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My summer Sunday afternoon ritual goes something like this: I wake up, kill time until noon when my local public pool opens, swim for about an hour, then park myself in a lawn chair with a book (and a hat and lots of sunscreen), taking intermittent dips until the lifeguards close the gates in the […]

When you hear someone casually drop the word “fuck,” what’s your reaction? Offended? Surprised? Confused? In any case, I’m fairly certain hearing someone curse out of nowhere provokes some kind of immediate reaction. We have a taboo in this culture against profanity and when someone breaks that taboo, it gets your attention. But why is […]

Olympic athletes: They’re not like us. They eat differently; they sleep differently; and they definitely think differently.  Mindset is a huge part of what makes elite contenders elite, says Kai Laird, who leads a sport and performance psychology group based in Illinois and Virginia. “Athletes who have reached that level are typically all around the […]