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Mental Moment-mental training for your child

Written by on January 5, 2013

kids drive

I’ve been getting a lot of phone calls from parents who are looking for support for their kids. There are things that parents should look for and things as a practitioner that I need to do to care for these relationships. What to look for In situations when you are not sure whether or not your child needs support, please call me about your concerns. I am available to assist with these decisions. Here are some guidelines that may help you. You might notice emotional or behavioral indicators that would suggest that your young performer is under stress. If you … Continued

Mental Moment-mojo

Written by on November 3, 2012

mojo

I currently feel really good about the work I am doing with clients. All of my regular clients seem to be moving in the direction that produce positive and success results for them. They have all worked diligently to get to where they are and I am super happy for them on their progress. I don’t remember feeling this good This week one of my client said that she’s feels better than she ever has and she’s been competing as an elite athlete for a over a decade. Even though she’s had some mental challenges throughout that decade around training … Continued

The importance of parental support for Olympic success

Written by on May 7, 2012

Michael Phelps

Exactly 1 month ago I wrote a blog called Olympic & professional athletes natural ability. In that blog I wrote the following: In my experience with many Olympic and professional athletes although they still have an ingrained natural ability and continued family support, in their early 30′s things begin to change mentally. Where these athletes have had a lot of family support to support their natural abilities, this begins to change in their mid to late 20′s. They start to individuate from their families and lose some of their support at least the way they’ve known it. In the process of … Continued

Olympic & professional athletes natural ability

Written by on April 7, 2012

London 2012

I am now working with a lot of Olympic and professional athletes and I am very passionate about wanting to help support their performance endeavors. Although I am enamored by athletes of all abilities and their ability to work through just about any anything to meet challenges, some (not all) Olympic and professional athletes are interesting for a different reason. 1st time athletes It sort of makes sense that people who are new to athletics would struggle with confidence, motivation, self esteem, self doubt, etc. This is a group of people who are confronted with things they probably never knew existed … Continued

Add mental training to your physical training program

Written by on September 7, 2011

Obesity in 2008

I am writing another book and although it’s gear towards fitness professionals some of the principles could be used by coaches. It’s a step by step education & process for adding mental skills into a physical skills training program. What could be better than having a more well rounded arsenal of knowledge and skills to better help your clients and athletes? It’s not as difficult as it sounds! One of the biggest things I hope to get across in this book is that what you do as a personal trainer and coach can have a huge impact on people’s lives … Continued

What do you need to know prior to starting an exercise program

Written by on August 8, 2011

Dancing is a form of exercise

There are two parts to the ‘how to exercise’. There is the physical and the mental and today I am going to talk a little bit about how to start exercise from a mental perspective. Exercise is really not much different than starting anything that is new. With newness comes fear of the unknown, anxiety around the unexpected, lack of knowledge & understanding, etc. You’ve probably felt this way at work when something changes and at work (and sometimes in exercise) it’s particularly hard because the change is coming from someone else. When it comes to exercise why not change … Continued

What is Exercise Psychology?

Written by on August 1, 2011

Exercise psychology

You may be thinking that exercise psychology is the same as sports psychology so why would I even bother blogging about it. I am blogging about it because they are pretty different. There are some similarities but there are many differences. Here is the technical definition: exercise psychology is concerned with the application of psychological principles to the promotion of physical activity and exercise, the psychological and emotional consequences of physical activity and exercise and the psychological, emotional and health related consequences of the lack of exercise. Wow what the heck does that mean??? Here is my interpretation and what … Continued