You ask, we deliver! We have sports psychologist, Dr Haley Perlus, on to discuss the role psychology plays in building long-term habits and navigating injury and pain. She emphasizes how sports psychology applies to the general public, specifically focusing on the motivation triad that includes confidence and focus. She speaks to navigating motivation when external barriers, such as temperature or environmental factors, occur and how to set yourself up for success when attempting to establish a long-term habit! Then, Dr. Harley takes an individualized approach to understand how long habits take to form and two ways to push past lack of motivation: recovery and purpose. Then, she discusses the injury and what it takes to establish confidence through alternative movement paths that satisfy an injured individual. Furthermore, the explains 3 types of visualization, what it takes to get over a motivational slump, and the role positive self-talk plays in navigating motivation and pain! Learn how you can optimize your mindset to optimize your goals, habits, pain, and injury! Let's dive in for the best tips!

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What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Dr. Haley Perlus:

3:16 - Do you need to be an athlete to seek advice from a sports psychologist?

4:41 - Motivation, confidence, focus - how to find your practice!

6:23 - Finding motivation where there are external barriers

8:21 - How to approach a new goal to create long term habits

11:38 - How long does it take for a habit to form?

13:28 - How to push past lack of motivation

15:40 - Strategy to establish a long-term goal

19:55 - How do you approach alternatives and be confident with an injury?

24:16 - Power of visualization

29:12 - Getting over the motivational slump

33:22 - Role of positive self-talk in motivation

36:27 - Role of positive self-talk in relation to pain

37:42 - Learn more with Dr. Haley!

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