I wish I could wave a magic wand and give everyone a beautiful swing and a peaceful mind full of useful thoughts. 

Unfortunately, our brains like to create habits and once we create them in our swing or in our brains, it takes some work to break the habits and replace them with new ones.

While we may not have a problem with doing the work, we are actually working against our own brain’s desire NOT to change.  

In this episode, I share with you what to expect and how changing your negative thoughts  and swing mechanics have a lot in common.

Connect with Kathy at KathyHartWood.com

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

Getting off to a bad start with a big number or a double bogey is going to happen if you play enough golf.
The urge is to press for birdies and good holes to make up for the double bogey.

Or you may think that the task is too big to overcome and you throw in the towel on the round.

In this episode, I respond to a listener question about how to get past a bad start. I share with you some truths to remind your brain and a couple ways to reframe the way you look at the start to your round.

I also talk about how to come up with a mindset shift that work for you.

Bad holes are going to happen and if they happen in the beginning of the round, it can be more challenging to stay in the game.  I help you come up with a plan so you are prepared to have your best day possible after a big number.

You can find out more information at KathyHartWood.com

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

If you have a handicap, and you probably do if you are listening to this podcast, you have a story about it.

That story is either hurting or helping your game.

In this episode, I talk about the story or drama you have about your current handicap and the identity you have around your future/goal handicap.

Getting your mind around the number (handicap) is key for you playing your best golf. 

And, I also talk about those deceitful handicaps and what it means to have a vanity handicap or padded handicap. If that is you or if you play with this people on the regular, you want to listen in.

If you want more help with your golf thoughts, go to KathyHartWood.com and sign up for a free call or join the Above Par Academy.

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

Do you get impatient with your golf results ? Or with your swing, the pace of play or yourself?

Maybe you consider yourself an impatient person and you just can't help it.

In this episode, I discuss how patience and impatience play a role in your golf experience and the results you create.

I share with you how you can go about creating the capacity for more patience for yourself on and off the golf course.

KathyHartWood.com

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Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

Your attitude about golf definitely plays a role in your success.  Bad attitudes happen. The key is how long you stay in an unproductive attitude that matters. It matters for how you get to feel, it matters how it affects your playing partners or friends and family, and it matters to the results you create.

In this episode, I share 4 dominant golf attitudes to be on the look out for this golf season and how you can snap out of them sooner than later.

I also share what I think is the best attitude to adopt while playing the game of golf...or anywhere for that matter. (and it is not what you think)

Find out more at KathyHartWood.com
Join The Above Par Academy and get coached on all the topics you find in this podcast

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

Do you have golf goals for this year?  Maybe you want to play in a tournament or lower your handicap.  You might be wondering if your goal is realistic or doable.

In this episode, I share with you not only why realistic goals are BS but how to tell if you have actually picked a realistic goal for yourself.

There is a process to reaching a goal or an achievement or a simply a want.
I get you started looking at your personal and golf goals in a whole new way.

You can go through the whole workbook and process in The Above Par Academy here

KathyHartWood.com

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

Karen Rainey is a private client who proves the work is never done.
She chose to keep leveling up her game and her mental skills as she challenged her self to work through discomfort and vulnerability to have her best golf year to date.

She had several personal bests, took her game on the road, and showed up for herself in some challenging moments in 2023.

Karen talks about how desire to live a full life keeps her doing the work you find in this podcast...and the results have shown up for her on and off the golf course.

If you want to be inspired by what is possible for your golf and personal life, you do not want to miss this episode with Karen Rainey.

#nevergiveup #takinghergameontheroad

Learn more about Kathy and how to work with her at KathyHartWood.com

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

If you feel you are on an island all alone trying to sort out your golf brain and that no one else can relate, you are so mistaken, my friend. 

You are not alone. Or as I told a client, "you aren't a f-ing unicorn."  (In a very loving and kind tone. 😇)

This thinking implies there is something wrong with us.

All of us experience the same mental things on the golf course, regardless of your handicap or years playing or level of competition.

In this episode, I share with you 5 mental similarities that all golfers experience at some point.

The key is to know that you are not broken or...a unicorn, meaning, you are not the only one having crazy ass thoughts, emotional ups and downs, and self-criticism.

Take a listen and find out how you and everyone else on the golf course actually have a lot in common relative to what is going on in that golf brain!

Learn more about programs or how to get coached at KathyHartWood.com

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

If you think you need to be a low handicap or competitive golfer to benefit from mental coaching, Christy is going to share her experience.

She went from anxious and frustrated to playing with more calm and patience.

She uses several of the tools that I teach in this podcast to set intentions before the round which helps her enjoy the game more and play with more certainty.

Christy also shares how she used the coaching tools to show up as a empowered leader in her job.

You will be inspired on how she showed up to sign up for leagues, events with people she didn't know and even play in her club championship.

We all have only one brain. How we manage it directly affects our experience on the course and at work regardless of our handicap.

Christy is an awesome example of this.

If you want to learn more on coaching go to KathyHartWood.com

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com

In this episode, I share insight and stories with another client, Kathleen Foley.

She shares how she went from thoughts of quitting to creating big goals for herself.
Over 60% of the time, she uses her mental golf skills off of the golf course to level up her personal and family life.

She talks about being in other people's heads, believing without evidence and coming to terms with all the negative thoughts.

If you want more help make sure to visit KathyHartWood.com 

Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE

Join the NEXT Workshop Here

Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching

Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook

Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain

Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book

Private coaching starts with a Free Discovery Call here:

Email Kathy at [email protected]

Website: KathyHartWood.com