Ski Racing: Ski Racing Imagery: Your Most Powerful Mental Tool
If you do anything to work on the mental side of your ski racing during this off season, it better be mental imagery. Why, you ask. Because there is no more powerful mental tool than mental imagery and it can have a huge impact on your ski racing. I say this with such conviction because […]
Read MoreLatest News: Interviewed for article on “Parental Temper Tantrums”
Furthermore, says Marin parenting expert Jim Taylor, Ph. D., “yelling is threatening. It creates fear.” “Yelling and fear can induce temporary behavior change, but generally not long-lasting behavior change. When the fear isn’t present, when the threat – you – are not present, they have no inducement for engaging in whatever behavior you were yelling […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Blame Your Parents for Your Problems!
In my last post, I described the differences between needs, which ensure your psychological and emotional survival and growth, and NEEDS!, which arise from the neuroses, pathologies, and just plain whims of your parents and the environment and culture in which you are raised and have likely caused you considerable unhappiness and dysfunction in your […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Do You Have Needs or NEEDS!
Just as your basic physical needs (e.g., food, water, shelter) must be met to ensure your physical survival and growth, another set of needs must also be satisfied to guarantee your psychological and emotional survival and growth. These needs include: Feeling loved (“I’m worthwhile”), Allaying insecurity (“I’m safe”), Feeling competent (“I’m capable”), Feeling in control […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Changing Your Life “Inertia” Takes Courage
In a previous post, I first introduced you to my law of life inertia: “The tendency of people, having once established a life trajectory, to continue on that course unless acted on by a greater force.” I followed that post with another in which I described the four forces that drive your life inertia: needs, […]
Read MoreCycling: Prime Cycling Attitude
In my last post, I introduced you to Prime Cycling which I defined as riding at a consistently high level under the most challenging conditions. Before you can begin developing the essential mental skills that help you experience Prime Cycling, you need to establish the right attitude toward your cycling. This attitude focuses on two areas. […]
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