Social media has transformed the way athletes connect, learn, and share their journeys. It can be a powerful tool for finding inspiration, motivation, celebrating accomplishments, building community, and staying connected to the sports we love. At the same time,...
After nearly 20 years of working with athletes across a wide variety of sports and competitive levels, I’ve seen many of the same challenges arise again and again: Overthinking Fear of mistakes Pressure and expectations Confidence struggles I’ve also seen...
Greene Lights Newsletter · Issue #7 Our clinicians and coaches respond to your real questions about performance, parenting, and the mental side of sport. Spring Edition MK | Micheal Ketner | Music Therapist | michael@greenepsych.com Your Question: “I am...
At some point, every sports parent reaches the end of the road. The early morning practices, the long tournament weekends, the emotional highs and lows – they eventually give way to something quieter. Reflection. This past Saturday, my youngest son’s college...
In my last post, I shared my journey as a college athlete. This one is about the psychology behind it because nothing I experienced was random. It all started with imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is the belief that you don’t deserve to be in the room, despite... The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics closed with a closing ceremony in a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheater in Verona. But the most memorable moments hadn’t happened in the ceremony. They’d happened on the slopes and the ice, in the spaces between...