Today's podcast is with a great friend and mentor Dr. Tiffany Jones. Dr. Tiff is a Sports Performance Psychology Consultant and has worked with numerous athletes from basketball, fencing, and hockey teams to the U-20 USA Women's World Cup Champion soccer team.
Dr. Tiff and I dive into a lot of topics surrounding injury recovery including:
- how getting a book from her Dad written by Dr Shane Murphy sparked her love for psychology
- how to handle the emotions around return to sport
- why EDUCATING people about injury recovery is so important including:
- the chemical withdrawal you go through post injury
- why words matter - pupp list
- and we have a very real conversation about alcohol and how it can effect your recovery - and how it impacted mine
- some good ways to deal with the pressure we put on ourselves or feel externally
- the positive benefits of staying engaged with your team during an injury and how a day off can mean various things
- why she doesn’t like the word potential
- why having some fierce conversations will be tough but it will never make it worse
- how it is so important to get sleep and feed your body right. Every little thing helps not only just physically but mentally too
- Control what you can control - manage your attitude and body language
For more information on Dr. Tiff, check out her website here:
http://www.xfactorperformance.com
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