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Large scale goals can seem unattainable and overwhelming when you are standing at the starting line looking for the finish. Many times people choose to ignore ambition and pursuit of a goal [...]

One of those elusive concepts that is easier to discuss than it is to achieve. Focus and attention is often difficult since many of us have a thousand ideas racing through our mind at one time: [...]

There are days when I am not sure it’s possible to come up with another blog but somehow I do it! Today I am going to talk about my version of elite performers eat, pray, love. Awareness [...]

I have written several blogs on the power of music. Years ago I was a contributor to an article in the London Times about the power of music to working out. I read an article in the NY Times [...]

Athletes and sports psychologists use the mental toughness a lot but what does it mean? Generally when I work with athletes I ask them what that means versus defining it for them because [...]

It’s one thing to be able to initially focus during competition but it’s another thing to learn to refocus particularly when pressure increases. An increase in pressure usually brings [...]

I’ve developed a new tactic for helping my athletes become more aware of cognitive and somatic ‘feelings’. It is called the ‘timeout’. What is it The timeout is a [...]

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 [...]

G: Well here is where I lie. I have been working on my focus, I have been working on my affirmations and visualization with CDs as well. I have been doing the concentration exercises on your site [...]

G: hey Michelle, thanks for making me think. What is the difference, maybe what I expect. In training Of the females I am one of the strongest and some are similar and I don’t feel pressure [...]