A Girls Daily Life, Mind Her Good Thinking!

Perceptions, thoughts, feelings and emotions.

One wonders why women experience the world differently? Because "girls" just want to have fun! And in golf, winning is fun! So is connection, communication and shopping.

So what does this have to do with performance and the momentum in sports? Everything, for women!

Highly competitive girls in sports and competitive businesswomen need more than strong work ethics to balance the drive and the focus it takes to go the distance as an elite champion. Going the distance means the balance of fundamentals, athleticism, diet/nutrition and mental conditioning - all best utilized by those who have first class family values, quality time with quality friends and time alone to renew self.

Research shows until puberty, the depression rate between boys and girls are the same. After that, women suffer from depression at a ratio of 2:1 compared to men. Why?

The female brain and its thought process is shaped by dramatic changes in hormonal chemistry, driving a girls behavior and creating her reality. Her brain is like a complex cocktail of chemicals and the change is dramatic from School Age, 7-12 to Adolescent, 13-18.

Women have 11% more neurons in the area of the brain that deals with language and hearing than men. So does the part of the brain that deals with memory - which is also larger in women. So it is fair to say biology plays a powerful effect in women, however, it does not lock in their reality.

At puberty, a "teen girls" brain is thinking and experiencing behavioral changes. Fluctuation levels of Estrogen, the "feel-good" hormone is in play. Two other hormones produced are Oxytocin, which makes girls want to bond, have love and connection with others and the hormone Dopamine is known to stimulate the pleasure center.

The effect of these chemicals give "teen girls" a great need for pleasure and having a voice. Shopping, experimenting with clothing and hairstyles - anything that involves connecting and communicating with other girls, is a need that allows them to experience balance in the brain.

The reason you see teenage girls on the phone all the time or in groups talking is because of this HIGH need to communicate and to balance the stress levels of events in their life. Like for a competitive young female golfer or tennis player, the reward they might be looking for after a hearty workout or competition, is to have a "girls experience". The experience of seeing friends and communicating their voice.

If the "girls rush" that they want from the Dopamine and Oxytocin is suppressed, they are unable to experience such pleasures and have a loss of their voice, they also experience feelings of real loss. A feeling that produces and triggers hormonal change that strengthens and creates feelings of abandonment.

A teenage girls confidence and ability to deal with stress in competitive situations also changes. It will stop their momentum to win and think clearly, again and again. It depletes their energy to look, feel and be the champion they want to be.

When they have a voice, they can win, and win more than once. Research also shows that there is more pain in winning only once, being known as a one hit wonder, and then never winning again. And for Professional players of golf and those in sports that have individualistic acclaim, winning multiple times is what makes them feel and play like a "real" pro!

Boys gain self-esteem through independence of others. Girls gain self-esteem through closeness of their social bonds. Self-esteem and the development of self-esteem can have the biggest impact on a person’s life and destiny. Self-esteem also must be strong and clear for an elite professional athlete to go the distance.

Truly self-esteem must be a big component for a competitive golfer who wants to push the limits for peak performance year after year!

So is having fun!