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Alecia Larsen has been a Class
A LPGA teaching professional
for over 30 years and teaches
her students to love the
game of golf. She has been
recognized by Golf Digest’s
“Golf for Women” magazine
as a Top-50 teacher and
received the 2014 Midwest
Section Teacher of the Year
award.
Like a good teacher, Alecia
is constantly striving to learn
new and exciting methods
to help her students be the
best they can be. It was
through this endeavor that
she developed the concepts
of positive self-talk.
She suffered a terrible setback
in her teaching career when
a golf ball struck her in the
head, while she was teaching.
The recovery was long and
arduous, which sent her into
a depression.
Her mother suggested she
could pull herself out of the
doldrums by do something
good for someone else. From
that “Gratitude Golf” was
born and Alecia has spent
many years speaking and
teaching the benefits of being
thankful in life, as well as, on
the golf course.
With the influence of Dr.
Shad Helmestetter, an expert
in the field of personal
growth, Alecia gained a
deeper understanding of
the connection between
golf and life. Her book was
born from the idea of using
‘Self-Talk’ to send positive
messages to the brain to
become more confident
in your golf game and to
overcome any issues you
may be facing in your life.
In the Foreward, Helmstetter
writes,
“During the time of more
than 30 years of writing in
the field of personal growth
and studying the subject of
Book Review:
By Fred Altvater
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