The Mental Edge Blog

Dive deeper into the world of mental toughness and athletic resilience with Shaun & Kelsey's expert insights.
3 C Power athlete business coach parent success Feb 07, 2017

Like many, I am fascinated with the formula for SUCCESS. I realize that success has different meanings depending on the source. However, for the sake of this piece I am simply looking to understand a ...

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What If? athlete confidence mental toughness psychology sports Dec 20, 2016

We ask ourselves questions all the time. Most of these questions start with the word WHAT.

“What should I wear today?”

“What should I say when asked a question?”

“What should I eat?”

We also ask o...

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The Challenge is Real army athlete challenge help psychology sports Dec 13, 2016

Many people I care about and love are in the midst of significant life challenges! You might be one of those in the midst of a significant challenge. These challenges could be best described as “being...

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Struggle and Strength athlete coach confidence mental toughtness parent sport psychology struggle Nov 21, 2016

I think most of us would agree that increasing strength is a good thing. Athletes invest countless hours training for the purpose of increasing their strength. They do this because the rigors and chal...

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What is Your Aroma? athlete business coach parent sport psychology teacher Oct 06, 2016

I attended my first teen support group about 30 years ago. I remember that night like it was yesterday. My first encounter was with a 15 year old that asked, “What the ******** are you doing here?” To...

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Mirrors of Greatness athlete coach executive parent psychology Sep 13, 2016

When people think of a mirror they think of a piece of glass that reflects the image that faces it. Mirrors can be useful because they reflect back to us an image. Mirrors do not judge, have an opinio...

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Meeting the Confidence Challenge challenge confidence psychology sports Aug 17, 2016

Who of us would not want a deep, bold and stable confidence?

Unfortunately, to many people the thought of possessing this type of confidence left long ago. It could be that a significant relationship...

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Breaking The Distraction Chains distractions focus mental toughness sport psychology Aug 08, 2016

Have you ever given thought to the connection between ATTENTIVE CONSISTENCY and SUCCESS?

What I mean by ATTENTIVE CONSISTENCY is the continual capacity to give quality focus and concentration to a pr...

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Committing to Commitment commitment fomo self improvement sport psychology Jun 29, 2016
DO YOU FIND YOURSELF CONSTANTLY WAITING FOR SOMETHING BETTER TO COME UP?
DO YOU SEEM TO KEEP REPEATING THE SAME CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE?
DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GIVE OF YOURSELF COMPLETELY TO A PURS...
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Habits of Excellence excellence habits sport psychology Jun 22, 2016

We would all like to believe that we are in CHARGE of or CONTROL our lives. Fundamentally we do make choices with our behaviors and thoughts day to day. However, the shocking truth is that we are all ...

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Starting is Half Done business energy high performance procrastination psychology Jun 14, 2016

We all have aspirations to do GREAT things!!

I can detail at least five different GREATNESS SEEKING visions I have been chasing. In fact, the still small voice within often torments me concerning the...

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Generating Purpose that Motivates confidence high performance purpose sport psychology Jun 08, 2016

Discovering purpose can be very challenging. This might be because we have a pre-determined idea of what it means to have a purpose by generating an image of a hero like Martin Luther King, Gandhi or ...

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