Diary of a Cyclist-Control

Dr. Michelle: Thanks again for another GREAT email! You really put a lot of thought into all of this and that is how change and growth occurs. Scary but good! 🙂 What is it that bothers you SO [...]

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Athletes Listen to the Music

Take a second to think about why you listen to music. Why do you? For most of you it’s probably because music is fun and happy but there are other reasons people listen to music. Music [...]

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The Streamlined Process Isn’t Enough

Hello happy readers of mental training! Today I am going to talk about the work I do: what works and how in my experience, flexibility is the key to being able to fully help and support people in [...]

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Diary of Cyclist-What I Want

M: I agree that for you making the decision was the hard part. Now you have to deal with the transition of the change but that’s good. We all have to deal with what happens in transition [...]

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Build It, Use It and It Will Come

As children we reveal considerable imagery capabilities but are quickly taught to neglect this form of thinking so that we can develop our analytic and language capabilities. Fortunately, [...]

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Seeing Helps to Make It So

Certain mental skills seem to go untouched for awhile. One of them being imagery. I love imagery because it fulfills so many purposes but for me it’s usually one of the last skills I teach [...]

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Diary of a Cyclist-I Changed Coaches

G: Hey Michelle. Well I changed coaches. Do I think this one is better? Not on a personal level. I will seriously miss the friendship and conversation. He is very strict and polish. However I do [...]

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Mistakes Provide Important Feedback

Have you felt those feelings of regret that come along with making a mistake? It’s common to feel a sense of frustration and anger after making a mistake particularly in a sport like tennis [...]

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Diary of a Cyclist-Decisions…Change

G: hey Michelle, how are you? Wow that was very perceptive. You are right. Yes there is one more person. My coach. In August she was away for 4 weeks, she has been my coach for 4 years. I decided [...]

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