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Mindfulness In Youth Sports: Podcast Episode #6

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Mindfulness In Youth Sports – Podcast #6

Dr. Amy Saltzman, the author of A Still Quiet Place For Athletes, helps parents learn a mindful approach to their children’s sports and gives a step-by-step guide to easing anxiety before a big game. This practical guide can be used to help you with your children’s games, to help them before big games and in everyday life.

The Parents Role In The Pressure Our Kids Feel To Be Perfect

Topics Covered And Where To Find Them:

1:10 – Gymnastics as the first mindfulness teacher

2:10 – Parents feeling overly attached to their child’s performance

2:27 – What is mindfulness

3:21 – What does being over-attached to your child’s performance look like 

5:14 – Befriending feelings

10:33 – Listening without an agenda

12:03 – A short exercise to help with anxiety

15:30 – Anxiety is not always bad, it’s often good

17:30 – How one mom’s perspective about anxiety was changed

21:00 – Talking out loud, how to demonstrate mindfulness for your kids

25:20 – How to get other sports parents to be self-aware

 

 

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