How Stress Effects Your Performance In Sports

Can you think of a time when you dragged your body into the gym searching for energy and a place to leave your stress behind? Stress can become all encompassing at different times in your life where it overtakes your body and mind. A common thought for an athlete is to hit the gym in hope that physical exertion will …

Find Your Motivation

It is the start of summer and you may be finding that you are searching for the motivation to either start an exercise program, or to maintain consistency in the one you are currently in. You may be saying such things as “I should…” or “I would but…” This type of self-talk creates a sense of guilt and can immobilize …

Fear

Fear is a powerful and effective emotion that can motivate you to take action or disable you from living your dream. The purpose of fear is to keep you alive and safe, not to prevent you from living a life full of happiness and purpose. Fear creates discomfort in life areas therefore, when you begin to notice these feelings you …

How Crossfit Changed My Ability to Love Myself

High intensity, functional movement sports programs such as crossfit are becoming increasingly popular among female athletes. With the increase popularity of crossfit it has become more acceptable for women to develop a mind and body of strength rather then pursuing an unrealistic body image that encourages what you do not already possess. The focus for a large number of women …

Creating Purposeful Goals

You can deepen your sense of self through learning how to strengthen your connection in working towards purposeful goals. When your goals lack connection and passion you can feel burdened, heavy, and trapped. Constantly seeking and never feeling satisfied as you are driven to achieve more. This may play out through over scheduling and doing everything for others, or feeling paralyzed, avoiding …

Moving Beyond the Pain

Chronic pain is defined as prolonged physical pain that lasts for longer than the natural healing process should allow. This pain may stem from sport-related injuries, inflammation, nerve disorders, fibromyalgia, and trauma to the body. Chronic pain can prevent you from engaging in everyday activities that can eventually lead to the overuse of pain medication, alcohol or other substances, that …

Mental Strength (Part 4)

Resiliency We can learn the most about ourselves through our failures and loses then through our accomplishments and winnings. In order to change our mindset and succeed we must be willing to experience discomfort and accept the possibility that we will likely fail more then once before we achieve our goal. Just before starting a workout or anything in life …

Mental Strength (Part 3)

Performing Under Pressure Whether it is completing your first athletic performance at a practice or in a game situation there are perceived levels of pressure that athletes place upon themselves. Performing under an optimal level of pressure can be described as having a strong incentive to perform to your best ability without feeling anxious or overwhelmed. There have been many …

Mental Strength (Part 2)

Purposeful determination comes from applying our energy toward a positive, meaningful direction. When life events lead to destructive behaviour, desperation and self-pity consume our energy and we become drained, causing our bodies to begin to shut down. It is in choosing to see a positive perspective that we can transform our self-defeating energy into persistence and effectiveness. It becomes by …