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There are seasons in an athlete’s life when the body evolves faster than the mind, and others when the mind must unlearn everything it thought it knew before the body can follow. For me, this past year was the latter—a year of soft, quiet unraveling, where the beliefs that once held me together slowly loosened their grip. It was a year of questioning which parts of me were truly mine, and which were inherited stories about what it means to be worthy, successful, or strong. I

From the Inside Out: The Mental Edge Series Tools and insights to strengthen your mind and elevate performance. In nearly every talk I give or individual session I lead, I start by asking athletes or performers: How much of your craft is mental?  The answer is almost always the same: around 80 to 90 percent. Then I ask,  How many of you actually train your mind?   That’s when only a few hands go up, or I hear,  I don’t really know how. There are many reasons why mental traini