Anthony Ross has worked extensively in developing mental toughness in tennis players, and he has some great insights. In the article below, he articulates the internal process that can cause a player to give up, even when s/he is on the verge of winning. Sometimes especially when they are on the verge of winning. The […]
Aren’t formulas great? There’s so much pressure to get it right, and there are so many different ways we’re told to do it, it’s hard to know what to do. And if you’re like me, you’re spending a lot of time just kind of wandering (sometimes flailing) around, not really sure what you’re doing, so […]
I understand why the New Year gets people all excited about making a list of resolutions – it’s a brand spanking new year, a brand-new calendar, plus it comes on the heels of the chaos and excess that is the holiday season. Most people give themselves lots of leeway around the holidays, me included – […]
This holiday time of year brings out the kid in us, which can be lots of fun. It can also mean that it brings out the Inner Wounded Child Who Never Got What They Wanted From the Holidays in us, which can be painful. Probably most of us have a combination of past disappointments and […]
After this past week’s elections, I’ve been thinking a lot about Michael Singer’s book, “The Surrender Experiment.” In it, he describes his life-long experiment with, and practice of surrendering to Life when Life clearly won’t let go. In this case, “surrendering” doesn’t mean becoming passive. It doesn’t necessarily mean giving up. What it does mean […]