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Colleen Smitek

Cleveland

Editor-at-Large at Cleveland Magazine

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  • Oct 31, 2023 | clevelandmagazine.com | Colleen Smitek

    Tania Menesse had a toddler, a baby on the way and a “good job” in telecommunications products and process management when she decided to change her life completely. She and her husband were living in Denver at the time — and she watched with awe as the city’s downtown was turned into a vibrant place to live, work and play. “How do I get into this city building and economic development?” she remembers asking herself. It struck her as work with a clear and important purpose.

  • Oct 31, 2023 | clevelandmagazine.com | Colleen Smitek

    Lillian Kuri grew up seeing firsthand what it means to create a community. Kuri’s parents — a doctor and a teacher — emigrated to the United States from Lebanon, leaving behind a large extended family. The couple’s new home was on 40 acres of land in a township called Freedom in Portage County. It was a happy place for Kuri and her two brothers, filled with all kinds of fruit trees, as well as sheep, chickens, goats and lots of dogs and cats.

  • Aug 24, 2023 | clevelandmagazine.com | Colleen Smitek

    Anxiety in student athletes can get in the way of loving the game. Thankfully, sports psychologist, Dr. Jack Lesyk has tips for overcoming it. By Colleen Smitek As the director of the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology and a former sports psychologist for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dr. Jack Lesyk has spent decades helping athletes of all ages and levels beat anxiety and perform at their best. We checked in to see the common mistakes parents make — and how we can all do better. Q. What’s your story?

  • Jun 15, 2023 | clevelandmagazine.com | Colleen Smitek

  • Jun 12, 2023 | clevelandmagazine.com | Colleen Smitek

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27 Oct 23

Fantastic podcast on how to raise kids who can handle the challenges of life.

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★ Just published a new episode of Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin: 108. Protecting the Next Generation from Mental Health Indoctrination. Listen: https://t.co/ZcqAWoiWKQ

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27 Oct 23

RT @MattWalshBlog: One of the great scandals in American history is how Big Pharma and the psychiatric industry got millions of Americans h…