Goldilocks Anxiety – How to Deal with it in Sports Families

Some parents worry about their kids all the time.  I’m one of those parents. I like to call my worrying Goldilocks anxiety. My routine worry is if I’m doing a good enough job to prepare my kids for their future.  For example, one day I may worry if I’m being too hard on my kids. […]

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Harnessing The Positive Side of Fear is Critical for Success

Most of the time we don’t look at fear as a positive emotion.  More often than not, when you’re afraid it’s due to your fight or flight instincts.  That type of stress is often due to real danger that isn’t positive.  Let’s set this type of fear aside for the purposes of this short post […]

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Five Fears that Limit Your Potential

You must manage the fears that limit your potential if you want to maximize your potential. Fear prevents you from growing and causes you to miss out on learning opportunities. In addition, fear creates limiting beliefs that serve as a glass ceiling for your potential. Most psychologist agree that you can’t necessarily eliminate fear. However, there is a belief that with […]

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