Introduction & Welcome

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the Canter Associates Blog. The purpose behind the blog is to share with you information on how to improve overall wellbeing - Mind, Body & Spirit. Currently, I write a monthly newsletter for Positive Power Strategies. It is a free monthly newsletter, which is full of great information to help you towards your life and career success. However, I also wanted a medium to talk about even more interesting tips, research, techniques and strategies to help improve on overall wellness.

Please feel free to sign up for the newsletter, but I will also post them on my blog.

I'd also like to hear from you!  Do you have any questions, suggestions, or areas of interest within the fields of Performance Psychology, Positive Psychology, Exercise, Nutrition, and general well-being?  Please let me know!

But, for now - here is a bit of an introduction to what I do:

I am a Performance Psychologist. What is that you say?  Performance Psychology is the branch of psychology that studies the factors that allow individuals, communities and societies to flourish. Most recently, performance psychology has included the study of the psychological skills and knowledge necessary to facilitate and develop peak performance guidelines into best practice for sport, business, fitness and the performing arts.

I had formal training in Sport and Exercise Psychology – which refers to the application of proven mental techniques designed to enhance performance and help people get the most benefit out of their chosen sport. It focuses on how the mind influences and is influenced by participation in physical competition. Sport psychologists also focus on how non-athletes can maximize their physical potential and reap the health and psychological benefits of exercise and team play.

I also tend to use a more Positive Psychology approach to my work. Positive Psychology is a relatively new paradigm in Psychology which is the scientific study of what enables individuals and communities to thrive.

The main focus for most individuals and organizations in the past has been on getting rid of weaknesses, rather than building their primary strengths.  Recent findings suggest that a primary focus on building strengths is a far more effective strategy for fostering creativity, productivity, and well-being.  The heart of my work is aimed at identifying and developing character strengths, which will help lead to successful and happy outcomes for individuals and organizations.   By using a Mind, Body, Spirit approach we can maximize your success my using your personal strengths and abilities.   

My Philosophy is simple — Using your Strengths to Maximize your Success™!  A disciplined performance requires a disciplined mind.  By training yourself in strategies specific to your talent and personality, you become the one to wield the power of your mind over your performance—rather than being at the whim of your emotions.  Even the best in the world can improve; it simply depends on their desire to do so.