Let's Go Mental!

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Barbara Cortella

22 September 2026

4m 36s

Doubt has a Time and a Space.

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What if doubt isn’t always the problem? What if it simply enters the wrong room at the wrong moment?

Before a performance, doubt can help an athlete prepare. During the performance, the same doubt can create hesitation. The game keeps moving while the mind remains suspended between two possibilities.

In this episode, we look at doubt from a different angle. The goal isn’t to eliminate it, but to give it the right job at the right time:

Question before. Commit during. Review after.

You’ll discover:

  • Why confident athletes still experience doubt
  • How doubt can support preparation
  • Why hesitation is already a decision
  • The three mental rooms: preparation, performance, and review
  • A simple instruction for managing doubt during performance: “Not now. Next action.”

Question of the day:

Where does your doubt belong right now: in preparation, performance, or review?

Doubt asks. Trust decides. Action answers.

Contact me for more: b_cortella@yahoo.it

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