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Now that the holiday celebrations are over and the time to invent a new year’s resolution has passed, it’s time to find your new inspiration. Often times after the holidays we go [...]

As a player, coach, and athlete, it is always very anxiety provoking to face an opponent that you know is better than you. A lot of thoughts and self-doubt often go racing through your mind: [...]

Nature versus nurture has been a long heated debate in the scientific community. Are people simply born with certain qualities? Or can the way people are raised effect their development later in [...]

Most people are afraid of the scary, and ominous F word. The truth is that failure is something we all are going to experience at some point in our lives. Even if you are a perfectionist, [...]

Energy is not necessarily something that we think about very often. However if we are in a situation (competition or exercise) and need an increase of energy or less energy it is important to be [...]

Breathing happens voluntarily everyday. There are many benefits for using it to move through stressful situations, exhausting workouts and anxiety provoking performances. Breathing helps calm [...]

Here is one way to gauge whether or not you need to put energy into thinking about a situation: do you have control of/in/over the situation. This is particularly helpful in negative situations [...]

Neurotic used to be a psychological diagnosis however  now researchers for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) have taken it out and have decided that it is a common term for more [...]

  As a personal trainer fortunately, fairly simple motivational interviewing communication strategies can be effective in helping client’s feel supported, understood, and comfortable in [...]

It is the holiday season and although that certainly doesn’t mean that you should completely ‘let go’ it is a good time for your mind & body to get some much needed rest and [...]