{"id":17482,"date":"2017-06-01T22:24:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T22:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/?p=17482"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:29:13","slug":"learning-about-brain-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/learning-about-brain-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Can learning about your brain help you in sports and life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17485 \" src=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Brain-Always-Wins-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"The-Brain-Always-Wins\" width=\"138\" height=\"190\">I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. John Sullivan, a Clinical Sport Psychologist and Applied Sport Scientist. (Our discussion inspired me to buy his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrainalwayswins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Brain Always Wins<\/a>. In it, he explores brain management and physical activity, rest and recovery, nutrition, cognitive functions, emotional management, and socialization. Can&#8217;t wait to read it! ) During this information-packed half hour, we touched on many important topics about how better &#8220;brain management&#8221; gives you the ability to optimize your choices for improving your sport performance &#8211; and your life!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a listen to my conversation with Dr. John Sullivan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.audioacrobat.com\/tplay\/B26b2341866ff4a1151c0a02e91acc180PgcnHS4HNyorDB4hB0NeZn5cflRJY1V6OgMSawNYCnp1cw\" width=\"320px\" height=\"25px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. John Sullivan, a Clinical Sport Psychologist and Applied Sport Scientist. (Our discussion inspired me to buy his book, The Brain Always Wins. 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Can&#8217;t wait to read it! ) During &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/learning-about-brain-in-sports\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can learning about your brain help you in sports and life?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can learning about your brain help you in sports and life? - Am I Hungry?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/learning-about-brain-in-sports\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can learning about your brain help you in sports and life? - Am I Hungry?\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. John Sullivan, a Clinical Sport Psychologist and Applied Sport Scientist. 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