Happiness for sports kids is more about contentment and balance, rather than constant pleasure, according to Jerry Weichman, a licensed clinical psychologist who helps young athletes with mental health challenges affecting confidence, motivation and performance.
“”Happiness is more of a chemical reaction from your brain that comes from good things that are happening. But good things don’t continually happen,” Weichman said. “So what I’m usually pushing with the expectation for the kids is contentment. There’s some type of balance, an acknowledgment of the positives and the negatives.”
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