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Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional

"The further the distance, the more the mental training really comes into play. You need a lot of tools in your mental toolbox to get yourself through those longer runs."

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Trick Yourself into a Positive Mindset

"The Champion's Mind app gave me a positive outlook and attitude."

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Finding Your Flow State on Race Day

Finding Your Flow State on Race Day In the first part of this revealing Q+A with sports psychologist Jim Afremow, NCAA college champ turned pro runner Síofra Cléirigh Büttner shared how she

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Keeping Calm at the Start Line

Learn how Irish national record holder Síofra Cléirigh Büttner overcomes race day nerves, used meditation to cope with student-athlete pressures, and visualizes winning.

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Morning Coffee Wearing Off? 2 Easy Ways to Beat the Dreaded Mid-Afternoon Slump

Even if you start the day all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, it’s easy for all that early energy and enthusiasm to wane once your five-shot Mocha Frappuccino (or whatever your Starbucks drink of

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5 Ways for Busy Athletes and Coaches to Make Time for Mental Skills Training

Just six minutes a day of using an app like the Champion’s Mind is all it takes to bring your cognitive game up to the same level as your physical one. Here are a few ways to start making this crucial commitment.

Mental Skills Training for Youth Sports Coaches, Athletes, and Parents – Part 2

In the first installment of this two-part article, sports psychologist and co-creator of the Champion’s Mind app Dr. Jim Afremow shared how young athletes can make time in their busy schedules for

Mental Skills Training for Youth Sports Coaches, Athletes, and Parents – Part 1

Over the past few years, youth sports have become big business. The casual football and baseball games of our childhoods that Charles Schultz immortalized in his Peanuts strips have been replaced by highly

Returning to Play after Injury with A Gold Medal Mindset (Win Your Recovery Series Part 3)

Earlier, we explored two phases of your rehab journey from a mindset perspective: the stage between when you got hurt and your reparative surgery, and then what came after your procedure (or, if

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Putting a Champion’s Mental Skills Plan into Practice After Surgery (Win Your Recovery Series Part 2)

In either case, you’re now into the rehab phase where it’s easy to let the PT visits, the daily exercises, and being away from your sport get you down. We’re going to explore some ways to turn what could be a setback to lament into a learning experience to relish.

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Injury Got You Down? Don’t Let it Take You Out (Win Your Recovery Series Part 1)

Other than missing a last second buzzer beating, putting a penalty kick over the crossbar, or finishing 1/100th of a second outside the medals, injury is every athlete’s worst nightmare.

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Physically Gifted or Mentally Strong: Which Athlete Wins More?

Until recently, sports psychology was seen as something to turn to when on a losing streak or stuck in a rut, but recent scientific research now says there is more to it than that.