The Fear of Returning to Sport: Learning to Move Through Discomfort For many teen girl athletes, returning to sport after an injury isn’t just a physical challenge, it’s an emotional one.   Long before the first practice back, worries creep...

Trusting the Process: The Missing Piece in Injury Recovery for Teen Girl Athletes “Oh no!” I stared at the blank screen. Everything I had just written was gone. Hundreds of words. Thoughts that had been flowing effortlessly. Ideas that felt...

When Injuries Keep Showing Up: Looking Beyond the Physical Why do some teen girl athletes struggle with repeated injuries?  When we talk about injury for teen girl athletes, we usually focus on the physical. A muscle was overworked.The hit jostled the...

The Side of Sports Injury Recovery No One Talks About Recovery is so much more than healing the body.  And for teen girl athletes who love their sport for all it brings to their lives like friendships, confidence, and a sense of identity, recovery feels...

Staying Positive During Injury? Maybe That’s Not the Goal. “How do I stay positive during recovery?” Such a common question I hear from teen girl athletes working through injury, performance anxiety, and even eating disorder recovery. Even when they’re not...

When a teen athlete is working through recovery, it’s not just her sport that ends up on the sidelines. Rest. Rehab. Getting the green light to play again. From the outside, these are the milestones everyone is watching for.  The markers of progress. The signs that things are getting...

Guiding Teen Friendships In a world where a “friend” can be someone you met five minutes ago online, it’s easy for teens to confuse connection with closeness. While technology offers endless opportunities to meet people, many young people still tell me...