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Dr. Sonali Wason

@drsonaliwason

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Assistant Director of Sport Psychology
Stanford Athletics
@gostanford x @stanfordpsy x @stanford.med

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Stanford Athletics! DeStress Fest is back THIS MONDAY 10/5/26 from 11a-2p at Maples! We have 16 new wellness partners this Fall, including campus support resources & employers ❤️🌲🤍

Therapy dogs, massages, & lunch from Jimmy’s will be back!

Swipe ➡️ to see who you can anticipate at DeStress Fest this quarter!

Bring your teammates for a chance to win the grand team prize with the one & only @gchef703 😎

SEE YOU THERE! taken in Maples Pavilion by @drsonaliwason

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17 year old Sonali who couldn’t reconcile an early retirement from basketball would be mind blown to learn that sports would still be a part of her life & take her across the world at 35 years old 🥹

Grateful to the entire @rdksports team for organizing an incredible 2 weeks of learning & cultural exchange in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, & the Gold Coast! Participating in the @globalelitesportsconference & @brisbanebroncosnrlw “Leave a Mark” Campaign Launch have been some of the most enriching highlights of my entire career.

Grateful for sports & the ways it brings the entire world together. Sport diplomacy is one of the most beautiful cultural exchanges I’ve ever witnessed 🧡

🇦🇺 x 🇺🇸 by @drsonaliwason

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A special visit from some very special guests 🇺🇸

What a privilege it was to hear from such an inspiring panel of women in sport. Thank you ladies! 🤝

Jessica Gray, Senior Director of Player Engagement, Detroit Lions @journeywithjg
Dr. Lori Robinson, Director of Team Enrichment at Houston Texans
Adriennne Scherenzel, Senior Vice President, Heisman Foundation @adrienneblack18
Dr Sonali Wason, Assisstant Director of Sport Psychology, Stanford University @drsonaliwason by @drsonaliwason

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3 YEARS WITH STANNY! ❤️🌲🤍

Grateful for new joys & new challenges with the best folks to do it in college athletics. Grateful for this work. Grateful for the opportunities to grow to be a better me. Grateful to witness bravery in the form of vulnerability every day.

Grateful to witness greatness & history being made in front of me. Grateful for my athletes, my coaches, my peers, & my colleagues. Grateful to learn from & work with the world’s best creators, innovators, & record breakers. Grateful to know that gratitude is the cause & the effect.

Just grateful to be here man. taken in Stanford University by @drsonaliwason

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35 TODAY! 🧡

Here’s a few things I’m reflecting on today:
🧡 When I look in the mirror, I see a mosaic of everyone I’ve ever loved & every life experience I’ve been shaped by. What a gift to be made beautiful & colorful by all the durability & intricacies that life can bring

🧡 I (think?) I’m learning that the point of life is to live. The ways I think I can go about living fully & meaningfully change all the time, but maybe that’s the point :)

🧡 I’ve spent the better part of my 20s & 30s learning that it’s good to have needs & that it’s good to share those needs with your people. The right people show up & never make you feel like you’re inconvenient or too much. They just show up when it matters & they’re grateful to be there.

And I’m so grateful to be here & to be alive & to be living! Thank yall for adding to my 35 year old mosaic 🧡 by @drsonaliwason

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fall quarter has been all about finding the joy in the grind by @drsonaliwason

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Did everything I said I’d do. Living my dream 🥰 GO CARD! taken in Stanford University by @drsonaliwason

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3 years ago

This quote stuck with me from my guided meditation this morning ✨

Sometimes our self-criticisms are so engrained in the way we speak to ourselves, we don’t even consciously notice. But our body subconsciously does ❤️‍🩹

Self-compassion takes patience & practice. Unlearn the idea that self-kindness is about passivity & permissiveness so you can re-learn that it’s about embracing your humanity 🧡 by @drsonaliwason

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Committing is the absence of hesitation where your actions become automatic. Choosing to be fully invested in what you’re doing and having a plan for how you want to act are just a couple of ways that you combat natural hesitation.

Swipe for 2 commitment exercises you can try on your own! ✨

Written by: Elise Nelson, MA taken in Los Angeles, California by @drsonaliwason

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COACHES! When token rewards don’t work, focus on building intrinsic (natural, internal) motivation instead!

One of the biggest barriers to building intrinsic motivation is the fear of failure. An easy way to debunk the idea of failure & free your athletes from it is to encourage them to look at an athlete they admire closely.

How many goals did their favorite goal keeper let past them in their career?

How many times did their favorite batter strike out this season?

Any top performer in ANY sport is an expert at failing—that’s what developed them into the athlete your athletes admire!

Once an athlete can get past worrying about making mistakes, the sport itself will be more fun & they’ll want to get out & practice more than ever before.

Written by: Elise Nelson, MA taken in Los Angeles, California by @drsonaliwason

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Our mood & emotion can influence every movement in sport! Effectively managing emotion is an important skillset for every athlete to learn!

Swipe➡️to learn about different emotion regulation strategies!

Adapted from: “Managing Emotions in Sport” by Dr. Andrew Friesen taken in Los Angeles, California by @drsonaliwason

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Your self-talk can hinder or improve your performance! It’s worthwhile to learn how to speak to yourself in a helpful, accurate, kind way.

Adaptive self-talk helps to improve confidence, enhance focus, & helps regulate thoughts, feelings, & behaviors!

Use this short self-talk questionnaire to learn more about how your self-talk may be hurting or helping your game! taken in Los Angeles, California by @drsonaliwason

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