Absolutely love this. This should be a popular opinion and recommendation by health professionals. As a psychologist in training, I always ask about physical activity levels with the patients I am seeing. Of course, considering the ability of the individual.

A reason why you should teach mindfulness and meditation exercises strictly using nasal breathing. The study suggests that breathing through the nose lowers blood pressure and calms the nervous system. journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Well deserved!

Same performance psychology concepts, different context, just as impactful. Love seeing this!

This is a wonderful visual! When working with athletes who use these tools, it is useful to understand it ourselves as consultants, therapists, sport scientists etc. Providing some education on ways wearables can be useful, but also where limitations. Let’s not follow blindly.

Be a good human... it might help you sleep better! Here, having high levels of compassion predicted better sleep quality over an 11-year follow-up period in n=~1000 people 👇

Facilitating mindfulness workshops? Some participants may have fear in what you are guiding them through and asking them to do. How are instructors working with participant concerns around trying/practicing these types of exercises? link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Awesome study! This would be interesting to see with a USA population and what it may look like at various levels of competition across NCAA divisions.

Sharing some thoughts about using human flourishing approaches through the lens of preventative medicine to empower student-athletes throughout their athletic careers and beyond. open.substack.com/pub/piotrpiase…

Sharing my thoughts on collaboration across sport science disciplines within the NCAA, potential organizational structures, characteristics of success, and a recommended role that can lead such departments. open.substack.com/pub/piotrpiase…

Last week was the FEPSAC conference. Wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones. I presented preliminary results. The conference held its inaugural soccer tournament, which was a blast. Not to mention the insightful presentations over the course of the week. Romania 2026!

An article published almost a decade ago recommended examining instructor fidelity of mindfulness interventions. Now thoroughly expanded. What would structured evaluation and training look like for sport psychologists or mental performance consultants? Ref:pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26436311/

🚨 New publication 🚨 This study shows how task and social peer-leaders shape team cohesion and collective efficacy—core ingredients of thriving teams. Done alongside Edson Filho, PhD, CMPC and the PRO Lab at Wheelock College, Boston University link.springer.com/article/10.100… #groupdynamics #leadership #sports #cohesion

Important insights by Jim Doorley on the The Mind Room. Essential for the discipline. It does not grow solely on practice, and vice versa. Embracing both is key, and it starts with training. The scientist-practitioner problem in sport psychology open.substack.com/pub/themindroo…

🚨New publication, with Tommy Minkler, Ph.D., Chad McGehee, and Edson Filho, PhD, CMPC. Grateful for the collab! We reviewed the mindfulness literature in sport and presented recommendations for future research. #mindfulness #meditation #sport url6649.tandfonline.com/ls/click?upn=u…

My journey through fear, growth, and the art of teaching. Reflections from my PhD—on sweating through speeches, navigating impostor syndrome, and finding purpose in the classroom through mindfulness and human connection. open.substack.com/pub/piotrpiase…