Mental Equipment Syndicated Column – May 1, 1997 – Dr. John F. Murray – How much have you invested in self-knowledge? The February, 1996 Mental Equipment “Increasing Self-Awareness” highlights the importance of monitoring your thoughts, feelings, and actions to identify those states coinciding with your best performances.… Read the rest
Los Angeles Times – Oct 17, 2007 – Larry Stewart – You can’t blame the good folks of Colorado for being on a Rocky Mountain high. Their baseball team is going to the World Series. “The Boys of Rocktober have climbed the loftiest summit in baseball,” wrote Woody Paige in the Denver Post.… Read the rest
Florida Today – Feb 5, 2006 – Carl Kotala – Let’s face it, some Super Bowls are just flat out boring. Take Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 55, Denver 10. Or Super Bowl XX: Chicago 46, New England 10. Both games were over so fast, you barely had time to work up a good heartburn because you just had to have those extra three or four buffalo wings with the five-alarm hot sauce.… Read the rest
I hope you are having a nice holiday! Today I have prepared a theme with 5 ways to cope with the holiday or financial stress we might find ourselves in these days. Consider the following 5 activities to help survive the psychological, economic, or family turmoil of our times: Seek Information and Greater Knowledge In these difficult economic times, you might be feeling more stress lately, especially when combined with the holidays.… Read the rest
Tennis Week -Oct 26, 2005 – Last month, Vince Spadea boldly guaranteed he will crack the top 10 and reach his highest career ranking in the coming year. Today, the 66th-ranked Spadea commenced his climb back up the rankings with one of his biggest wins of the season.… Read the rest
Peoria Journal Star – Kirk Wessler – Oct 9, 2008 – Honesty being the first and most important step toward recovery, let’s start here: The Cubs choked. That’s not to say a left-handed power bat wouldn’t make the Cubs better. But really, how much better than 97 wins do they need to be?… Read the rest
Mental Health is a Major Objective in Sports Psychology In working with athletes and teams, it is very important that the sports psychologist focus on both enhanced mental skills and improved mental health too. To exclude either of those two components would be a huge mistake.… Read the rest
NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla., June 3, 2024 – Updated by Dr. John F. Murray – When sports psychologist John F. Murray decided to auction the idea of “Confidence” on eBay he had no idea how much interest this auction would draw.… Read the rest
