Expanding on the theme from Dr. Cleere’s last blog, I want to talk a little bit today about team sports versus individual sports for children. As Dr. Cleere discussed in her blog, cliques [...]
There is a lot I can say about this and honestly I am not sure how it’s going to come out but I am rolling with whatever direction it does. This question depends on who you ask. Kid’s [...]
I got an email from a parent the other day and my heart broke for the parent and the child. Parenting is so complex and being a child is so complex. When everything is going good, it’s all [...]
As a JD/PhD graduate student who also loves sports, travel, outdoor activities, food, and music, the most common question people ask me is, “When do you have time to sleep?” I am a [...]
Many athletes struggle with how to translate their physical prowess into an intellectual arena. In other words, athletes wonder, “What am I going to do when I cannot play my sport any [...]
I have no doubt that women athletes can make excellent business leaders. There have been studies done on how women athletes fair as leaders. One such piece of research: Making the connection: [...]
You’ve heard me talk a lot about mentally preparing before an event: sports, music or professional. If you don’t prepare, you go into an event with whatever mindset and frame of [...]
Q: How do you know whether you need to work on the physical or the mental aspects of performance? A: That is a good question. There are several parts to the answer. Do you trust your training or [...]
I’ve recently had this conversation with two of my clients. They both get really nervous about competing. Those nerves get bigger and bigger until. One can’t breath and the other [...]
We never expect to be sick or injured until it happens and when it happens we aren’t prepared. I am not sure we can ever be prepared but there’s more to dealing with being sick or [...]
