If you have just made a bad shot resist the self-destructive abuse you may heap on yourself. Why not calm down and relax. Take a deep breath and keep doing so until you are under control. Don’t let your emotions take control of you. On many holes this year I was on the verge ofContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: Take Time to Calm Down and Relax”
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Golf And Your Mental Game: Stop!
Ok so you messed up on yet another shot and that is what we amateur golfers do otherwise we’d be on the LPGA or PGA Tour. You can fly off the handle and let forth a stream of foul language which has the effect of igniting a downward spiral of negativity. I say just acceptContinue reading “Golf And Your Mental Game: Stop!”
Golf and Your Mental Game: The Injured Hunter: Adding to Your Misery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
There is the ancient tale of a hunter out with his tribe. An enemy tribe spots the hunter and his fellow hunters and zing he gets dinged by an enemy arrow. The injured hunter is in pain and he is trying to deal with that pain. But his mind wanders and he begins to chastiseContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: The Injured Hunter: Adding to Your Misery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”
Golf and Your Mental Game; Accepting Pain and Distress
In my own experience as a golfer and as a golf Marshall particularly I see a fair deal of pain and distress amongst golfers which eats away at concentration and ultimate joy of the game. I see now very clearly how pain and distress gnaws away at enjoyment. It can go so deep as toContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game; Accepting Pain and Distress”
Passage of the Day: Giving up the Idea That God is a Person
“You can hold on to the security of a concept of God as a person, a kindly old man in the sky who loves you, and you will get through your life just fine. You will feel loved all your life just fine. You will be loved all your life, and you will love God.Continue reading “Passage of the Day: Giving up the Idea That God is a Person”
” My Life as a Golf Marshall”: Is It Really Possible to Improve Your Golf Game with Mindfulness?
This is a difficult question to answer. After much thought and personal experience with mindfulness on the golf course my answer is that it most likely will not improve the mechanics of the game but it most likely will increase the pleasure of your golfing experience. It might strike you as a revelation as itContinue reading “” My Life as a Golf Marshall”: Is It Really Possible to Improve Your Golf Game with Mindfulness?”
Jon Kabat-Zinn: “Full Catastrophe Living”: Toxic Thoughts
“To summarize, all the studies we have discussed and many others support the notion that our physical health is intimately connected with our patterns of thinking and feeling about ourselves and also with the quality of our relationships with other people and the world. The evidence suggests that certain patterns of thinking and certain waysContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn: “Full Catastrophe Living”: Toxic Thoughts”
Jon Kabat-Zinn: “Full Catastrophe Living”: Negativity and Pessimism and a Reduced Lifespan
“Dr. Seligman’s overall conclusion from these and other studies is that is not the world per se that puts us at increased risk of illness so much as how we see and think about what is happening to us. A highly pessimistic pattern of explaining the cause of bad or stressful events when they occurContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn: “Full Catastrophe Living”: Negativity and Pessimism and a Reduced Lifespan”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Doctors, Patients and People
“In mindfulness-based programs people learn to face their life problems and develop personalized strategies for working with them rather than simply giving themselves over to “experts” who are supposed to just “fix them” or make their problems magically disappear. Such programs are vehicles in which people can work to be healthier and more resilient, changeContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Doctors, Patients and People”
Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: Tenderness
“I will never fully know my mother, any more than I will ever know my farther or Connor, or myself. I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners canContinue reading “Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: Tenderness”
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