5 Mental Training Tips for Better Performance and Pain Reduction with Dr. Carly Hunt

About this episode

Dr. Carly Hunt shares mental training strategies to enhance performance and reduce pain for athletes.

Dr. Carly Hunt is a Sport and Counseling Psychologist, Scientist and Educator and Author who counsels athletes, adolescents and adults on improving performance, well-being and health. Carly is a former NCAA Division I golfer (Georgetown University & University of Maryland) and a certified yoga instructor and she joins #OntheMark to help you reach your full potential in golf and in life. Dr. Hunt shares 5 Mental Training Strategies to Improve your performance: The 3 C's to Manage Negative Thoughts S.T.O.P for Mindfulness Positive Emotion and Fun Living your Values, and Imagery and Visualization She also illustrates how pain is BioPsychoSocial and how you can beat it with the same 5 Mental Training Strategies. Watch this podcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Immelman

Guest: Dr. Carly Hunt

Topics covered

• mental training
• performance improvement
• pain reduction
• mindfulness
• visualization
• athlete well-being

Keywords

• mental training
• performance
• pain reduction
• mindfulness
• visualization
• athletes
• well-being

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgetown University, University of Maryland

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