Teen Dating Violence (Can You Start A Conversation) As a parent, youth performance coach and a member of the mental health field, I try to help my fellow coaches understand […]
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How the adults in room affect our kid’s motivational climate
Below is a recent Tweet I came across hinting at how adults can overlook how their attitudes can impact their kid’s motivational climate. “Parents, Teachers, and Coaches play an especially […]
Building Youth Athlete’s Psychological Skills Part II
Part II: Building Psychological Skills This is part 2 of my part series on the value of youth mental skills training in sports. In Part 1 I discussed some of […]
Part I: Catching Negative Self-Talk (Youth)
Greetings all, this is one a post I wrote that targets the parents of my youth athletes. I hope you find this information helpful! Part I: Catching Negative Self-Talk When […]
Childhood Trauma Makes You Obese?
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA MAKES YOU OBESE? Kris J. Snyder, LMFT, MBA, CPT Happy New Year’s! Because many of us choose to make changes at this time of the year, I thought […]
Hyperbolic Discounting, the quick fix to weight loss failure.
Ineffective Weight Loss and Hyperbolic Discounting If not properly addressed, unchecked bad habits will wreak havoc on our 2018 change plans. Author Nir Eyal states a habit is a behavior […]
Are You Powerless Over Food?
Am I Powerless Over food? Kris Snyder, MFT, MBA, CPT In the book the One Thing, the authors address how asking the wrong questions gets you the wrong answer. It […]
September is the Second Fattest Month
September is the second fattest month of the year! There are a number of issues that can affect our eating patterns were we may either gain or lose weight. Consistently […]
Childhood Trauma Makes You Obese?
Kris J. Snyder, MBA, MFT, CPT Childhood trauma makes you obese? Adverse childhood experiences has such a profound effect on a child’s brain that they show up decades later. This […]
Guilt & Shame understanding the consequences of diet failure!
Kris J. Snyder, MBA, MFT, CPT “Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it” Winston Churchill Hello All, “If you fail to plan, you plan […]
