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Think Above Par

Sometimes you just need someone to explain why your golf brain does what it does.

Think Above Par is where Kathy talks about the thoughts, emotions and patterns that show up on the golf course—and what you can do with them.

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Episode 125

Hope vs Hoping and How It Affects Your Golf

This is a portion of a live call from Unleash Your Game, a complete program for mastering your golf brain so you can consistently play to your potential with more calm, certainty and confidence. In the program, I offer live calls to support members on the mental golf journey. I start the call talking about hope. How we use the word versus how we create hope for us on the golf course. At the end of this call, you can hear a member share her recent experience shifting her thoughts and changing her results. Join me on a live call by signing up at UnleashYourGolf.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 124

3 Steps to Be More Committed Over Golf Shots

Discover the keys to unwavering commitment on the golf course in this episode. Kathy discusses the three essential steps for achieving a state of complete dedication over every golf shot. Learn how being committed can transform your game, enhance your decision-making, and yield remarkable results. Explore the power of self-awareness, making confident choices, and the crucial art of keeping your word to yourself. Whether you're a seasoned golfer or a beginner, these practical strategies will help you unleash your true potential and enjoy your time on the course so much more. Discover how to work with Kathy at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 123

How to Set Powerful Golf Intentions Before a Round

Setting a golf intention is about giving your brain direction on the golf course. it is a valuable tool to shifting your results. In this episode, I focus on 4 different ways to set intentions along with a few examples of how you can use them the next time you play. Start creating the habit of setting an intention before you play and give your brain direction on what to look for on the course. Learn more about how to work with Kathy at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 122

Golf Resilience

Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from difficult conditions. This is really what mental golf is…bouncing back quickly. In this episode, I share with you the top 5 areas for you to focus on building up your resiliency. You may find that you are more resilient in one area and do not recover as quickly in other areas. This episode puts a little different spin on looking at mental golf and narrows done where to focus so that you can build your golf resilience. Learn more at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 121

3 Steps to Make One Day Tournaments Easier

If you have a one day qualifier on your schedule this season whether it is a USGA or club championship qualifier, I have three tips to help you get through these rounds easier and with more success. One of the keys is to not make the event too big of a deal for the sake of your brain. The bigger of a deal you make the tournament the more your brain is going to freak you out. I share three mental hurdles that typically show up on qualifying days. If you are aware of them and have some strategies to pivot back to a more calm or certain state, you will produce better and easier results. Learn more about the Academy and Unleash Your Game at KathyHart Wood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 120

Useful Negative Golf Emotions

Positive thinking isn't always useful and negative emotions are always harmful. In this podcast, Kathy discusses how our emotions affect our golf game and how we can use negative emotions to our advantage. Kathy suggests 5 negative emotions that you are likely to experience in golf and how they can be useful when playing the game. It is not about avoiding negative emotions or feeling like the only way to play well is if you are calm, certain, or confident. There actually are some negative emotions that you can not only expect but embrace with the game of golf. Connect with Kathy at https://KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 119

How To Enjoy Competitive Golf

Do you think competition is fun? Or would you rather play "fun" golf. Many people sign up for tournaments or competitions and then don't enjoy the event - regardless of how they score. In this episode, I explore what your golf brain is doing when it comes to tournaments and three reasons you might not enjoy competition. Then, I simply reverse engineer it all and show you how to create more enjoyment around those golf tournaments you sign up for. Link to podcast on "Is Golf Fun?" https://www.buzzsprout.com/1642693/12585302 Find out more about Kathy at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 118

Crappy Golf Question You Ask Yourself

We tend to ask ourselves bad questions about ourselves and our golf game. They are questions that make us feel crappy. They lead to a bit of hopelessness, doubt, fear, pressure. They sound like: What is wrong with me? What if I score bad? Why can't I ever play well? What If I get off to a bad start? Why do I suck? Why is everyone better than me? The thing is that our brains will just ask these questions by default...if we let it. In this episode, I bring light to these common crappy golf questions, share with you why they aren't helpful and show you how to ask better questions. If you ask powerful questions, you get powerful answers from your brain. When you get better answers, you will feel better and play better. Find our more how to work with Kathy at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 117

The 4 Stages to Unleash Your Golf Game

To play to your potential means to take what you own at this given moment in time out onto the golf course. Most golfers get in their own way with negative thoughts and emotions that leash their game. It is stuck behind a mismanaged mind and thoughts and beliefs most of which we don't even notice. In this episode, I talk about the 4 stages of unleashing your golf game. First is to unleash your brain from negative thoughts patterns Second unleash your swing from pressure, frustration, doubt, ets Third, play unleashed by minimizing your focus on results or fears Fourth is to unleash your confidence and play in this state regardless of how you are hitting the ball. There is nothing more frustrating than knowing you have more talent than you take to the course. I share the steps to getting out of your own way and unleashing your game on the course. You can learn more about programs at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 116

Athletes, Bad Emotions, and Tools To Help with Golf - an Interview With Sarah Held and Amy Arnold

This an interview of me on the Switching Teams podcast with Sarah Held and Amy Arnold. We cover alot of topics in this podcast including: the golf challenges of an athlete who competed in other sports bad emotions (emotions are the enemy) warming up preshot routines tools to help your brain on the course important tournaments being in a funk and so much more We also discuss some Masters, Kathy's golf background, and random trivia. This is a fun listen. Find out more about Sarah at www.weplanyouplay.com Contact Kathy at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 115

Is Golf Fun?

So many people tell me, "I just want to have fun when I play." ​ But the question is...how do you do that? Or more specifically...what makes golf NOT fun for you? In my opinion, I believe we over use or misuse the word "fun" when it comes to golf. ​ In this episode, I break down how we define fun and how to reframe it for your game ​ I share 4 steps including some questions to ask yourself as you explore how to have more "fun" EVEN when you are having an off day. Podcast link to the concept of 50/50 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1642693/12487776 Learn more at KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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Episode 114

Deep Dive into the Mental Game with Jesse and Justin

This is a special episode. I am sharing a conversation I had with Jesse Perryman and Justin Tang on the Flag Hunters Podcast. We dive into all kinds of topics on the mental side of the game. This is the three of us having a conversation about how we get in our own way, the role the mental game plays in golf and your performance and so many more topics relative to playing to your potential. You can learn more about Justin on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/elitegolfswing/ Jesse Perryman at https://www.instagram.com/flaghuntersgolfpod/ The Flag Hunter’s Podcast https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1893771.rss Contact Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Receive free weekly mental golf tips HERE How many shots is your mental golf costing you? Take the quiz here: quiz.mymentalcaddy.com Continue your mental journey at Your Mental Caddy HERE Mastering Your Golf Brain - A Guide to Self-Coaching Mastering Your Golf Brain - The Workbook Mental Golf Journal - A Range for Your Brain Are all available at KathyHartWood.com/book Email Kathy at Kathy@KathyHartWood.com Website: KathyHartWood.com

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