Hello faithful readers! It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing on SethOberst.com for three years. I thoroughly enjoy it and have been proud to see the readership steadily grow. As I reflect on the articles I’ve written I have realized, though, some errors I’ve made in the process which gets in the way of what I set out to do: teach you! So read on for more on how I’m altering my path, just a bit.

I’ve Been Speaking the Wrong Language

I am proud of the content I’ve created the past three years. It has progressed from topics like “how to increase your bench press” to articles on spatial perception and self-ownership, embodiment, and threat perception. As my own thinking and clinical practices have progressed and matured my writing shifted into the more theoretical and abstract.

Then I read this book (yes, I know it was published in 2007 and no, I don’t why I hadn’t read it until now):

And I realized I am leaving a lot of teaching on the table. I have some cool ideas, I think, but I am not delivering them to you as well I as could. So here’s what I’m doing about it.

The Future

I am still going to write on the same topics of course, they are my passion after all, but with the following changes:

More concrete, less abstraction utilizing more images and videos
More stories and case examples — what I’m doing in the clinic and in courses with real people and how you can improve your own life, or those you work with, using this framework.
I will still use the latest evidence in neuroscience, stress, learning, and movement (that will never change) but in more practical and applicable ways. Ways that matter to you.
More teaching: look for updates on webinars, seminars, and other learning opportunities from me soon. In fact, I have one coming up soon — see below.

All this to say that in order for you to get the most out of my site the content needs to be tangible. Sophisticated but tangible. Because the mission is to help people like you, or your clients if you’re a clinician/coach, to better self-regulate. To “un-stick” patterns of movement and behavior that aren’t helping you achieve what you want to achieve.

Learning to regulate oneself is one of the most important things we can do for not only ourselves but the people around us.

Think about it — what better way to get out of pain and suffering, anxiety, and improve your relationships, than to understand and master our own behavior.

Have any suggestions for topics or implementation? Love or hate this idea? Please comment below or email me: [email protected].

Thanks for reading these past three years and here’s to many more!

- Seth
* Want to understand how to implement the basics of breathing into your own life or clinical practice? Check out this webinar I’m teaching August 23, 2016 (click the link for details and to sign up): Just Breathe – How to Successfully Use the Basics of Breathing in Rehabilitation. CEUs are available if you’re a PT, OT, or ATC. If you can’t make it to the live course, no worries it will be available to watch On-Demand after the course airs.

P.S. I’ll be doing some design updates to the website to make it more user friendly so stay tuned.

6 Comments

Jeffrey Ford on August 10, 2016 at 7:26 pm

Nice Seth – I read Made to Stick a few years back given by my former Boss. An essential read. It was a game changer for my presenting and communicating with health/fitness. Looking forward to your posts. J
- Seth Oberst, DPT on August 11, 2016 at 7:38 am
  
  Hey Jeff,
  It truly is an essential book. Thanks for reading and following!
Lara on August 12, 2016 at 6:45 am

Love it! Added that book to my reading list. Looking forward to the webinar too – breathing has definitely been on my list of skills needed in order to better help clients.
- Seth Oberst, DPT on August 12, 2016 at 4:37 pm
  
  Thanks for reading Lara. It’s a tremendous book and I thank you for signing up for the course, I hope you find it helpful!
Lori Panu on August 18, 2016 at 7:17 pm

I’ll look forward to the webinar On Demand. Excellent topic for yoga instructors actually. Though not a clinical setting, I find that I am often helping participants understand how breathing affects them. I’ve found more help through weightlifting coaches and folks like you to give me the best methods to share this information.
- Seth Oberst, DPT on August 18, 2016 at 8:40 pm
  
  Hi Lori! Thanks for reading – you can definitely wait for the course on demand but if you sign up now and can’t make the live webinar they will send you the link to the recording and the course materials within a day or so. Plus that way you can get the 20% discount (if you sign up by Aug. 20). Thanks for your interest!
  -Seth