by Carrie Jackson | Jul 10, 2019 | Get Confident, Life Lessons
Oftentimes your biggest competition (whether we’re talking sports, business, or life) is yourself. Your own mind. You unknowingly sabotage yourself with your own beliefs and internal dialogue. From On Top of Your Game: Mental Skills to Maximize Your Athletic...
by Carrie Jackson | Mar 16, 2019 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
So what’s the deal with gratitude? And what the heck does it have to do with sport and exercise performance? We’ve been hearing A LOT about gratitude lately, so you’ve probably seen headlines highlighting the fact that research consistently shows gratitude to be...
by Carrie Jackson | Jul 12, 2018 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons
Get ready to be inspired and learn some big lessons from these 5 heavy hitters from the TED Talks stage. From specific actions you can take to encourage your own peak performance, to finding your own unwavering belief in yourself to go after seemingly impossible goals...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 16, 2018 | Get Confident, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
Did you see my post on Facebook about how I inadvertently grabbed my foam roller instead of my yoga mat as I was heading out the door to yoga class? Oops! Lucky for me – I realized it before I got too far. As I ran back upstairs to grab my yoga mat my first...
by Carrie Jackson | Feb 6, 2018 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
Have you ever had a performance where everything just clicked? When you were completely absorbed in the moment, like nothing else existed. Many athletes have experienced being “in the zone” during competition. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied intrinsic motivation and...
by Carrie Jackson | Dec 6, 2017 | Get Motivated, Life Lessons
It’s that time of year filled with holiday cookies, spiked eggnog, missed workouts and winter colds. It’s that time of year again when things tend to get busy and overbooked. And it’s that time of year again when it’s important to make sure you’re taking care of...
by Carrie Jackson | May 8, 2017 | Injured Athletes, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
Sometimes my most brilliant ideas for blog posts come to me when I’m out on a run. While I was recently in Asheville, NC for a work sabbatical, there was this great little running trail near the place I was staying. It was a perfect path to be able to take a break...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 8, 2017 | Get Confident, Get Motivated, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
One of the most stressful situations you can be in is when there are decisions being made that affect you, of which you have no control over. When things don’t go the way we want them to, it feels unfair and we tend to point fingers and blame other people for...
by Carrie Jackson | Feb 6, 2017 | Life Lessons, Peak Performance
One of my biggest concerns when I wrote On Top of Your Game was typos. I’m a bit of a perfectionist and I was extremely paranoid about having anything spelled wrong. I felt like it would be a negative reflection on me and my book if there were any mistakes. I...
