The scale reads 800 grams. Manitoba flour — high protein, built for structure, the kind that holds air. This is Samin Nosrat’s sky-high focaccia. Breadmaking doesn’t forgive guessing. You want sky high. Her words. The promise. You measure. The number…
Why the vocabulary you reach for automatically, below awareness, is shaping a self-concept you never chose. A clinical look at language, identity, and the cost of imprecision.
What elite athletes get wrong about mental performance — and what to build instead By Sharon Chirban, PhD | Clinical Psychologist & Sport Performance Coach There is a moment, before any important performance, when the thinking becomes the problem. You’ve…
Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of WHOOP, had a week. When the Australian Open instructed Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, and Jannik Sinner to remove their WHOOP bands during matches, Ahmed did not issue a quiet corporate statement and move…
When Mikaela Shiffrin crossed the finish line in Milano Cortina last week and dropped to her knees in the snow, most people saw a champion reclaiming her place at the top. What she said in the press conference afterward was…
When we think of sports leadership, we typically think of game strategy and motivational speeches—at least, that’s what we think of when we only have the movies to guide us! In reality, sports leadership has more to do with the…
Our days are full of decisions. From whether or not to hit the snooze button to the clothes we pull from our closet or the final scan of our email inbox before hitting the sack at night, it’s estimated that…
The truth is stark: as a high performance athlete, you’ll almost definitely experience some type of injury over the course of your competitive career. Not every sports injury will be significant, and not every one will mean you need to…
How To Balance School and Sports as a High Performing Student Athlete When a high achieving student is also a high performing athlete, they often wind up grappling with a unique set of challenges. The worlds of academics and athletics…
Teen mental health in the US is impacted by a number of factors—parental influence, household income, geographic location, social influence, and more. And in the 2020s, it’s also been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, a highly-divisive political environment, and the…