Author: Trail Blazer Therapy
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️
Unbreakable Athlete: Becoming the Best Internal and Physical Athlete The time has come and I am super excited to launch my self-published book with the title above! The link is here: Unbreakable Athlete: Becoming the Best Internal and Physical Athlete The aim of the book is to kickstart a serious path to working with more…
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Unbreakable Athlete: Becoming the Best Internal and Physical Athlete
This is the title of the book that I settled on and official got my copyright for! The plan will be to release the book in august that way I have some time to make the inside of the book a bit more pretty and ensure that the language I use is as intentional as…
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Three Factors of Stress to Address in Your Life
While I work with a niche group of athletes, it is important to understand that athlete face the same stressors as anyone else, and these stressors can impact mental focus and physical performance. It is also, mental health awareness month which for some may provide a reason to seek therapy. So, let me point out…
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Stress and Anxiety: A Practical Tool and Approach
Let us define these concepts so that we are on the same page: Stress – Barriers and complications that present in the current moment, the here and now. Anxiety – Assumed barriers and complications in the near and distant future. The main difference between the two to be aware of is the time in which…
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Trail Blazer Therapy Discussions: Mental Health
Though mental health has been questioned and to this day, still facing resistance from some, I found it important to reframe the mental health view. Just as I did when I was younger, hearing about therapy or anything related to mental health, I instantly related it to people who have severe diagnoses and problems. As…
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Attachment to Sports (Therapy)
In general therapy, there is a concept called “Attachment” that develops from the time you are born and shapes how you view and navigate relationships well into your adulthood and beyond. There are four kinds: Secure, Anxious, Avoidant and Disorganized. They all characterize vastly different ways of viewing both you and others in relationships of…
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******Athlete / Self Help Book Snippet*****
Hello All, I am working though some of the finer details of the book, while beginning to promote my book aimed to helping athletes develop and build awareness of a healthier, more competitive athlete. Within this book, I include a system that I use with clients and will soon begin to use with groups that…
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Parents in Sports – A Role More Important Than You Know For Developing A Young Athlete
As I observe and help individuals and teams, there is one thing that I can bet on: harmful parents making themselves more important than the game being played. More times than not, there is a parent yelling at their kid as if they do not know how to play the game, or coach them from…
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Why Have My Kids Do Mental Training For Sports?
I sat with this question after talking to one of my former college football coaches. I reflected on my time in sports coming up and mapping out the state in which sports are now. The bottom line is more times than not, the sport is more of a job, than a life enriching aspect of…
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P.T.P (Pay The Price) – The Sunday Workouts That Shaped My Mindset Early
A common theme in my upcoming book aimed to give basic tools to athletes and showcase a system a system I use with those that I work with, I found myself reflecting back to Sunday workouts I endured through all of my high school and part of my college football career. This workout lasted for…
