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 | 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 | Sep 4, 2017 | Get Motivated, Peak Performance
Lauren Tamayo is an Olympian, a World Record holder in the Team Pursuit, and a National Crit Champion, but those aren’t even the most impressive things about her. OK – they’re pretty impressive, but to me, one of the most impressive things about Lauren is what an...
by Carrie Jackson | Aug 26, 2017 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated, Mental Training School
We are bombarded in pop culture media with all kinds of information about creating healthy habits. Drink more water, meditate daily, floss your teeth, stretch and roll, workout, start a gratitude journal, start a bed time routine, get up early, eat more leafy greens,...
by Carrie Jackson | Jul 10, 2017 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated, Peak Performance
We have all had experiences of wanting something to be different, but staying stuck in the same place. Wishing things would be different doesn’t make change happen. Wanting things to be different doesn’t make change happen. There are many factors...
by Carrie Jackson | Jun 6, 2017 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Get Motivated, Peak Performance
Sometimes in life, things don’t go as smoothly or easily as we would like. In fact, the longer I’m on this planet, the more I realized that MOST of the time things end up playing out a little bit differently than we expected. When you come up against a...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 17, 2017 | Get Motivated, Mental Training School
For a while now I have realized that my job is pretty flexible and there are certain times of the year where I could do my work from just about anywhere. Last year I decided it was about time to act on that realization and I planned a three-week trip to the south for...
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...
