Archive for August 2025

What the best mindset to hike up the Grand Canyon? (As much as I wish this story came from my own experience, hiking the Grand Canyon remains unchecked on my bucket list. Still, I love the advice!) When hiking back up the Grand Canyon, tour guides often warn the hikers that the top always seems…

It’s always been interesting to me that we say “sports are 90 percent mental,” and yet we spend 100 percent of our time developing only our physical bodies and not our minds. Mental Fitness is a on a mission to change that and to give athletes the mental edge for a significant performance advantage.  This…

He approached rebounding like the ball was a bomb that would go off if it hit the floor. He was the ultimate “do whatever it takes to win” team player. He worked just as hard to study the game as he worked to play the game. Like him or despise him, he was unapologetically and…

Back in 2018, I sent Dan Buettner a thank you email for his keynote on Blue Zones. After a few friendly back and forth correspondence, I sent him the first chapter of my book, Mental Fitness. His feedback of it nearly broke me.  Here are his exact words: “As you know, in my view trying…