Elizabeth Lombardo

GO WITH THE FLOW

Stress levels are at an all-time high. For adults, this shows up in the high rates of burnout. A recent Deloitte study found that 77 percent of people have experienced burnout at their current job, and 91 percent say that unmanageable stress or frustration impacts the quality of their work. For younger people, this high-stress

OPTIMIZING PEAK PERFORMANCE

HAVE YOU EVER MADE a mistake and replayed it over and over and over again in your mind? I call this “pressing on a bruise.” It doesn’t feel good and is not helpful. It can cause more stress, guilt, and anxiety. Athletes can often get stuck in the past, berating themselves (or their teammates) for

SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

Feeling pressure to get into their top college, an athlete’s uncontrolled stress negatively impacts them, on and off the field. A hockey player excels during practice but plays significantly worse during heated competitions. A basketball player misses an easy layup. For the rest of the game, their shoots are impulsive misses. A golfer gets “the

SECRET INGREDIENT

AN ATHLETE came to see me because he was struggling during competitions, despite having the skills in practice. After learning some new strategies in sports psychology, he was able to excel during games, and even ended up getting recruited to his first-choice college. Sports psychology is the practice of using psychological principles to optimize sports

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