Tag: Mental Health

The Tennis Art of Jeffrey Sparr

Post author By David Linebarger
Post date January 12, 2023
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If you want a wide range of compelling art about tennis, Jeffrey Sparr is an artist you need to know. As a four year starter on Ohio State’s tennis team, Jeff turned to art as therapy in response to mental health challenges. He then Co-founded PeaceLove Foundation, an organization that equips human service workers with […]

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You Can Get There From Here, The Story of Barry Buss

Post author By David Linebarger
Post date August 2, 2022
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I softly cried my way through Chapter 25: “Thirty Days in Tuscon.” Maybe I cried because my youngest brother worked through a hidden bottle of Vodka each morning. Maybe I cried because we never knew. Barry’s parents never knew that, as Barry himself puts it, he was “a suicidal alcoholic bent on destruction.” In “Thirty […]

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