Episode 10 — Don’t Give Up After the First Try —with Chris Blankenship

Some of the best things in life come about after multiple tries. It takes one step forward to get started with anything, but it takes continuous tries to excel at something. Giving up after the first try won’t get you anywhere.Chris Blankenship, a clinical therapist at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, could have easily given up after a college suspension, though he instead chose nothing but resiliency and adversity. After continuously justifying his party behavior in his first semester of college, he was forced to leave for a semester. His semester off ended up being the perfect piece to his life puzzle, introducing him to a huge passion for the outdoors. When he returned to college, he found that the passion drove him even more in school and he even managed to still graduate on time, with honors in a degree of psychology, later continuing his education in grad school. Chris now finds himself 6 years into being a therapist in Wilderness Therapy, where he works with emerging young adults.On this episode of Success is Subjective, Chris joins Joanna to share his interesting story where a college suspension led him to a passion that would drive the rest of his life. The resiliency he had after getting suspended in college is truly motivating and goes to show that anything is possible with some hard work and dedication. Listen in for insight on how Chris found himself working with young adults who he personally relates with and works to bring them to find a sense of their best self.What You Will LearnCollege feeling like a predetermined factorChris’s college experienceWhen partying started catching up with him that simply justifying couldn’t fix anymoreGetting suspended at the University of ColoradoBreaking the news to the parentsThe hard work spent on the semester offWhat Chris did differently when he went back to the University of ColoradoChris’s time at Teach for America in New OrleansGoing from Hong Kong to London by train to learn more about countries’ juvenile systemThe importance of traveling abroad for people, young or old!How Chris ended up back at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy after grad schoolConnect with Chris BlankenshipOpen Sky Wilderness TherapyChris Blankenship at Open Sky Wilderness TherapyAdmissions at Open at Sky: 970-759-8324Email [email protected] ResourcesTeach For AmericaConnect with Joanna Lilley  Lilley ConsultingLilley Consulting on Instagram Lilley Consulting on Facebook Sponsored by: www.ParentTrainers.comEmail [email protected]