Psychological | Mediterra Swim & Run

Introverts Love Swimming

by Coach Mat | 27 Sep, 2020

Does swimming attract a disproportionate number of introverts? That is an interesting question for which I don’t have an answer. Looking back on Mediterra’s activities and events over the years, I recall many seemingly-introverted participants who I...

Keep Aiming For The Bullseye

by Coach Mat | 12 Sep, 2020

Swimming Is A Complex System Swimming is a very complex package of movement skills. When it is at its best the whole body is moving as a well-tuned, unified whole – it feels relatively easy, it is energy-efficient and produces pleasing results. All the parts are...

A Message For Those With Depression…

by Coach Mat | 8 Sep, 2020

This is the most remarkable time to be living. Change is happening rapidly and many are feeling challenges and crises converging to make their experience of life very difficult right now. I think there are a lot of new causes for depression upon us. Even those who...

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...