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How Personal Labels and Identities Impact Performance and Pain

How Personal Labels and Identities Impact Performance and Pain

by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 8, 2025 | Injury Recovery, Pain Science Education

How we view ourselves matters. Whether we realize it or not, we have strongly held ideas about our abilities and bodies. In other words, we have applied labels to ourselves which in many cases contain a judgement such as, I am a good driver, I have a bad shoulder, I...
Finding Flow, Being in the Zone, and Meditation in Sports

Finding Flow, Being in the Zone, and Meditation in Sports

by Jessica Kisiel | Jun 24, 2025 | Personal Wellness, Sports Training

During a recent training call I attended, the teacher likened the meditative state to experiencing flow or being in the zone. Further, he went on to explain that both of these concepts reference an altered state of consciousness. Essentially, no matter what you call...

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