Can I Handle This? A Powerful Mindset Shift for Teen Athletes Recovering From Injury When something difficult happens (like an injury), it’s natural to ask ourselves all kinds of questions. Often they begin with what if…  What if I can’t play again…. What...

What the New Spider-Man Movie Taught Me About Healing From Injury (Spider-Man spoilers ahead! Nothing major, but if you haven’t watched it yet and want to go in completely spoiler-free, bookmark this article and come back afterward.) I wasn’t...

Is Your Teen Avoiding Her Sports Injury? Here's Why That Might Be Okay When your teen isn’t ready to talk about her sports injury.  It’s heartbreaking to watch your daughter suffer, at any age. If you’re noticing that ever since her sports injury,...

How Teen Girl Athletes Can Use Visualization During Injury Recovery The strongest muscle I trained for this tournament wasn’t my legs….  Last week, I had the privilege of competing at Ball Hockey Nationals with an incredible group of women. It...

Why Injury Recovery Feels So Exhausting for Teen Girl Athletes If you’re a teen girl athlete reading this while you’re injured, I want to start by saying something I believe doesn’t get said nearly enough: This is hard. Really hard. Not...

Sports injuries affect more than your body If you are one of the many young women for whom sport is so much more than a game, you know how hard it hits when you are sidelined. Sport is where you:feel confidenthave your closest friendshipsshake off...

Empowering girls to communicate Have you ever seen your teen daughter start to say something, then swallow her words? Or maybe she lights up with an idea like hosting friends, making a handmade gift, sending that text but then pulls back, saying, “Never...