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Letting Go of Past Mistakes

By on May 10, 2012 in Just One Thing, Life Lessons, Mental Skills Training

Have you ever noticed that sometimes you have a hard time letting things go? You made a mistake or wish you had done something differently and you obsess about it, driving yourself crazy, and no matter how much pain and angst it causes you, somehow you just can’t manage to move passed it. One of [...]

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Snowboarding Camp Wrap-up: Goals, Reflection, & Recognition

By on March 20, 2012 in Life Lessons, Mental Skills Training

This is the final installment of my unscripted video blog. I’m back home and sharing my tips for how I got the most out of that final day of camp and the two key Mental Skills to employ AFTER your event. Final Day  As I got back to my room after a full day of [...]

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Snowboarding Camp Take 3: Asking for Support

By on March 16, 2012 in Life Lessons, Mental Skills Training

Video #3! I took this video at the end of my first day of camp. After we got set up into our groups and went out with our coaches for the day, I started to feel like the expectations I had for the camp weren’t matching up with how the camp was going. I had [...]

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Snowboarding Camp Take 2: Trust Yourself

By on March 13, 2012 in Life Lessons, Mental Skills Training

This is the 2nd video blog post documenting my “Carrie Goes to Snowboarding Camp” adventure! This series of posts includes unscripted videos of me describing my thoughts and demonstrating how I’m using Mental Skills Training throughout my experience of getting to camp and snowboarding while I’m there. This video was done on Day 1 of the [...]

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Getting Pre-Performance Nerves

By on March 7, 2012 in Life Lessons, Mental Skills Training

The Mental Skills Coach is going to Snowboarding Camp… and she’s nervous. Pre-event jitters. It’s normal to be nervous when you’re taking on a new endeavor or getting ready for an upcoming event. For some of you, the closer you get to the “big day”, the knots in your stomach get tighter and the voices [...]

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How Your Ego Impacts Your Performance

By on February 16, 2012 in Life Lessons, Mental Skills Training

The topic of humility has been coming up in my work a lot lately. It first came up while I was reading the book Assault on Lake Casitas, by Brad Alan Lewis. The book is the story of Lewis’ journey to the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games where he competed in the double scull. (It [...]

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Athletes “Getting” a Second Chance

By on January 21, 2012 in Inspirational Athletes, Mental Skills Training

  I recently sat down to read my February 2012 issue of Outside Magazine and one of the articles highlights Lolo Jones, an Olympic hurdler. Jones is one of the fastest female hurdlers in the world. If you don’t know what hurdling is, imagine sprinting at a breakneck speed and, without breaking stride, jumping over [...]

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“It’s the Most Wonderful (Stressful) Time of the Year…”

By on December 14, 2011 in Health & Fitness, Life Lessons

Not too long ago I sent out a survey to my email list asking for feedback on what topics people would like to hear more about in the Mental Skills Monthly Tips they receive – as well as what they would like to read about on my blog. I got so many amazing answers! Alas, [...]

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Fears of the Open Water Swim

By on August 30, 2011 in Mental Skills Training, Triathlon

Credit: Free photos from acobox.com The recent tragic deaths of two triathletes during the New York City Triathlon brings up the fears many novice triathletes have about the open water swim. If the thought of the open water swim gets your heart racing, you’re not alone. Many people feel butterflies when they think about all [...]

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How to Suffer During a Big Cycling Effort

By on July 20, 2011 in Cycling, Mental Skills Training

We are in the final week of the tour and there is one major topic we haven’t touched on yet. How can you push yourself through those moments when your legs are on fire, your eyeballs feel like they are going to pop out, and you just might start crying as you think to yourself [...]

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