What am I doing? This is a question that I have been asked hundreds of times since I left the Dodgers in October. It made me think to myself… what AM I doing?!?!

I took two months totally off of work and traveled. I went to Portugal, Mexico, Japan, Vegas and Buffalo, contemplating that question from several different angels. I went to Portugal alone, needing an external silence that only a foreign country can bring when you don’t know the language. I went to Mexico with one of my best girlfriends, and drank as much tequila as they would bring me. I went to Japan with my mom for two weeks, experiencing a totally different culture with the person who knows me better than anyone. I went to Vegas for a conference, and renewed a passion that I knew was there, I just needed to reignite. Finally, I went to Buffalo, to be surrounded my my family and friends, not having to explain or justify what I was doing…or really, what I was not doing.

I finally came back to Phoenix at the beginning of the year, ready to execute what I had been thinking about: I wanted to begin my own company.

There are so many things I enjoy about my work. I love working with the athletes, helping them through the injury process and guiding them in ways to reduce future breakdown. I love the study of movement, and using this study to improve the lives and performance of the athletes I work with. I love teaching, mostly because it makes me learn. I love learning. I love meeting new people and experiencing new cultures. I love working to make an entire organization bigger, better and more unified than where it started. What an amazing profession! You can do it all.

So THAT is what I am doing. All of the above. I am looking forward to working with all of you, in whatever way possible, to elevate the theory and application of human movement science in the best interest of our athletes.