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The Truth About "The Zone"

Good Sport

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Neutral Self-Talk

"It's important to think about helpful self-talk and try and keep unhelpful self-talk at arm's distance," she says. Dr. Detling introduces a concept I hadn't really heard before: neutral self-talk. Neutral self-talk is basically keeping your mind occupied and ready, but not exhausted. "You can play in neutral, you can live in neutral.neutral's a great place to be."

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