Alison Cooper is the founder of Level Up, Performance Mindset Coaching for young female athletes. She is a passionate advocate for keeping girls in sports through the high school years to build resilience, confidence, and coping skills. Alison runs a 6-week, 1 on 1 program designed to help young athletes develop individualized tools to manage pressure and anxiety, overcome mistakes, deal with perfectionism tendencies, improving self-talk, find intrinsic motivation, set goals, build routines and treat themselves with compassion. Alison has over 15 years of experience as a team and personal coach, facilitator, small business owner, and parent of 3 active kids. She is dedicated to leading a healthy life through fitness, food, and positive psychology; she loves to read, ski, and hike in the mountains. Alison is currently the head coach of a girl's 15U Phoenix Volleyball Team.
Listen to this inspiring Whinypaluza episode with Alison Cooper about the impact that playing sports can have on our kids in all areas of their lives.
Here is what to expect on this week’s show:
How your kids can benefit from participating in sports
Participating in sports can enrich other areas in your kids’ lives
Sports can create a “safe” uncomfortable space in which kids learn to overcome adversity and challenges
R.U.L.E.R.- steps on recognizing physical cues in yourself and making sense of them
Teaching kids mindfulness to help them not dwell on problematic things
Helping our kids to have more self-compassion
Fostering a positive body image in our children
What we can do now to help our kids be more successful in sports
Cautions about motivational tactics- sometimes it can put the child off of what you are trying to get them to do
Links Mentioned:
Permission to Feel: Unlocking The Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
Connect with Alison:
Website Levelupwithalison.com
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