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.

1609, 2021

Taylor Interview on the Emerging Metaverse

I was recently interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the NPR of Down Under) about the impact of the emerging [...]

1409, 2021

How to Ride the Triathlon Emotional Rollercoaster

One of the things I love most about being a triathlete is the range and intensity of emotions our sport [...]

709, 2021

What’s in Your Emotional Chamber of Pain? (Part I)

My experience, both professionally and personally, is that few people emerge from childhood unscathed from their upbringings. You get your [...]

609, 2021

Taylor Interview about the Psychology of Ski Racing

I was recently interviewed by Parker Biele for the Sync Performance podcast, This Week's Stoke. In the podcast, I share [...]

3108, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Help! I’m Stuck in a Slump and I Can’t Get Out

Performance slumps are one of the most common, yet mysterious and frustrating, phenomena in triathlon. Typically viewed as unexplained drops [...]

2308, 2021

3 Essential Human Freedoms

With the U.S. and the world continuing to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the sad developments in Afghanistan, and the current [...]