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When people are asked about their pre-game rituals, most athletes have specific tasks they like to complete before competition. Cristiano Rinaldo, arguably the best soccer player, will not play a [...]

It seems like 2014 has flown by. Looking back on the year, it is hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us again. When reflecting on the year, some of us may have very mixed [...]

The holiday season is supposed to be full of happiness and cheer, but if we are going to be honest, it usually encompasses more stress and chaos then anything else. People are generally [...]

    John Wooden.   Arguably the most influential coach in sports history. The majority of people have heard his name because he became the winningest college coach in NCAA [...]

  My recent relocation to the East Coast for a JD/PhD Program in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Forensics has been an interesting experience. Many great life changes have occurred [...]

Tennis is not like any other game. It’s you against an opponent but mainly you against yourself and the game doesn’t really stop. There’s not a lot of time to sort through what [...]

The monotony of every day life sometimes feels like the real world application of running on a treadmill: working hard but getting nowhere. It is often very difficult to recognize our own [...]

About one year ago, I wrote about how stress impacts our bodies. In the short term, we may feel anxious, nauseas, even suffer from headaches and sweaty palms. In the long term, stress can be a [...]

When you work in the field of Psychology, acquaintances tend to casually consult you about their fears, their compulsions, or other unexplained quirks in their daily lives. One of the most [...]

When we read about Sports Psychology, Performance Psychology, or any Psychology for that matter, the terms “self-confidence” and “self-esteem” often get scattered haphazardly about the articles. [...]