Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #37-Breathing
Episode #37-Breathing of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast explores the power of breathing to better prepare you physically and mentally for competitive success. Breathing may be the most under-rated tool in your mental toolbox. In fact, you may have never even thought about your breathing in your athletic life at all because […]
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Train Your Mind for Athletic Success: Episode #26-Psych-up and Psych-down Tools
Episode #26: Psych-up and Psych-down Tools of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes in which I will explore the impact of intensity on sports performance. Your awareness of your level of intensity and your ability to adjust your intensity to its ideal level is essential for performing your […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #11-Panic to Purpose
In Episode #11: Panic to Purpose of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, I continue our exploration of the reactions we experience in response to a crisis. In today’s episode, I show how a crisis mentality results in an instinctive reaction–panic!–that produces intense fear, a racing mind, and chaotic actions, none of which are likely to […]
Read MoreCrisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #10-Stress to Calm
In Episode #10: Stress to Calm of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, we continue our exploration of the powerful role that emotions play in how we react to crises in our lives. This episode examines how the stress that you will experience in response to a crisis leaves you unprepared psychologically, emotionally, and physiologically to […]
Read MoreTesters Needed for New Stress-Reduction iPhone App
I’m the co-founder of Beyond, a tech start-up that is using wearable technology (e.g., smartwatches) and biometric data (e.g., heart rate) to recognize and reduce stress in real-time (meaning in the moment when you experience the stress). We’re in the Alpha testing phase of product development (meaning early stage) and are looking for people who […]
Read MoreIncredible Story about World’s Greatest Free Solo Rock Climber
I just heard an interview with Alex Honnold, the world’s greatest free solo (i.e., no ropes) rock climber. What he does is beyond unreal. There is ZERO margin of error. One of the very few examples of an activity that truly requires perfection (or you die!). Here are several videos of his climbing. You can […]
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