I want you to understand something: You are in a conversation with yourself all day long. Before practice. During class. After a mistake. After a poor test score. During high pressure moments. During a high stakes testing moment. Whether you realize it or not, that voice is shaping your performance both on the field and …
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Every athlete dreams of the perfect team: a group where everyone has each other’s back, communication is excellent, and the result always positive. But the reality of competitive sports is that you aren’t in this alone, and sometimes, the biggest opponent isn’t your opponent but the person standing next to you. Toxic teammates are unfortunately …
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When I first started teaching, I remember being shocked and reactive to the outward behavior displayed by students. This could be pointed to several different reasons, but the result was still the same - I expected all students to behave the way I would or the way I assumed someone should behave/react. Little did I …
As far back as I can remember, I have always “talked to myself”. Not in a creepy way, nor as if I am speaking in tongues. Or, trying to mask an underlying diagnosis (which I do not have). I talk to myself because I try to work through possible negative situations that may arise. Most …
Part One: The Injury On July 6, 2020, I went on a jog that changed my life. It was a 90-degree day. Hot and humid. I’d put on a few pounds during quarantine, weighed myself down even further that 4th of July with a weekend full of burgers and hotdogs. I decided that the healthy …
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