The Impact of a High Performance Environment on Athlete’s Mental Health
As we move forward through our exploration about mental health and its effects, we want to look at the specific relationship between...
The Continuum of Mental Health & Performance
Welcome back! Before discussing the relationship between mental health and athletics specifically, we want to first discuss a common...
Understanding Mental Health
Sports and mental health are two things that are extremely intertwined. This is something that is becoming more and more understood as...
Keeping an Open Mind
In this month’s blog, we’re wrapping up the final personality trait, which psychologists call Openness to Experience. This personality trait
Agree to Disagree: The Big Five
Have you ever wondered why some people are more cooperative or trusting than others? The personality trait of Agreeableness helps us unders
Neuroticism: A Call to Change our Multidimensional Perfectionist Mindset
Just like extraversion and the rest of the Big Five Personality Traits, Neuroticism falls on a spectrum that ranges from low to high. Moreov
The Double Edge: Conscientiousness
It is no secret that our society loves highly conscientious people, and why wouldn’t it? The characteristics of a highly conscientious pers
Why are you the way that you are? Introducing the Big Five
Psychologists believe the Big Five are universal traits that can be identified within an individual and they use these traits to reveal how
The Weight We All Carry: Stress
Although we will not be able to rid ourselves of many of these short- and long-term stressors, psychologists in the field have made great ad
Mind Your Mind: The Emotional Effects of TBIs
When a person has a grievance of this magnitude inflicted upon their brain, they can become disoriented and frustrated because their ability
