Dr. Jim Taylor’s Blog



Welcome to Dr. Jim Taylor’s blog! Its goal is to inspire, inform, and transform with ideas, perspectives, insights, and tools that can change your thinking, your performances, and your life.

1210, 2021

Hit-and-Run Ain’t No Fun: Psychology of a Near-Death Bike Crash

Every cyclist and triathlete recognizes, understands, and accepts the risks they are taking every time they climb into the saddle [...]

510, 2021

Amygdala or Pre-frontal Cortex: Which Would You Rather Use?

Over my decades-long history as both a blogger, author, and public speaker (as well as being a Ph.D. in Psychology [...]

2809, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Mental Rehab of Triathlon Injury

The sad reality of triathlon is that you either have or will have an injury that will keep you way [...]

2509, 2021

Use the Fall for Your Final Push to Race Season

It’s hard to believe that it’s already October. For the World Cuppers (and even some FIS athletes), the race season [...]

2309, 2021

Sprint, Don’t Stagger, to the Finish of Your Triathlon Season

At this late point in the season, you will have fallen into one of three camps as far as how [...]

2109, 2021

Empty Your Emotional Chamber of Pain (Part II)

In my last article, I introduced you to my concept of a "chamber of pain." In this Part II, I [...]