Blog | Shawnee Harle | Mental Toughness Coach

Nerves got you all tied up?

"It's not about getting rid of the butterflies in your stomach. It's making them fly in formation." How do you handle nerves? Most of my...

Are you an over-functioner?

Who is DRIVING THE BUS? When parents over-function, athletes do 1 of 2 things: 1) under-function 2) shut down Under-functioners love...

Check Your Deodorant

WINNING IS A GREAT DEODORANT. It covers up the smelly stuff. The problem is, it soon wears off. Athletes, what smelly stuff are you...

Carrot or the stick?

This is likely going to piss off a lot of coaches and I'm going to say it anyway: We manipulate the actions of our athletes using reward...

Get out of your head!

"YOU'RE IN YOUR HEAD! GET OUTTA YOUR HEAD!!" Do you think that's good advice? Do you think it does anything to help athletes? I'm a...

Who wants it more?

"It's going to come down to who WANTS IT MORE." Well that's simple then. All I need to do is want it lots, and I get to have it. I just...

Eat That Frog!

"If you have to EAT A FROG, it doesn't pay to look at it all day." High Performers eat frogs every day. It's the opposite of...

Punishment Creates Fear

In my Mental Toughness programs, I hear from athletes and they tell me things they don't tell anyone else. They tell me what punishment...

Fear of People's Opinions

Is your athlete suffering from FOPO? Fear Of People's Opinions stifles creativity and risk taking. It causes your athlete to play it...