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Paradoxical intention SOF mental training

Paradoxical Intention: A Look into SOF Selection Mental Training

SOF selection requires that you develop a close relationship with pain. This doesn’t just mean lots of dramatic grimacing ...
How to change your relationship with pain and fatigue

How to Change your Relationship with Pain and Fatigue

"How to Change your Relationship with Pain and Fatigue" by Craig Weller Take away your opinion, and then there ...

Unlearning Fear

* The process outlined in this article isn’t a replacement for working with a skilled mental health practitioner. If ...
How to use stress to your advantage by changing your stress mindset

How to Use Stress to Your Advantage: Stress Mindset

We don’t perform at our best or live to our fullest by simply eliminating stress. Our stress responses are ...

On Motivation

Everyone wants to know the ‘secret’ to motivation. Like most topics, this isn’t as simple as repeating cliches like ...

Back in the Box

In the footnotes of one of his books, Dr. Robert Sapolsky includes a note on people with "Type A" ...

Honest Dogs: Mental Patterns Favored in SOF Selection

Dogsled mushers, the people who race with sled dogs in events like the Iditarod in Alaska, use the term ...

Visualization

Visualization, like segmenting, is exactly what it sounds like - the practice of mentally rehearsing something before you do ...
stress inoculation through cold water exposure

Stress Inoculation in Practice: Cold Water Exposure

“It is according to opinion that we suffer.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca One of the main things setting special ...
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