Common Problems and Solutions | Mediterra Swim & Run

Do You Have A Healthy Diet Of Discomfort?

by Coach Mat | 30 Aug, 2020

Change Is Stressful If anyone hasn’t got the memo yet, the news is out: the world is changing, and quickly. Change is stressful to the body and mind, even when that change is taking a person in a better direction. That stress is a sign of the body’s...

The Antidote To Fear Is…

by Coach Mat | 22 Aug, 2020

The other day I listened to this great Tim Ferriss interview with Jim Dethmer. There was so much in this podcast about developing the self, more loving and empowering relationship, about leadership. I would just like to point you to it if those subjects interest you....

Why Practice Sitting Still? Part 2

by Coach Mat | 8 Aug, 2020

In Part 1 I offered some reasons why mindfulness-without-motion is a good thing to practice. I would now like to offer some recommendations on how to start sitting still. Be Led By Curiousity First, you need to genuinely want to try this, out of some sense of...

Why Practice Sitting Still? Part 1

by Coach Mat | 1 Aug, 2020

Practicing mindfulness while moving is something I’ve been doing, advocating and coaching for many years. It makes a lot of sense to increase awareness of what the body is doing in order to protect and refine what’s working well and correct what is not. As...

You’ve Swam Farther. You’ve Swam Faster. Now What?

by Coach Mat | 25 Jul, 2020

Imagine you had some sort of a restriction that only allowed you to swim a strictly limited distance or limited time in each session, for the next 10 years. Let’s say you could only swim 30 minutes or 1500 meters and then you had to stop. How could you still...

Keep Going, Your Reward Is Ahead

by Coach Mat | 18 Jul, 2020

On average, in addition to all that I read for work, school and personal interest, while doing physical tasks I listen to probably more than 10 hours a week of audio books, lectures, long-format interviews with people who are specialists/experts in their field, or...