The NFL expanding and streamlining the process of behavioral health for its players and extending members is a huge win that, at least in my feeds, has not been talked about enough. The best football league has decided that the worlds most dynamic and elite football players, needed this. That despite being at the highest…

I am learning that pushing parents, athletes and coaches to incorporate mental performance into their lives likely creates further resistence. On the other hand, I find that the same population that do decided to do the work, are self motivated and making the active, daily choice to get the best out of themselves. All the…

Today I begin to mentally prepare for a “presentation” or really an introduction of skills to a sports team from my Alma Mater. What I am planning on talking about is nothing new to me, as I talk and research this subject often for a long period of time. What I do every morning after…

“What is is that you love about the sport?” The typical answer, has to do with surface level achievement or success. But, for long term involvement and self imposed internal strength and resiliency, we need something stronger than that. To be able to push past the days that we dont feel like going to practice,…

I work with athletes across Kansas and Missouri tackling performance anxiety, mental performance, emotional regulation and resiliency, developing tools for enhanced performance and building identity. One thing that I have started to incorporate into my practice, particularly when first working with athletes is gauging their dreams and goals as a measure of self-developed desire. “How…

One of the most important traits an athlete can have throughout his/her career, is being able to properly receive and provide communication of all sorts. One thing that I am mindful of when working with athletes, is being intentional with body language, eye contact, tone and other verbal or non-verbal communicators. There is no better…

Working with athlete across Kansas City and virtually across both Kansas and Missouri Reading an article recently, it reminded me of something that I now do without thinking, but what was once not in my thought processes when working with athletes. Athletes exist in three realms, or better yet, are influenced and developed in three…

Mental Performance and Emotional Resiliency Training is not for everyone unfortunately. The tools that we work on in session to address a specific goal, work well during, but a good chunk of people find that the wonders achieved in that session do not directly translate to their day to day life. These are the ones…

One of the core values that I push for in the work I do with athletes and even parents, is increasing their baseline optimism. A handful of items factor into this, such as confidence, internal language, resiliency and confidence. I mention this in my book, but when I get the usual question of “what would…