Raising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #2-Values in Youth Sports
Episode #2: Values in Youth Sports of my Raising Young Athletes podcast explores the importance of values in your children’s sports experience. I consider why why values have such an impact, the presence of healthy and unhealthy values in youth sports, how kids learn values, and how parents can ensure that their children develop only […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #1-Mental Training and Prime Performance
In this podcast, I explore the psychology of sports performance. Drawing on my own elite athletic experience in ski racing, karate, running, and triathlon and decades of working with junior-elite, collegiate, Olympic, and professional athletes, I describe the essential role that the mind plays in athletic success regardless of your sport, age, or level of […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Could Learn a Lot from Norway about Youth Sports
The New York Times just published a revealing article about Norway’s approach to youth sports that provides a painful juxtaposition to the often-times toxic “youth sport industrial complex” that currently has gone off the rails in the U.S. The article offers some valuable insights into how youth sports can be returned to its original health […]
Read MoreRaising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #1-The Power of Sport Parents
In Episode #1 of his Raising Young Athletes podcast, Dr. Jim Taylor discusses The Power of Sport Parents.
Read MoreCrisis to Opportunity Podcast-Episode #2-What Worked Then Doesn’t Work Now
Episode #2 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast will explore how the primitive instincts and reactions that have served us so well in crises since we became humans no longer serve us in the 21st century where the crises we face now differ so greatly from those experienced by our ancestors.
Read MoreFour Keys to a Fulfilling (Though Perhaps Uncomfortable) Life
I was speaking with a colleague recently about some of the challenges that our respective clients face in their lives and what forces drive the decisions they make that shape their lives. One of the most frequently mentioned goals that she hears from her clients is the desire for stability and balance. Many sought lives […]
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