by Heidi Armstrong | Jun 10, 2020 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, how to take care of injured friend, injured athlete, injured athlete care, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury motivation, support for injured athlete
Athletes and self-compassion How many times in the past 48 hours have you beat yourself up over something? “I’m not motivated. I should be doing more.” “I haven’t done anything with this time in quarantine.” “I’m... by Heidi Armstrong | Jul 2, 2019 | coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury motivation, injury recovery, injury support athlete, support for injured athlete
We’ll start this blog with serious stuff then talk about practical solutions for overcoming the stress of injury. When we can’t move, work out, or train how we wish, we come unglued…simple as that. Consider this blog your glue. Maybe your boss exasperates you. Or... by Heidi Armstrong | Jul 26, 2018 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, how to take care of injured friend, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete motivation, injury motivation
Ultrarunning injuries I’m excited to share a podcast I recorded with ultrarunner and physician, Jason Friedman, on his podcast, The Pain Cave. In this episode we talk about overcoming the mental and emotional fallout of ultrarunning injuries. The Pain Cave is a... by Heidi Armstrong | Jun 5, 2018 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury motivation, support for injured athlete, supporting injured athlete
NOTE: If you haven’t read part 1, please check it out before you read part 2. Otherwise, you won’t have the necessary background for part 2, where I talk about how to suffer less. Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, co-hosts of one of my favorite podcasts, 2 Guys on... by Heidi Armstrong | Jun 4, 2018 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury motivation, support for injured athlete, supporting injured athlete
“If you want to make someone unhappy, tell them they’ve never suffered,” said Dr. Bob Duke at the beginning of his weekly podcast, 2 Guys on Your Head. He and Dr. Art Markman conjure up the Car Talk guys, Click and Clack, only they discourse about psychology and human... by Heidi Armstrong | Jan 29, 2018 | athletic injury, coping with injury, EMDR, emotional support for injured athletes, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injured athlete help, injury recovery, support for injured athlete
Introduction I’m sharing a personal vignette in this blog because so many of you share similar struggles. I want you to feel unashamed and know you’re not alone. I want you to know there’s an infinitely effective tool to help. It’s called EMDR,... by Heidi Armstrong | Dec 19, 2017 | coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injury recovery
Being injured means experiencing frustration, impatience, disconnection, and anger for most athletes. Consequently, overcoming injuries means learning to deal with each of these challenges. On a recent visit, Nicolas Pujol and I had a conversation about recipes for... by Heidi Armstrong | Nov 20, 2017 | athletic injury, coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete help, injured athlete type 1 diabetes, injury recovery
About how I got involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation In 2000 my favorite Uncle (UC is what I call him; everyone else knows him as Kevin) nearly lost his foot to diabetes. Months of not knowing how the wound heal (or not) ended in relief when Dr. Irwin Lewin... by Heidi Armstrong | Apr 6, 2017 | athletic injury, coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury guidance, injury recovery
Might you be an obsessive athlete? It’s the first Saturday in September, on a mercifully cool Texas summer morning. I’m sitting under a gnarled old pecan tree, plump with nuts, watching a remarkable event unfold before my eyes. A man I know through swimming is... by Heidi Armstrong | Jan 24, 2017 | athletic injury, coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete care, injured athlete help, injury recovery, movement specialist, movement therapist
This is the third in a 4-part series where I’ll share why, after injury, working with a Movement Therapist is a must. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. I’ll share what prompted me to see Jesse, what happens to your nervous system after an injury, and how...
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