Mental Fitness Matters

Elevating youth athletes through soccer and personal development is always David Oldham’s goal. he is the Co-Founder of “The Art of Soccer Academy”. David is a former Division 1 college soccer player for Winthrop University where he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing. When his student athletic career ended, he went on to work for Procter & Gamble ... Read More The post Elevating Youth Athletes through Soccer and Personal Development | MFM 89 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #65 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Redefining Social Anxiety and What it Means to be Shy with Mark Metry. My guest is truly using his story, his platform, and his influence to help people with social anxiety be themselves in front of anyone. Mark is on Amazon Prime’s TV Docuseries “The Social Movement”. Mark faced social anxiety and other issues with his mental & physical health ... Read More The post Redefining Social Anxiety and What it Means to be Shy with Mark Metry | MFM 88 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #64 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

“Is Comparing Yourself To Others Stealing Your Joy?”, is a topic that we all can relate to and have experience from time to time. We all do this in some way or another and it really is a human thing to do and when we think about it, Self-comparison starts very early in life, from the time we are born ... Read More The post Is Comparing Yourself To Others Stealing Your Joy? | MFM 87 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #63 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Thrive After Sports with Taj Dashaun, a former Division 1 college football player for Stony Brook University. When his football career ended, Taj struggled heavily with depression. He was so focused on the game that he never fully developed a clear vision for life. After several years of stumbling around in the emotional darkness of uncertainty, Taj began to take ... Read More The post Thrive After Sports with Taj Dashaun | MFM 86 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #62 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

March Madness Mindset is in full effect, and our guest Jennifer Hoover is probably the best one to cover this topic. About Our Guest Jennifer Hoover She is in her ninth season as head coach at Wake Forest University and with her, we are going to talk about March Madness Mindset. Jennifer is a graduate of Wake Forest University where ... Read More The post March Madness Mindset with Jennifer Hoover|MFM 85 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #61 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Navigate Kids’ Mental Wellness beyond covid, with Lisha Davidovitis. Lisha is a success coach who works with high-achieving millennials who have a history of success and are stepping into a new role. Her expertise is key in helping them navigate those transitions, with less stress and more joy, in ways that are dynamic, interactive, and supportive. Her clients learn to ... Read More The post Navigate Kids’ Mental Wellness Beyond Covid | MFM 84 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #60 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

PART 3 “THE TOOLBOX” Shift your perspective to create success and happiness. Having a positive and healthy perspective is one of the quickest ways to create happiness and success in your life and a lot of times, Why Perspective Matters: It affects everything from the choices we make, to lifestyle and career paths, relationships, and how we handle adversity. It’s ... Read More The post Create Success and Happiness by Shifting Your Perspective “TOOLBOX” (PART 3) | MFM 82 RADIO SHOW appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

PART 2 Shift your perspective to create success and happiness. Having a positive and healthy perspective is one of the quickest ways to create happiness and success in your life and a lot of times, Why Perspective Matters: It affects everything from the choices we make, to lifestyle and career paths, relationships, and how we handle adversity. It’s everything… The ... Read More The post Create Success and Happiness by Shifting Your Perspective (PART 2) | MFM 81 RADIO SHOW appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Shift your perspective to create success and happiness. Having a positive and healthy perspective is one of the quickest ways to create happiness and success in your life and a lot of times, Why Perspective Matters: It affects everything from the choices we make, to lifestyle and career paths, relationships, and how we handle adversity. It’s everything… The funny thing ... Read More The post Create Success and Happiness by Shifting Your Perspective (PART 1) | MFM 80 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #58 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

“A Bridge to Recovery for Mental Breakdowns and Mental Disorders” show is an important one. It was actually inspired by one of my listeners out in Arizona. She had listened to one of my latest shows on Mental Fatigue and the impact and toll that this year has and is taking on the mental health of so many people. She ... Read More The post A Bridge to Recovery for Mental Breakdowns and Mental Disorders | MFM 79 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #57 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Courage over comfort, we have two choices when we are faced with a pivotal situation: We can choose to respond from fear or we can choose courage. She said fear is the great paralyzer and while it comes from a very real place within our minds- it can hold us back when we are trying to align our career with ... Read More The post Courage Over Comfort – The Purpose Path (Part 3/3) with Dr. Tia Konzer (Sports Psychiatrist) | MFM 83 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #59 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

The Purpose Path has been a great read this has been so far. We were saying how this book really makes you think and go deeper and it’s also a book that you can read today that may hit you one way and depending on where you are on your path you can read it again and get an entirely ... Read More The post Am I Running the Right Race? – The Purpose Path (Part 2/3) with Dr. Tia Konzer (Sports Psychiatrist) | MFM 78 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #56 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Recent research has shown that there has been an increase in the reporting of burnout, stress, mental fatigue, emotional exhaustion, anxiety, and depression since the pandemic. It’s safe to say we all expected that to be the findings, but one of the major thing that sticks out for me, is that we are so hyper-focused on this crisis known as ... Read More The post How to Overcome Mental Fatigue | MFM 77 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #55 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

No Sleep and Stress Cause Symptoms of Concussion? Would you consider yourself a good sleeper? Is it easy for you to go to sleep, stay asleep, and do you normally wake up feeling refreshed and restored? Or…… do you feel like at times your sleep is interrupted, you have a hard time going to sleep and staying asleep and when ... Read More The post No Sleep and Stress Cause Symptoms of Concussion? | MFM 76 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #54 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Boosting confidence and resilience in kids with these 4 tips on how you can build self-worth in children by helping them feel they can handle whatever comes their way and by helping them KNOW that they are ok to be who they are! It’s funny how kids learn so quickly. Their brains are literally like sponges, so right from birth, ... Read More The post Boosting Confidence and Resilience in Kids | MFM 75 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #53 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

The Purpose Path with the Sports Psychiatrist Dr. Tia Konzer,.our guest is an amazing influencer in the community, especially in the space of mental wellness. Dr. Tia Konzer. is an Osteopathic Physician at Konzer Psychiatric. As an osteopathic physician, she practices a comprehensive approach to medicine and believes strongly in the importance of treating the mind, body and spirit to ... Read More The post The Purpose Path with Sports Psychiatrist Dr. Tia Konzer | MFM 74 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #52 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Have you ever noticed that every once, and a while situations or events happen in our lives that challenges us to take a look at self, make some improvements, advance ourselves and set or reach new goals? Like something happens, that requires a better version of ourselves than before, it requires us to perform at our peak. Does that ever ... Read More The post How to Become a Pro (Special Mental Edge Fitness Solutions, Inc) | MFM 73 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #51 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Leaving Behind What No Longer Serves You when we are getting into a new year. We are a few days into the new year with so many of us, walking into expectation of this year being better than last! There is one thing that we know, the only thing that has changed are the numbers on the clock and the ... Read More The post Walking Away From What No Longer Serves You | MFM 72 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #50 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

2020 Healthy reflections for our show. After having had a very unique year, let’s talk about some things you may haven’t think about. Watch the Video. The post 2020 Healthy Reflections | MFM 71 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #49 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.

Transitions are a BIG deal for all of us! Whether you’re transitioning from one job to another, from high school to college or maybe you have story like our guests today, transitioning out of your career into a life of social impact, Transitions can be Scary and rewarding at the same time. We are excited to introduce, the inspiring, Meisha ... Read More The post Transition Tales with Meisha Robinson | MFM 70 RADIO SHOW WSIC 105.9FM #48 appeared first on Tracy Alston | Optimize Your Mental Performance.