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Mental Training for Athletes: Insights and Strategies
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A sport psychologist for football and football players
We all need to support to be our best regardless of our field of work or play. In professional and amateur sport, we are challenged to...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 30, 20212 min read
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Move The Success and Failure Slider in Your Head
Imagine that your life came with a success and failure slider. It might be easier to imagine this slider on your computer screen. You...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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Pour Enough Success In - Success Will Come Out
I love reading. I have always loved reading. I liked to learn about words, expression and knowledge for its own sake. But this love of...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 13, 20212 min read
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What Can I Do To Move Forward Happily?
Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive experiences at a subjective, individual and group level. At a subjective level,...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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Why Most People Hope But Do Not Act
Many people in this world wish things were different for them. They pity themselves for all that they are not; for all that they do not...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 13, 20212 min read
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Putting the Fire Back - Together
John Greenleaf Whittler: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' Human beings want to explore...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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Learn to reward yourself
Rewards hold a special place in our lives. Rewards serve at least two purposes. First, rewards provide enjoyment and help us to feel...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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Your Emotions Are Telling You Something - Listen To Them
Lots of athletes tell me about the emotions they feel. They tell me they are fearful, worried and so on. Then they tell me they have felt...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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Holding Myself To A Higher Standard
Although we play our sport to whatever level (e.g., amateur, semi-professional, professional), we are free to hold ourselves to a higher...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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Attending to the Garden of Your Mind
A garden, when tilled and nurtured allows the garden to grow and prosper. But without this attention to the lawn, shrubs and borders,...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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Working on my confidence
When I work in private practice, the population is short on confidence and overflowing on criticism, blame and judgement. We can examine...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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The Confidence Gift
When I work in private practice, the population is short on confidence and overflowing on criticism, blame and judgement. We can examine...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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When fear loses its grip on golfers
Golfers and golf coaches often share their experiences of fear in practice and in competition. The reveal how much fear controls their...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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Letting Go of Fear in Golf
Golfers tips to reduce tension to play their best golf
Dr Paul McCarthy
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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Learn to Concentrate and Win at Golf
The 72nd hole of a major championship humbles many hopeful golfers expecting to win their first major championship. At the British Open...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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Confidence is an inside job
Golfers who win the green jacket at the Masters tournament do not need to be a specific height, weight or strength. It does not matter...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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Are you thinking crookedly on the golf course?
Golf challenges us to think well of ourselves on those occasions when feeling the stress of competition more. Some ways of thinking add a...
Dr Paul McCarthy
May 13, 20212 min read
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Learn to Relax and Win Under Pressure
Learning to relax seems like a sensible plan of action for any athlete or coach living a hectic lifestyle. Yet, for many athletes and...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Mar 13, 20192 min read
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The Artificial Boundaries of Life - Do They Exist?
Many clients I see whether in sport or business make exact distinctions between their sport, work and personal time. They present...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Mar 9, 20191 min read
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Do You Understand? And Do You Care? This Is How We Remember
We all wish to influence others through our coaching and teaching. We might have the knowledge to pass over; however, we need to...
Dr Paul McCarthy
Mar 9, 20191 min read
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