When you doubt yourself, feel guilty for speaking your truth or seeing boundaries, you give your power away. It's okay to put your foot down. Craft all with generosity and you will not abandon yourself.

How to reassure the young anxious athlete: "You have a lot of good inside of you, and a lot of great ahead of you."

What if we look at parenting as not about rescuing your child from the uncomfortable or difficult, but helping them grow through that and find their voice.

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The stories we make up: After overthinking your race all week, you actually find that it was business as usual and you ran in circles until it was time to stop.

House v NCAA passed: Athletic departments may need to redirect funding from non-revenue sports to pay athletes in revenue sports, leading to: Budget cuts or elimination of smaller programs. Reduced scholarships or facilities for less prominent teams. What are your thoughts?

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Stay encouraged--whatever you are going through. While something may have happened to give you pause, the universe keeps turning, and it is always sunrise somewhere.

Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more. Louisa May Alcott

Don't outsource your self-worth. It's an inside job.

Close your eyes - see your body. Quiet your mind - feel your heart. Release your ego - change your life.

Don't overthink competing. Trust and let it come. You'll know what to do. Anxiety is not only fear of the future, but primarily fear you won't know what to do or won't be able to recover. But you do know. You do know. Everything is good, and nothing is bad.

Summer training focus points: 1. DISCIPLINE over MOTIVATION. Make yourself do hard things like get up early. Don't wait for motivation. 2. ACCOUNTABILITY partners hold you to your word. Even a simple "Done" text will let them know you trained. 2. Keep VISUALIZING the PAYOFF.

Keep it mind that if you have a bad sports performance, you might just be more rested for your next one. This is called REFRAMING. Try it.

Falling isn't failing. It's just falling. You get back up.

A goal without a plan is just a wish. Simple goal-setting tool for kids: Have them write: "For the next week I will... (for example) go to bed 15 minutes earlier on M, T, R and shut off all devices. Include days, numbers, deadline.

EMOTIONAL REGULATION IS KEY FOR MANAGING ANXIETY. When we train self awareness, we can have better responses to whatever. Here is one simple tool to help athletes build self-awareness in the present moment: 1. Breathe into your feet.

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