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How Perfectionism Affects Athletes’ Performance After Competitive Failure

By Michael Brown — 2020

Elite athletes are more likely to rise to the occasion after a failure if they keep potential unhelpful consequences of striving for perfection in check, according to a University of Alberta study, the first of its kind to investigate perfectionism and performance following failure in competitive athletics.

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Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than “worried well” are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment.

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The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life

After graduating from college, Jen Gotch was living with her parents, heartbroken and lost, when she became convinced that her skin had turned green.

Jen Gotch, Rachel Bertsche

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Dr. Hallowell on Managing ADHD at Work

Dr. Hallowell explains how to gain focus at work with ADHD.

Edward Hallowell

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The Kennedy Forum: Michael Phelps and David Axelrod Discuss Mental Health

Michael Phelps discusses his struggle with mental health through his swimming career.

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ADHD: Lessons Learned from Athletes

The trick to managing your attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is managing your attention and managing your emotions. Same holds true for athletes.

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How to Work with Athletes with ADHD and/or Dyslexia

Conversation with NeuroSocio Psychologist Dr. Conor Hogan. In this video, Rubio and Dr. Hogan discuss the different ways to work with athletes who have ADHD and/or eyslexia.

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Neurofeedback Helps Professional Athlete with ADHD and Anxiety

Denise Mueller is a CEO, cyclist and a mother of three. She is the first ever fastest woman on bicycle with a bicycle land speed record of 147 mph!!! Discover how InnerOptimal Advanced Brain Training helped her to achieve this amazing goal.

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Impact of ADHD on Sports Psychology from a Sports Psychiatrist

Meet Andrew J. Cutler, M.D., sports psychiatrist for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In this episode of Attention Talk Video, host Jeff Copper talks with Dr.

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ADHD and What I Would Tell #MyYoungerSelf | Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, has broken numerous records as a competitive swimmer. Making history as the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history at the age of 28 is just one of his feats—he has set more than 30 other world records.

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Simone Biles’ Medical Info Leaked, Revealing ADHD Diagnosis

A leak of the U.S. Olympic gold medal–winning gymnast’s medical information forced her to disclose that she has ADHD and uses medication for it. Dr. Jennifer Ashton is live to discuss the medication’s effects.

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