by Carrie Jackson | Nov 22, 2020 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated
“I don’t want to work out today!” This is the time of year when it can get difficult to get your workouts in. When it’s cold and wet outside, you start to think maybe it’s OK if I just skip it today. You’re overbooked with obligations— under a...
by Carrie Jackson | May 19, 2020 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated
When I was a young pup before my sport psychology days, I worked at Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort. I held a few different positions at that ski resort in the years I worked there, one of which was to help organize the kids ski program. In that position, one of my tasks...
by Carrie Jackson | Feb 23, 2020 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated
One of the major pitfalls of goal setting is setting too many goals. There are so many things you are excited about; so many things you want to do! There are so many things you want to accomplish that you try setting goals for ALL of them and end up...
by Carrie Jackson | Nov 25, 2019 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated, Life Lessons
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” –Albert Einstein “If you don’t do it this year, you’ll be one year older when you do.” –Warren Miller “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” –Mahatma Gandhi “A ship in...
by Carrie Jackson | Oct 11, 2019 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons
Have you recently caught yourself wondering: “How could we possibly be talking about the holidays already?” “Where the hell did my summer go?” “Why aren’t there more hours in a day?” We are quickly approaching the time of year when stress levels go up as calendars get...
by Carrie Jackson | Sep 15, 2019 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons
It’s story time! There’s nothing like a good story. I love hearing stories, so when I discovered The Moth almost twenty years ago, I was instantly in love. The Moth was started by George Dawes Green, a man who has a passion for live storytelling. It turns out that...
by Carrie Jackson | Aug 5, 2019 | Get Confident, Get Motivated, Life Lessons
I want you to consider for a moment the job of a sculptor. A sculptor will choose material – wood, clay, marble, ice, etc.– and then chisel, shave, chip, and carve away the unwanted and unneeded material– to unveil the vison they see in their mind. They get rid of the...
by Carrie Jackson | Mar 16, 2019 | Get Motivated, Injured Athletes, The Injured Athletes Club Podcast
On this episode, Cindy and I talk you through a mental exercise that can help you when you are feeling hijacked by your emotions and need a little help seeing your way through them. This one’s called: Go FAR. In order to Go FAR in your injury recovery, you need to...
by Carrie Jackson | Mar 16, 2019 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
So what’s the deal with gratitude? And what the heck does it have to do with sport and exercise performance? We’ve been hearing A LOT about gratitude lately, so you’ve probably seen headlines highlighting the fact that research consistently shows gratitude to be...
