Welcome: Tell Yourself a Different Story

At some point, we all reach a moment where the old story stops working.

It might come after a bad game.

A tough season.

An injury.

A transition.

A day where life feels heavier than expected.

The facts don’t always change — but the story we tell ourselves about them does.

As athletes, we’re taught how to train our bodies. Sometimes we’re taught how to push through. Rarely are we taught how to examine the voice in our head when things don’t go our way.

And when sport ends — or simply stops being the center of everything — that voice often comes with us.

This blog exists because mental skills don’t belong only on the field. They belong:

• In classrooms

• In meetings

• In parenting conversations

• In moments of doubt

• In everyday decisions about effort, identity, and resilience

Most days, I live squarely in NARP territory. Other days, the athlete mindset shows up in ways that still serve me. Learning when to hold onto it — and when to rewrite it — has become part of the work.

Tell Yourself a Different Story is a place to explore that work together.

Not to fix.

Not to hype.

Not to sell.

Just to notice, reflect, and practice telling ourselves stories that help us grow — rather than hold us back.

If you’re an athlete, this is for you.

If you used to be one, this is for you.

If you never were, but still care about performance, growth, or becoming better — this is for you too.

Welcome.

I'm glad you’re here.