Athlete mental health coaching is a type of life coaching that is focused on mental wellness. While it is not a substitute for therapy or medical advice, this type of…
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Athlete Imposter Phenomenon
Imposter Phenomenon (also sometimes called Imposter Syndrome) is basically when a person feels like a fraud and then uses that to hold themselves back or beat themselves up. Athletes may…
Managing Your Mental Health During Times of Change
There’s a saying that life happens in seasons. One thing about life is that it’s always changing. Sometimes those changes happen to us as individuals, and sometimes they are part…
Is anxiety an emotion or a disorder?
Is anxiety an emotion, a disorder, or something else? As the conversation around mental health continues to become more mainstream (yea!), the word “anxiety” is being used more and more,…
Mind Body Healing for Anxiety
I have a vivid memory of sitting in my former therapist’s office many years ago in the same chair that I had sat in dozens of times. I was talking…
Mind & Body After Injury
Written by Marcus Alston founder of Alston for Athletes Reconnecting your mind and body after an injury is something that often seems to get overlooked. Student athletes, coaches, and administration…
Grounding Meditation in Troubled Times
When you feel exhausted, confused, anxious, sad, pain, angry, or unsettled in any manner, that is the perfect time to take a few moments with yourself to sit in stillness…
Easy Mindful Meditation for Anxiety
When anxiety is a daily interference in your life, it’s something you have to work at. While the word “work,” often brings with it anticipatory feelings of discomfort, frustration, or…
8 Mental Health Questions to Ask During Challenging Times
I think we can all agree that these are some challenging times. When life‘s difficulties seem to take up the bulk of your time and energy, it is not the…
Michael Jordan’s Meditation: Mindfulness Secret Revealed in The Last Dance
Of all The Last Dance episodes, Episode 10 was my favorite. In the opening minutes, Mark Vancil, author of Rare Air, talks about Michael Jordan’s mindfulness secret, which is his…