{"id":3066,"date":"2014-02-23T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=3066"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:58:39","slug":"letting-go-of-self-limiting-thoughts-with-dr-glen-albaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/letting-go-of-self-limiting-thoughts-with-dr-glen-albaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning the Battle Within in Golf with Dr. Glen Albaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sports_Psychologists_Approach_To_Mental_Coaching\"><\/span>Sports Psychologist&#8217;s Approach To Mental Coaching<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/letting-go-of-self-limiting-thoughts-with-dr-glen-albaugh\/#Sports_Psychologists_Approach_To_Mental_Coaching\" >Sports Psychologist&#8217;s Approach To Mental Coaching<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/letting-go-of-self-limiting-thoughts-with-dr-glen-albaugh\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/letting-go-of-self-limiting-thoughts-with-dr-glen-albaugh\/#The_Confident_Athlete\" >The Confident Athlete<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s <strong>sports psychology podcast<\/strong>, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Dr. Glen Albaugh about his approach to mental coaching. This podcast is a special preview of one of 14 interviews with nationally recognized <strong>top sports psychologists<\/strong>. In this excerpt, Dr. Glen Albaugh talks about letting go of fearful self-limiting thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Glen Albaugh is the author of &#8220;Winning the Battle Within&#8221;. He has also taught <strong>sports psychology<\/strong> at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California for 28 years. Dr. Albaugh specializes in sports psychology for golf. 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