By Anna Funk — 2021
“We are not really good at fully understanding the relationship between the brain and the mind, or the brain and performance."
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CLEAR ALL
Out in the chalk circle, my vision became tunneled, my stomach tied in knots, and I felt like I couldn’t hear anything but my own racing thoughts.
Many of us have thought of or dreamed about leaving that job to pursue our dreams, maybe start a business, or pursue our passion. While there are practical issues to consider, we also need to overcome the inertia that comes with the fear we experience when taking a major new direction in our lives.
Being laid off can be a financial nightmare, but what isn’t talked about enough is the psychic toll it takes, and the decisions we make around work in the aftermath.
What if you had the chance to realise a dream you had harboured since childhood and it went horribly wrong?
This is clearly not a matter of an athlete struggling with technical aspects of a skill or not being physically prepared. There’s something else at work here.
Yips, a focal task–specific dystonia, may be more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study of golfers.
It’s called the yips, and it’s a sudden inability to play. I had to find my way out of it.
Some get over it; some are never the same.