbing and ADHD are a compelling match, and the sport psychology tools coaches and practitioners can bring to the wall.

At The Family Institute at Northwestern University's second annual Gratitude Gala, Daniel Wilsea moderated a fireside chat with 2016 World Series MVP Ben Zobrist on performance, identity, relationships, and mental health — and why honest public conversations about mental health matter most in the spaces where it has been least visible.