Is Mental Toughness A Skill That Is Taught or Caught? The nature vs. nurture question is referenced almost as much as sports announcers decrying “momentum” or “showing good effort.” Ad nauseam. Let’s try and answer it here. First, some individuals have faster speed or better looks or higher intelligence, these skills can also be trained […]
Why Tipping Is Important For America And Our Mental Health At a recent Wrigley Field game, close to the 7th inning, a “ice cold water, here” vendor came around our section. “Hey Garcon, 4 waters please!” He does his deal with the waters, one by one, and I hand him $25 dollars. It was a […]
Can we all agree about Simone Biles? Back when I was a sport psychology professor, there was an activity I used to make sure NO ONE could be in the middle. It forced students to pick a side and then defend their reasoning. It was an excellent way to broach uncomfortable topics. The reason […]
If You Want To Champion Your Mental Health, Then You Will Puke. The year of 2020 was one big puke fest. Or if you prefer a colloquialism from the movie “Stand By Me”, a barf-o-rama. It even continued into 2021, and the effects were evident. Mental illness in adults has increased and in fact every […]
How To Get In The Zone In Athletics The ZONE, Flow, Peak Performance…. Ahhhh. It’s a magical, zen like place where everything goes right, we can’t miss, time stands still, and most importantly, in that moment- we are IN THE MOMENT. I’ve been in a zone twice in my entire life that I can accurately […]
The Three Types Of An Active Listener If I’m uncomfortable or interviewing someone, I’ll employ this motto- Listen and learn rather than talk and tell. One of my podcast guests, Dave Meltzer eloquently calls it to be more interestED than interestING. Curiosity is a super power. Curiosity is a super power. Click To Tweet […]
Get At Big Picture Goals By Simply Doing This One Thing During a marathon, there are ups & downs. I do not think life is like a marathon however, I believe it’s much more arduous and resembles a 100-mile trail run. Completing marathons used to be my goal, but now, they are just training runs. […]
4 Ways To Increase Your Best Happiness Status Regression to the mean is a simple concept. If a variable exists that is outside of the mean, it is an outlier, and then the subsequent point or variable will be eventually be closer to the mean. There is a baseline level in every area of […]
Mental Health Experts Tips About Handling The Pandemic I love being able to feature experts because they are much smarter than me. I sent out a request and received a lot of responses, and after sifting through many pieces, “hear ye, hear ye, these are thee best.” It is a very difficult time! many people […]
How Positive Must I Be To Change My Mood? Walking out of a coffee shop, my hands were full. The door opened up from someone walking in (with perfect timing I might add). They walked in first, but strangely, they didn’t hold the door open and I had to do the stop the door trick […]