Emotional Regulation with Sport Psychologist and Mental Performance Coach, Maddy Wood

On today’s episode, we are joined by Maddy Wood, a sport psychologist and mental performance coach at Missouri Rush Soccer club. Maddy herself played soccer for Missouri Rush before going on to play at the collegiate level at Millikin University where she graduated with her bachelor’s in psychology and a minor in health and wellness coaching. She then continued her education at Georgia Southern University receiving her masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology while getting to work with athletes across multiple sports from middle schoolers all the way to Division 1 athletes. Upon moving back to Missouri, Maddy started working at Missouri Rush Soccer Club as their mental performance coach, providing education and support for the staff, the teams, as well as individuals. Tune in to hear:Maddy shares her personal experience as an athlete and what drew her to sport psychologyMaddy explains how emotions impact our logical brain and what emotional dysregulation can look like in individualsMaddy dives into her work as a mental performance coach and discusses the 4 R’s: Recognize, Relax, Reframe, Respond, which is the framework she teaches her athletesMaddy covers the roles of coaches and parents in helping young athletes develop the skill set to emotionally regulate themselves Maddy opens up about how learning and practicing emotional regulation is a skill that impacts life far beyond just sportMaddy Wood: [email protected] hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.Love, Jules & Ang