The Generation Next Project began with founder Robert Jones Black (great-grandson of golf legend Bobby Jones) after the tragic and inexplicable loss his good friends experienced when their 12-year-old son took his life. Motivated to make a positive and direct impact on youth mental health, both on and off the course, Robert began considering how…
Are you looking to discover practical approaches to help your child cope and heal from the distress of divorce? Change is not easy for anyone, and children are no different. Firstly, your child’s feelings must always be heard and validated. Validating your child’s feelings looks like reflecting with them and guiding them to the understanding…
In addition to the annual mental game training clinics offered for athletes, Dr. Karla Steingraber and Everest Strong Coaching LLC developed specialized sport psychology clinics for teams. The clinics build not only off of Dr. Steingraber’s Everest Strong mental fitness program, but also incorporate her newly released book What’s your Everest: How to Succeed in Sports, Career, and…
Jordyn King is a former Division 1 college soccer player who is currently pursuing her master’s in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport and exercise psychology at Northern Illinois University. Jordyn previously attended Eastern Washington University where she received her B.A. in Psychology. She is currently going into the last year of her master’s program…
Sarah Lurye is a rising junior at Duke University pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Management and Market Science. Sarah has always been passionate about psychology, and she plans on pursuing a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology in graduate school. At home in Chicago, she started fencing at the age of…
Have you ever considered inventing something? How about a new sport? That’s exactly what happened in 1965 when 3 friends were stuck with bored children on a school vacation. The fathers took ping pong paddles and a wiffleball and lowered a volleyball net to create a new game, Pickleball. Pickleball’s odd name comes…
We tend to think a lot about our sleep…How much we are getting and whether our smart watches tell us if it was quality sleep. We all know that tomorrow will be all the more challenging if we don’t feel rested. But what can we do to ensure that we sleep well and are set…
As the weather warms and the sun comes out on a more regular basis, we begin to think about being beach body ready. We might all know exactly what it takes to get there, but few have the discipline to implement uncomfortable new habits of restraint. We can wake up with all the best…
Are you short on time? Trying to get the most out of your workouts without running late? Then taking time to rest between sets will be the more efficient use of your time. You surely have heard that rest after a workout is important for your muscles to heal from the micro-tears which ultimately…