Meet Dr. Tim Silvestri
Years ago, it looked like I was living a pretty good life…that is if you just had a quick snapshot from an outsider’s vantage point. I was a successful psychologist with a Ph.D. from Lehigh University and I had completed an Ivy League psychological residency at the University of Pennsylvania. I had taught writing at Lafayette College, a highly selective institution, for 17 years and I was about to start a new role as Director of Counseling at my alma mater, Muhlenberg College. I was in fairly decent shape and generally speaking I was happy. I had an amazingly close relationship with my twin daughters and many of their friends considered me an important father figure able to step up when things weren’t quite right in their own home.
“Your second life…your best life starts today.”
Yet, the day arrived when I came face to face with a stark reality: that despite all of my hard work, my best life hadn't materialized. It turns out that this is a common experience for people of all ages. We face a fork in the road where we either accept an "ok" life or we make some drastic changes and commit to our best life. There I was, age 45 facing an existential dilemma: Should I continue to coast along or should I use all of the wisdom, skill, insight, and character that I obtained to rock a second life...my best life? I chose the latter.
Fast forward 10 years later. I am now a Spartan Champion in the 50+ age group and highly ranked on an international level, an ultra-endurance athlete who at 56 did back-to-back ultras in one week, a network of high-quality and deeply enduring friendships, a dad who successfully launched two awesome daughters, and a CEO of a company whose mantra is “impact is our profit.” It doesn’t matter what age you wake up to the realization that success is the direct result of an effective process, but it’s clear that if you want to achieve your greatest aspirations then that moment must come. It's as true for a first-year college student as it is for a 70 year-old.
“Success doesn’t just materialize from hard work.”
To succeed at the highest level means facing this dilemma. Do you coast, commit to hard work, or do you do what's required to advance to the status of a maestro. If you choose to move towards your best life, then it takes a lot of knowledge, skills, systems, and know-how to your best life and truly thrive. If you have a serious goal then you must take it seriously. I did. I read...a lot! I consulted with many people. It was clear to me, however, that the world is filled with lots of great information, but there wasn't a detailed, stepwise process to truly transform someone. I had to create it. Thriving doesn't magically materialize from hard work. My mission is to share the stepwise, multidimensional processes that I've developed with you.
“I bring physical conditioning into the therapy office and therapy into the gym.”
My work with people entails building not just their mind, but their body as well. It makes little sense to become emotionally centered, but incapable of being physically functional nor does it make sense to become a stronger quitter. There's a lot of problems in the world. The world needs you at your best. Get going on that! Learn. Apply that knowledge. Build wisdom. Find inner peace. And have a positive impact on this world.