Dealing with your golfing EMOTIONS – Alison Curdt #256

Great show for you to listen to today about the role of EMOTIONS and how they can have such an impact on your game What are emotions? What do they actually mean? How long do they last? More importantly what can we do about them? How many rounds have you played where emotions have triggered a cascade of poor shots and another score ruined? Can you look back on your golfing life and even begin to consider how much better you would have performed IF you had more ability to deal with and release your emotions. When emotions are running the show we can make some really STUPID decisions The show today will give you some GREAT answers Become an expert on yourself and how you actually trigger your emotions. Gain insights to YOU and how you ACTUALLY work on the golf course as opposed to how you think you work Understanding your emotions leads to INSIGHT Emotional regulation technique The 5 step PROCESS Location – where is the emotion located in your body? Contain the emotion – give it a shape Colour – Give the emotion a colour Name it – Give the emotion a NAME Do something with it – Allow the emotion to RELEASE Emotions only last for 7 seconds from a neuro chemical perspective, to hang on to them for longer than this is a CHOICE Why trying to contain your emotions can be so counter productive How anger can turn into DEPRESSION How golfing failure can create a traumatic event in the brain How you can use techniques to let go of the trauma. The use of EMDR A fascinating session with a top class coach   Alison is a PGA Master Professional in Instruction and a LPGA Master Professional. Being one of 9 women to achieve the highest PGA credential earned by an instructor and only 1 of 2 women to be a dual master professional in both organizations Alison completed her Doctorate of Psychology in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is a practicing psychotherapist in the state of California and currently works with adolescents, couples, families, and individuals in her private practice Curdt Performance Therapy, in Woodland Hills, CA. Alison strives to develop and coach golfers in all areas of their lives.    To find out more about Alison and her work go to www.alisoncurdtgolf.com To get a copy of the new ‘Neuro Putting’ program with Dr Izzy Justice and Karl Morris go to https://themindfactor.net/shop-new/   To book your Mind Factor workshop get in touch with us at www.themindfactor.com