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Help Your Young Athletes To Succeed ! Performance Sport Center By sharing the same vision within the community and noticing lack of access to empowerment resources, we have decided to build the Performance Sport Center, and to facilitate a new vision in Romanian…Continue reading “PROJECTS”

12Nov 201912 Nov 2019

Bipolar Depression Test

🧭 5 MINUTES Feel as though you’re on an emotional roller coaster? Take this quiz to find out whether Bipolar…

Entrepreneurship Aptitudes Test

🧭 35 MINUTES Do you have what it takes to strike it out on your own? Got the entrepreneurial spirit…

5Nov 20195 Nov 2019

How Can I Hack My Body Clock To Stay Fit ?

Consistency is key in keeping a healthy sleep schedule. There’s a best time for you to eat, exercise, and more.…

Testimonials

“Wonderful team – lovely people. Thanks so very much for all the A moments and for the bad days too, when I thought I will not make it ! You transformed my experience of recovery after my injury, and I’ve grown so much in the past 2 months ”. Irina Anghel

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Test – How Well do You Know Yourself as an Athlete?

15 Nov 201915 Nov 2019

🧭 12 MINUTES A difficulty in dealing with the mental aspects of sport is that they're not tangible or easily measured. If you want to learn what are your…

10 Excuses Why People Don’t Start Therapy. What’s Yours?

It’s common to feel unsure about starting therapy. People often have worries about what the process will be like, some of which are connected to societal myths. The following is an effort…

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Bipolar Depression Test

12 Nov 201912 Nov 2019

🧭 5 MINUTES Feel as though you're on an emotional roller coaster? Take this quiz to find out whether Bipolar Depression may be affecting your life. Read each question…

Sport psychology

Healing Anxiety and Depression by Growing a Community

I watched a fantastic TEDtalk the other day dealing with the causes of the increasing prevalence of anxiety and depression amongst the Western nations. (Here is a link to the…

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10 Things That Will Help You Escape Loneliness

10 Nov 201910 Nov 2019

Although my writing often focuses on sport psychology and performance, anyone can feel the pain of loneliness. I hope the tips in this article will be helpful for everyone: 1.…

Grow Business…

Entrepreneurship Aptitudes Test

🧭 35 MINUTES Do you have what it takes to strike it out on your own? Got the entrepreneurial spirit in you? A number of people don't fit into the…

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ADHD/Attention Deficit Disorder Test

7 Nov 20197 Nov 2019

🧭 10-15 MINUTES Do you often find yourself unable to concentrate even when the task at hand is extremely important?Do you find yourself daydreaming at inappropriate moments? Is your work,…

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Resilience through Sports Psychology, Heartbreak, and Mindfulness

Three books related to resilience. I’ve been interested in resilience since 2016. I wanted to learn more about how people recover from setbacks and major changes in identity. I started…

How Can I Hack My Body Clock To Stay Fit ?

5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019

Consistency is key in keeping a healthy sleep schedule. There's a best time for you to eat, exercise, and more. Wait to work out. Regardless of your inner clock, the…

academic research…

Lights On or Lights Off?

Did you know that lighting, natural and artificial, affects how we think and behave? Sometimes darkness is wonderful. Think about being in a fragrant meadow on a moonlit night, for…

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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy

As its name implies is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that addresses the specific emotional and mental health needs of children, adolescents, adult survivors, and families who are struggling…

A Champion Heart…

The Ultimate 5 Mindfulness Hacks to Feel Better Instantly

Our negative mind states can feel so powerful that we can easily lose sight of how quickly they can change for the better. They are significantly more malleable than you may believe. It's…

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Take The Mental Health Assessment Test

29 Oct 201929 Oct 2019

Are you thinking about seeking the help of a therapist? If certain issues have been causing problems in your life and you aren't sure how to make the necessary changes,…

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Which Archetype Are You?

28 Oct 201928 Oct 2019

Ever notice how any successful story throughout history tends to have a similar cast of characters? If you haven’t bothered counting, I’ll let you know that most characters will fall…

Yoga for Stress Relief

Did you ever consider too use breathing exercises, yoga poses, and meditation to calm your body and mind? Did you know that an estimated 80 to 90 percent of visits to the…

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Does Women Desire Men Who Compete in Aggressive Sports ?

23 Oct 201923 Oct 2019

Some people think that alluring men compete in soccer, football, rugby, etc. and not badminton. What’s is your opinion on the subject? For this reason the topic has been investigated extensively…

A Champion Heart…

Is Sport a Religion?

Psychologists are closing in on the conclusion that sport has many of the same effects on spectators as religion does [Barber, 2012]. Daniel Wann [2001], a leading sport psychologist at…

A Champion Heart…

Want to Feel Better Right Now ?

I'll disclose the secret right at the very beginning, and then we'll talk about it, okay? Are you ready? Here it is! GIVE. There is so much need out there.…

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Prepare For The Worst or Hope For The Best?

21 Oct 201921 Oct 2019

Is it better to approach life with great hope or a sense of doom? A glass-half-full attitude is generally beneficial to your mental, physical, and emotional health, but stark realism…

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Why is There Such Reluctance to Address Psychological Elements of Performance?

When listening to coaches and athletes share their thoughts following competition, it appears that there is increasing acceptance that the psychological domain plays a central role in determining the nature…

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Do or Die!

“Because people, when they’re gonna either die or succeed, tend to succeed.” – Tony Robbins Rock bottom. The lowest possible level, absolute bottom. It can’t get worse than this. The morning when you can’t stand the…

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Benefits of Mixed Martial Arts

17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019

Martial arts are a set of practices that work based on a logical organization of their techniques and tactics. The Boxing Sparring Partner Jobs include different disciplines that although for…

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When the Pressure is On, Help Your Athletes Rise to the Occasion through Radical Mental Skills

Across the world of elite sport, a problem pops up over and over again. Top athletes under-perform when expectations are highest. One thing goes wrong, then another, then another. Soon, the…

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7 Tips for Good Self-Care

16 Oct 201916 Oct 2019

There's been a lot of talk about "self-care" lately. What is it, and how can it help you? 1. Self-care is about looking out for Number One. The idea…

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7 Reasons To Feel Confident About Throwing in the Towel

15 Oct 201916 Oct 2019

Perseverance, especially during hard times, is praised so highly and so often that sometimes we forget there’s another option. And we forget how to not feel like a failure when…

A Champion Heart…

5 Tricks To Overcome Frustration

14 Oct 201914 Oct 2019

Here’s the dictionary definition of frustration: “The feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of an inability to change or achieve something.” Sound familiar? It sure does to me,…

Digital Therapy…

3 Simple Things That Will Changing Your Life

It happens over and over again - my clients want to change. I urge them to start from where they are TODAY. They want to change! Things will be better…

Digital Therapy…

What Qualities I Need To Be A Life Coach?

11 Oct 201911 Oct 2019

As a life coach, you help your clients to identify their goals and develop an actionable plan to achieve them. With your professional training, your experiences, your objectivity, and insights…

Grow Business…

Do You Know Your True Purpose ?

10 Oct 201910 Oct 2019

Many people would like to know their true purpose of living or existing in the great halls of creation in which the Earth is like a tiny speck of…

children's sport & psycho-education…

How To Get Past Old Wounds

8 Oct 20198 Oct 2019

When people come to therapy, they're often consumed by an almost-visible string of old injuries - a hypercritical parent, a missed opportunity, a horrible breakup. And, when I point out…

A Champion Heart…

Here’s How You Find Your Motivation

7 Oct 20196 Nov 2019

Motivation is one of those words or concepts that can feel like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. “Once I find motivation then I’ll start practicing…”…

children's sport & psycho-education…

Four Secrets For A Happy Family

I was fortunate to have a healthy and positive upbringing. By this I mean I was shown love, given support, and had my needs taken care of. My family was by no means…

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Is Your Coach Supporting Your Mental Game?

4 Oct 20194 Oct 2019

Let me start this article with a few observations about sport coaching and mental training. First, I believe that great sport coaches are also great intuitive psychologists. They may not…

children's sport & psycho-education…

Thinking to Become a Sport Psychologist?

3 Oct 20193 Oct 2019

In our society people love sports, and (for better or worse) this love of sports means there is a need for psychologists to help those involved in athletics. With the…

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Can Rituals Increase Our Performance?

When a huge success of a sport team occur, people seek to unearth secrets of their success. With a championship on the line, reporters often ask, How do you prepare…

A Champion Heart…

Between “ Who I Was ” And “Who I Want To Be”

2 Oct 20191 Oct 2019

Who am I? Who am I now? I’ve been talking recently with a client who I’ll call Robert. A bright guy who’s moved way up in the high tech industry.…

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Find Out How Sport Can Help Your Love Life!

1 Oct 20191 Oct 2019

Flowers, chocolate and romantic weekends! I know even a better answer to your quest of having the best sex life. Can you believe that having a workout session about three times…

Sport psychology

The Best Way To Cope With Depression

1 Oct 201913 Oct 2019

If you ever have had those days when you felt worthless, worthless like you don’t matter and it would be better if you didn’t even exist at all, you might…

CBT-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy…

3 Ways to Start ….Is Really Working?

30 Sep 201930 Sep 2019

It happens over and over again - my clients want to change. I urge them to start from where they are TODAY. They want to change! Things will be better…

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Shame: Roots, Effects, and Long-term Implications

30 Sep 201930 Sep 2019

A child is assaulted by a parent; the other parent looks away, dismisses, minimizes, or simply doesn’t see. What happens psychologically? The assault needs to be addressed in the short…

A Champion Heart…

What Should a Parent Do in a Competition, for the Young Athlete? 7 Ways to Deal with Difficult Situations

30 Sep 201930 Sep 2019

The last two JiuJitsu contests that I witnessed, I’ve been confronted with a situation, wich is not a new one, but undoubtedly one that needs to be addressed: the young…

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The New Job

When looking for a new job, do not just look for a high salary. Good people do not work just for a pay check. You want to make…

children's sport & psycho-education…

16 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You’re Emotionally ‘Numb’

28 Sep 201928 Sep 2019

What is “emotional numbness”? Mighty contributor Elizabeth Duff shared how she defines it in her piece, “When Depression Makes Me Numb, Not Sad” One symptom I wish more people understood is…

children's sport & psycho-education…

AI will Improve Access to Mental Health Care

28 Sep 201927 Sep 2019

“Hey Siri, am I depressed?” When I posed this question to my iPhone, Siri’s reply was “I can’t really say, Jennifer.” But someday, software programs like Siri or Alexa may…

children's sport & psycho-education…

The Answer to All Your Problems

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. — E.H. Chapin Why should anyone forgive? There is no…

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Can Money Buy Happiness ?

26 Sep 201926 Sep 2019

Choosing between a new sweater and a pair of concert tickets? Buy the tickets, suggests a study on whether our spending habits are likely to make us happy. Philosophers since…

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Want Success? Follow The Three Golden Rule!

25 Sep 201925 Sep 2019

When is comes to winning or losing a title or a competition, maybe the competition you prepared all your life for, best performers have personal rules and they don’t…

Lesson to Learn from a Successful Person

24 Sep 201924 Sep 2019

Everyday we hear about successful stories and role models. Every one of them different and unique in its own way. But yeah, you guessed it: all success stories have…

A Champion Heart…

Your Success is Our Goal

13 Sep 201914 Nov 2019

Performance Psychology investigates how humans can accomplish their true potential in a effective manner. It is the field of mastering and learn new skills, improving current…

CBT-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy…

Is Listening Your Super-Power ?

7 Sep 201915 Nov 2019

Here's one of those little mindful things you can do no matter where you are. Listening is one of those things that is simple to…

CBT-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy…

From Outside Your Comfort Zone and Into “The Zone”

14 Nov 201914 Nov 2019

Your comfort zone is an awesome thing You’ll always do something you know and love a…

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Books list: Sport Science, Psychology, Coaching and Talent Development

8 Nov 20198 Nov 2019

Topics. Talent Identification and Development. Mindset – Updated Edition. Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential by Carol S. Dweck || English, January 2017. Grit – The Power…

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