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Competing with Heart – Racing with Gratitude

October 20, 2020October 21, 2020 Stephen Walker, PhD 3 Comments competition, dr.-stephen-walker, Kara-Goucher, mental-conditioning, mental-strength, mental-toughness, osaka japan, overcoming injury, peak-performance, racing, running, world track and field championships 2007

By Dr. Stephen Walker PhD, NCC, CMPC, USOC Registry of Sport Psychology On August 25, 2007, the world of

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DJ Gregory’s Golf Gives Inspiration to Athletes in Every Sport

July 11, 2012July 12, 2012 Stephen Walker, PhD 2 Comments Add new tag, cerebral palsy, DJ Gregory, exercise-psychology, focus, golf, health-psychology, inspirational stories, Kara-Goucher, mental-conditioning, mental-strength, mental-toughness, motivation, PGA Tour, process-goals, sports, Springfield College

DJ Gregory and the PGA Tour by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP There have been a number of great stories that

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The Storybook Finish that Didn't Happen – Jenny Barringer's NCAA Cross Country Championships

December 2, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coaching, competition, dr. kristen dieffenbach, dr.-stephen-walker, goal-setting, health-psychology, Jenny Barringer, Kara-Goucher, Mark Wetmore, mental-skills, mental-toughness, NCAA Womens Cross Country Championships, overtraining, peak-performance, Renee Metivier-Ballie, running, Shayne Culpepper, sport-psychology-training, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training, stress, stress-management, Under recovery, Univeristy of Colorado

by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP What Happened to Jenny Barringer? Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Things work out

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Spring Back From Injury

June 27, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments active, Adam-Goucher, coach, coaching, competition, coping, counseling, distance, exercise-psychology, focus-on, health-psychology, injury, Kara-Goucher, mechanisms, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, NCAA, Nike-Project, optimal-healing, P3-thinking, peak-performance, performance, possibilities, productive, purposeful, recovery, rehab, rephrasing, runners, running, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, track, understanding

Christine Aschwanden wrote this article for Runner’s World. It discusses coping mechanisms and active recovery. The author interviewed Adam and

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