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Mental Skills Coach Tonya Johnston joined us for a live webinar on International Helmet Awareness Day 2012 to discuss “Getting Equestrians To Wear Helmets”. What stops an equestrian wearing a helmet? How can you raise the subject of wearing a helmet with a friend that currently does not put safety first? Watch the webinar video [...]
Olympian Darren Chiacchia joined Riders4Helmets at the Rolex 3DE this past weekend to sign autographs for fans (see photo gallery below) and discuss his 2008 accident in which he suffered a traumatic brain injury. Darren was joined on Saturday by mental skills coach and author Tonya Johnston who has just released her first book “Inside Your [...]
Tonya Johnston is a mental skills coach (and soon-to-be published author) who works with equestrian competitors. She discussed “Facilitating Conversations About Wearing A Helmet With Western Riders” at the 3rd Riders4Helmets Helmet Safety Symposium, held January 14th in West Palm Beach, FL. See below for Tonya’s video presentation from the symposium and please always wear [...]
Tonya Johnston is a mental skills coach (and soon-to-be published author) who works with equestrian competitors. She discussed factors and motivations that contribute to behavior change, reasons why people don’t wear helmets, and tactics for getting people to wear them at the 2nd Riders4Helmets Helmet Safety Symposium. Positive reasons for wearing a helmet (how it [...]
