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...

Your Feelings Are Not Who You Are: A Different Way to Navigate Injury Recovery Those words rang in my ears as I listened to an interview with Jay Shetty and Joe Dispenza: “The way you feel is not who you are.” As a psychologist who works with...

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...

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...

Supporting Teen Girl Athletes Beyond Anxiety To Feel Confident and Capable. Meet Chantal: Therapist (And Human) Supporting your teen girl athlete beyond anxiety to feel Confident and Capable is probably at the heart of some of your desires!  If...

A Parent’s Guide to Advocating with School and Community Supports When your teen is navigating recovery, whether from injury, disordered eating, or mental health challenges it can feel like all things “life” suddenly get more...