Skiing with Confidence: A Transcript of Ski Diva’s Talk at the Boston Ski & Snowboard Expo
Okay, I have to be honest. This talk was NOT given at the Boston Ski & Snowboard Expo. Yes, it...
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Tag: Fear
Head games: Coming back after an injury.
Ten months ago I had a crash on my road bike. I’d never been injured doing any sort of...
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A chat about fear with fear expert Mermer Blakeslee.
For many of us, skiing is a head game. Get past the fear, and suddenly things become a lot easier. So who better to talk to about this than Mermer Blakeslee, the ski industry’s recognized fear expert and author of In the Yikes! Zone: A Conversation With Fear .
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How to be Fearless.
If you’re like me, you have mixed feelings about fear. On the one hand, fear is a kind of self-preservative. It can keep you from doing something stupid, like jumping off a cliff or driving way too fast or dropping into Corbet’s Couloir when you’re not that great of a skier.
On the other hand, fear can also be a prison. It can keep you from things that could be fun or even life altering. Like skiing that extra steep slope or leaving that spirit-crushing job or dumping that boyfriend who’s no good for you, anyway.
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Is fear holding you back?
If you’re like me, you have mixed feelings about fear. On the one hand, fear is a kind of...
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