Posted by: mindoversports on: December 19, 2011
Dr. Dean Ornish, one of the country’s leading authorities on the treatment of heart disease, wrote: “The mystics say what happens in your mind creates what happens around you. ‘As You Think, So You Become.’ What you think about intensely is what you begin to manifest in your life. What you meditate on or visualize [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: December 17, 2011
If your coach tells you you’re overweight and need to drop a few pounds, here’s an easy way to do it without really dieting. As almost all weight loss “experts” will tell you, the secret to losing weight is to reduce the number of calories you consume daily. And if you exercise, so much the [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: November 14, 2011
A few years ago Oprah Winfrey visited Springfield, Missouri, where I live. Now, I am a big fan of hers and admire how she picked herself up by her bootstraps and was able to change her life. But while in Springfield, she told a crowd of mostly women who attended her public seminar they were [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 25, 2008
If every coach in America followed the example set by Georgia’s women’s gymnastic coach Suzanne Yoculan, they would almost always be assured of having a winning season. According to an article in USA TODAY (April 24, 2008) Coach Yoculan “has team meetings every Monday to discuss chemistry and avoid division. She tells her athletes they [...]