Are you a Reactor or Responder?

In Full Catastrophe Living (1990), Jon Kabat-Zinn (the founding father and guru of MBSR training) makes a significant distinction between stress reaction and a stress response, “Stress reactions are generally fueled by unconscious habitual patterns, often learned from past challenges and experiences. These patterns include maladaptive coping or extreme emotional reactions such as smoking, drinking, angry outbursts, workaholism, … Continue reading Are you a Reactor or Responder?

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

I posted this my to Facebook page but think that it is blog post worthy. Calling this “Keeping it real Wednesday” Tony Robbins says we are addicted to our problems and the stories we tell ourselves about them. Are there any stories that you keep replaying about why you are not good enough, fast enough, smart enough, rich … Continue reading The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Brief Into to the Role of Sport Psychologist

Sport psychologists help professional and amateur athletes http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sport-psychologists.aspx This article is a great introduction to the role of a Sport Psychologist by the American Psychological Association. It briefly discusses to the role of a sport psychologist and some areas of practice. Not every sport psychologist is a doctoral level psychologist and not every sport psychologist is licensed. When choosing … Continue reading Brief Into to the Role of Sport Psychologist

“12 Steps to Self-Care”

Hi Everyone! It has been about two weeks post-Ironman Texas and much of my focus lately has been on self-care, for the obvious reasons. Overall, it’s been a great time to catch up on life but at the same time it is a strange place to be. For the last 6 months our lives had been dedicated to … Continue reading “12 Steps to Self-Care”