It’s Halloween week and I’m bringing you one of my “sweetest” stories & tips to celebrate!

In anticipation of my book “The Empowered Athlete” coming out VERY soon…I also wanted to share with you a small snippet about my work with an athlete. This is a part of the story, but you’ll have to grab m...

Momentum is defined as “strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events” according to Merriam-Webster and our good friend Google.

It’s like when you take a small snowball and roll it down the hill. Eventually it attracts more snow, creating a bigger snowball, and begins traveling at ...

Let’s talk about a student athlete named Jessica, and her story around setting goals and managing expectations (it’s a story I think we can all relate to on some level.) 

Jessica is a high achieving student AND a killer soccer player on her high school team. 

She has big goals for herself, a...

You’ve heard the buzz word, maybe you’ve even received feedback on it, and you wonder…what the heck is this all about??

Time Management. 

Not excited yet? LOL. I know this topic maybe isn’t everyone’s cup of tea..maybe it even sounds a little boring… But what if I told you that time manageme...

Every single player on the ice, field, or court has a role to play. A role that is critical to the success of the team, critical to whether they perform well, critical to whether they ENJOY being on the team, and even critical to whether or not they’re successful. And the funny thing is, this role h...

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller

Teamwork is the foundation of almost everything we know; family, friend groups, sports, work... Teams build a sense of connection and belonging, create an atmosphere to challenge, inspire, learn and grow. They bring a shared...

Not everyone is going to agree with this, but it needs to be said. 

Taking a break from your sport is actually a really, really good thing.

In my last blog, I talked about what can happen to athletes who don’t take breaks from sports, such as getting burnt out, developing unhealthy habits an...

We’ve all felt it as parents. The need to protect our child, to make sure they are thriving in a crazy world, to help them achieve their goals, no matter how challenging those goals might be.  You spend hours driving them to practices, traveling to tournaments, buying their equipment and spending a ...

When you’ve played one sport your whole life, and you retire, what happens? As athletes grow up and start to burn out or retire after having focused solely on that sport for years, if not decades even, they are bound to struggle with their identity.

When you’re known as the “GOAT” or even when y...

Pulling all nighters for school work because they’re at practice all day, or stressing out over a big game coming up. Kids today are under more pressure than ever before, and it’s impacting their health and wellbeing in more ways than one. 

In today’s post-covid world, mental health issues are i...

It’s the last week of 2021! Having a process to reflect on the year as a whole will not only help you to close the chapter, but also help to prepare you for the new year to come. So let me start with a question: 

What is your end of year routine?

A) I’ve got this, already started! 

B) I do ...

Burn out.

THE topic of a lot of my 1:1 sessions the past few weeks. 

Athletes who are heading towards burnout typically display:

• Constant fatigue
• Grades drop
• Performance is subpar
• Body starts to break down (injuries present or they simply get sick repeatedly)
• Motivation dips (it becom
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