High Performance - It’s All About Relationships
What? High performance is about relationships?? Isn’t it about the competition? The pursuit of excellence? The craft? Technique? My...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Apr 30
- 3 min
The Most Radical Move? Taking Ourselves Seriously.
I continue to grapple with how to “sell” the idea that high performance starts “at home.” With the practice of putting ourselves first...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Apr 13
- 4 min
Ain't Weakness Wonderful?
Feeling kind of meditative on an Easter Sunday - and reckon my thoughts today will reflect that. This comes off the back of writing a...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Turning Pressure into Poise
Recently, I talked about the thinking errors that can increase the gap between our hard work and our desired outcomes. Today, it’s all...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Un-Weaponizing Weakness.
Imagine this scenario. A coach is working with a high-performing athlete whose performance starts to decline for no discernible reason. ...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Mar 5
- 5 min
Dislodging Unhelpful Beliefs
There’s a great podcast called, This American Life, which showcases a theme every week, usually some seemingly mundane bit of human...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Feb 14
- 4 min
What’s Wrong with Wanting?
Ha, just when you thought I’d had enough with, well, the subject of enough (how to stop when I’ve done enough, and what to do if I think...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Feb 9
- 4 min
Do You Think You're Enough? Part 2.
You can catch part 1 here. In my last newsletter, I pondered how we know when enough is enough. This week, it’s a deep dive into what I...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Jan 18
- 4 min
Do You Know When Enough is Enough? [Part 1 of a 2-part Series on the Concept of Enough]
The evidence suggests that I do not know when enough is enough. I have always been mad about to-do lists, believing that they help me to...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
Mind Hacks for the Holidays
I don’t know about you, but the end-of-year holiday season is so often laden with potholes—both emotional and commercial. And never more...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
In Doubt? Try the Opposite
Does anyone recall the TV Show Seinfeld episode where sad-sack side-kick George notes that every decision he has ever made has been...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Dec 7, 2022
- 5 min
Lost: My Passion. Please Help!
The issue of the day with student-athletes on campus (especially those with injuries or graduating/leaving sport) seems to be "what is my...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Dec 6, 2022
- 5 min
In Defense of Grit
One might well wonder, given that I just wrote a book entitled, When Grit Is Not Enough, why I’d be taking the time to defend grit as a...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
When Grit Is Not Enough...Is Born!
My first book has just been published (!!), and I wanted to let you know about it. The idea for the book came during the Covid-19...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Nov 21, 2022
- 4 min
Bringing Fun Back
Is it just me, or has fun managed to sneak out of the house in 2022? All during the pandemic, I’d been paying increasing attention to my...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Stop Before You Start
I recently posted about the benefits of gratitude practice for building well-being and enhancing performance, and some ways to get that...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Gratitude: Hard to Feel at Times, But Worth the Effort for Good Reason
As part of my meditation teacher training, I am periodically required to give a talk on different facets of one’s inner experience. This...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Oct 31, 2022
- 5 min
How nature supports well-being...and performance
The 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote about nature: There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Oct 31, 2022
- 5 min
Making the Most of Your Wins
So we've been on a rather "downer" tear over the past few newsletters, focusing on miminizing your expectations, and losing well. This...
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Kirsten Peterson
- Oct 31, 2022
- 5 min
How to be the Best Loser You Can Be
Coming on the heels of recent topics such as not meeting our expectations and how to handle disappointment, it only seemed natural and...
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