26 08, 2024

Resist “Reluctance/Avoidance” Thinking (RAT) in Your Triathlon Life

By | August 26th, 2024|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Have you ever had a challenging workout coming up and you had thoughts like “This is going to be soooo hard!” or “I REALLY don’t want to do this!” (both said with trepidation and dread). Or you’re driving to a race and a thought pops into your head out of nowhere, “Maybe I’ll get a [...]

10 12, 2020

Inside the Tri-Mind: Keep Positive Self-talk in Your Mental Toolbox During Training and Races

By | December 10th, 2020|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Perhaps the most powerful mental tool to build your confidence is positive self-talk. What you say to yourself away from triathlon, when you’re training, and during races impacts what you think, how you feel, and how you perform in training and on race day. Whatever you think more of—whether positive or negative—will determine the road [...]

6 08, 2020

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #24-7 Tools for Building Confidence

By | August 6th, 2020|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #24: 7 Tools for Building Confidence of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes that examines the impact of confidence on sports performance. This episode introduces you to what confidence is in the context of sports, how it affects athletes, why athletes lose confidence, symptoms of low confidence, [...]

3 03, 2016

Positive Self-Talk Works!

By | March 3rd, 2016|Categories: Psychology|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

What you say to yourself does matter, according to a series of research studies described in a recent article.  Not only does self-talk work, but it also helps when you talk to yourself out loud and in the 3rd person (e.g., "Come on, Jim!). I encourage the athletes I work with to use self-talk to build [...]

10 07, 2014

The Power of Self-talk (“You” is Better Than “I”)

By | July 10th, 2014|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

An interesting article discussing research that demonstrates the benefits of self-talk and the difference between using second person ("You can do it") and first person ("I can do it"). Hint: second person is better.