SOS

  • Höglandspilen 2026 Vetlanda –> Doomed by a Hotdog

    Höglandspilen 2026 Vetlanda –> Doomed by a Hotdog

    First scoring round was a 29, but then things fell apart… After a nice rest day, I was ready for my next comp. It was less than 48 hours after a National Record so I was curious what would come next. Saturday morning started with a beautiful two hour drive. Even though the overnight temperature…

  • Becoming Better –> How To Make Little Steps… Forward

    Becoming Better –> How To Make Little Steps… Forward

    We get stuck in “comfortable” ruts. They might be safer than pushing forward. For a time, they might be all we can handle. And possibly, they might even be enough—but what happens when that little voice inside you starts asking for something a little bit better? If you are in a non-safe position, then becoming…

  • Training Your Self Care

    Training Your Self Care

    As a lifeguard back in the 1980´s and 1990’s, I was trained to prevent accidents as it was so much easier than doing rescues. Learning to see risks before something happens is key to keeping yourself safe. There are dangers in this world. Plus it is always rather shocking when you realize that you are…

  • How Much Did You Lose

    After a very long break, some athletes are realizing just how much conditioning they have lost. For those athletes starting back into training, all those months of not being able to train ‘normally’ have definitely taken a toll. It is a very harsh new reality. While seeing the first month’s results of the Challenge, I…

  • SOS – Self Oasis Sequence

    When a client is dealing with performance anxiety, stressed out moments and those times when everything just feels wrong, I have found a few things to be effective…   Do your  Breathing A B C’s while touching the roof of your mouth with the tip of your tongue and holding a calm image in your…

  • Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz (1960) –> Do Not Tolerate

    Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz (1960) –> Do Not Tolerate

    Do not tolerate for a minute the idea that you are prohibited from any achievement by the absence of in-born talent or ability. This is a lie of the grandest order, an excuse of the saddest kind. – Maxwell MALTZ in Psycho-Cybernetics 1960 Every author combines resources, experience and ability to share ideas in unique…

  • Lifeguard

    When you are performing, you need to become your own lifeguard. You need to know what to do, when to do it and how to keep yourself safe while doing it. You keep training the steps, over and over again, so when you are called up, you can do the necessary performance without any guesswork…

  • IF / THEN ==> Procrastination

    My heart is saying I don’t understand or accept or desire it enough to do it now. My brain just needs to figure out why. Stop looking for another reason more complex than fearing the truth.

  • IF/ THEN ==> Bickering

    Actually I was going to entitle this post dealing with idiots/jerks, but then reconsidered 😉