07/31/2025
WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT IS OR ISN'T STRESSFUL TO THEIR BRAIN.
Quantum Neuro Reset Therapy insight when I work with athletes. I have had the pleasure to work with several high level softball pitchers including former and future NCAA D1 pitchers.
This is very important to understand in the journey. If someone is lucky enough to play in college they will play until about age 23 at the latest. Hopefully they have many more decades on this planet after their playing days are over.
Our brains are designed to handle short term stress not long term stress. In that journey as an athlete these still young brains endure A LOT of stress. From day 1 when I have worked with these pitchers I tell their parents the facts and the truth. The truth is even though they may be worried about performing better on the mound and I am here to try to help with that. I am even more worried about their brains for the time after they play. Often times, coaches, parents, their peers and even they themselves put way too much pressure on themselves. This builds up negatively in their brain.
Life is tough. Adding high pressure situations becomes more tough. I have already seen some young ladies that have had more pressure than they need. They end up taking a break or stepping away later than they really could have.
Taking breaks are ok. Making decisions are ok. Tell your pitcher, or your athlete, or your musician, or your gamer. It is ok to speak up. It is ok to make a decision. What matters is their brain. Mentally, neurologically, physically. Your brain controls everything. You only get one of them. Life is a journey and it can be tough.
Too often I hear adults give advice to others that they don't follow themselves. What we want, what their coaches want and what people around them want may not be what they want. As adults our job is to listen. LISTEN to our kids. Each one of them is delicate. We all are. Don't confuse the term tough with delicate because they are not the same.
Here is a big takeaway. If they aren't having fun then it doesn't matter. Yes there are hurdles and struggles. Yes hey need to give it their all. But when they develop anxiety, or depression or their body starts breaking down at 16 or 17 this is a huge problem. And in today's world with athletes. All of those are a huge problem.
I have just seen this too often lately and it's really sad every time I see in issue with a teenager already.
Yes we need to guide them. Yes we need to challenge them. Yes we need to make them responsible. But most importantly we need to understand that what they want and what we want may be different. At school, at sports at any activities if they give a sign that something is off we need to listen to them.
When I see one of these pitchers in a QNRT session they may have had some past event or stress that has really affected them. But their parents, their coach, their family may think it is silly or that it isn't that big of a deal. Here is my reply to that and this is really important. WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT IS OR ISN'T STRESSFUL TO THEIR BRAIN. Please please PLEASE read that over and over again until it sinks in.
I am so thankful that I have found QNRT to utilize in my practice. It is a way to help once our brains are carrying this in the subconscious part of the brain. Once it happens I am confident I can help.
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