Mental toughness is a requirement for any successful athlete. The ability to overcome challenges and setbacks is what sets the great ones apart from the rest. In this blog, you will find educational tips and resources to help coaches, athletes, parents, professionals, and all of you who are required to perform in any capacity.
Top 3 Habits for Mental and Emotional Health This 2nd part of the blog series is intended to highlight the top 3 things we can do for our mental health, while explaining in depth the first of the three, and giving a variety of ways to practice. It is fitting to do this during the […]
New Beginnings I would consider myself very fortunate to have a job where I am given the opportunity to genuinely help people through the difficulties in their lives. In exactly 2 months, I will be going full-time with Positively Elite, my mental performance business. Right now, however, I am still the Licensed Mental Health Counselor […]
Don't Think About A Blue Elephant: And All Of The Other Things You Shouldn't Think About Many of my recent blogs have attempted to bring awareness to the challenges we face in our pursuit of consistent and confident performance. You will find that most of these blogs look to address in some way our mindset, […]
I think all performers know the feeling of performance anxiety. Perhaps it is during a big game or race, or when you have to speak in front of a room, or have an important test to do well on. It would be characterized as an intense feeling of fear or worry about accomplishing something specific, […]
Daddy Hack Mindset! I often feel inspired by an individual I work with or a team that comes together in their own way. The great thing about human potential is that we all have the answers in us, although sometimes we need someone or something to bring it out. I’m blessed to have a job […]
The Power of Failure- And The Top 7 Strategies to Push Through I see it often, especially in teenagers. Teenagers have a major problem failing. They avoid it like the plague. There just seems to be too much risk involved. Getting up in front of the class, doing anything bold, talking in person to anyone […]
The Pressures of Perfection: What Parents and Coaches Can Do 10 weeks ago I set a goal for myself. The goal was to write and post a blog each week for the year. I knew this goal was lofty as I had never done such a thing before. I have never written publicly nor was […]
The Perfect Amount of Stress “Performance is like a guitar. If the strings are too loose the music is flat. If they’re too tight, they could snap. Just as the instrument’s strings need to be at the right tension, an athlete must have their body tuned for the right performance.” Gary Mack- Author of “Mind […]
The Impact of Covid on Athletes As of February 2022, the world is still looking to navigate the pandemic. That makes for nearly a full 2 years that Covid has had its impact. Athletes have not been immune. In fact, many have struggled more so as their main passion, identity, and way of being has […]
“I never hit a shot, even in practice, without having a very sharp, in focus picture of it in my head.” Jack Nicklaus Visualization is a super power mental skill for performers in all areas. The ability to imagine success in a future event: what it looks, sounds, smells, and feels like is critical to […]
