For many of us, skiing is a head game. Get past the fear, and suddenly things become a lot easier. So who better to talk to about this than Mermer Blakeslee, the ski industry’s recognized fear expert and author of In the Yikes! Zone: A Conversation With Fear .
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If you’re like me, you have mixed feelings about fear. On the one hand, fear is a kind of self-preservative. It can keep you from doing something stupid, like jumping off a cliff or driving way too fast or dropping into Corbet’s Couloir when you’re not that great of a skier.
On the other hand, fear can also be a prison. It can keep you from things that could be fun or even life altering. Like skiing that extra steep slope or leaving that spirit-crushing job or dumping that boyfriend who’s no good for you, anyway.
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If you’re like me, you have mixed feelings about fear. On the one hand, fear is a kind of...
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Ever had negative thoughts while skiing? Times when you’re less than confident or when you...
Read MoreI’ve never made any claim about being a super skier. Au contraire. I’m simply someone who loves to ski. A lot. So here I am at Solitude Mountain Resort. And some of the people I’m with encouraged me to do...
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