2024 Motto: "Benevolence generates Kindness. with Dr. Joan Steidinger - EP 020

Running Strong Mind-Body Connection

Joan Steidinger, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC)@Emeritus administered by the Association of Applied Sports Psychology (AASP), previously listed on the United States Olympic Committee’s Registry of Sport Psychology, and a Fellow for AASP.

She has numerous speaking credits to her name in the public and private sector, including a couple of years speaking at the Western States 100-mile Endurance Race training camp and at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club. In May 2018, she spoke at the International Working Group on Women and Sports Conference in Botswana on “Sisterhood in Sports.” For many years, she taught Exercise and Sports psychology at San Jose State University, SFSU, and UC Berkeley Extension. In the 1990s, she was an elite and pioneering ultra runner.

Participating on the Tamalpa Women’s First Ultra Racing Team, she placed 1st in the Pacific Region and 3rd in the Open Division in the first Pacific Region Ultra Grand Prix Series. In 2014, she published her first book, “Sisterhood in Sports: How female athletes collaborate and compete.” This book won five literary awards, including the Foreword Reviews IndieFab contest.

Explore Dr. Joan's website and her books.

She will be featured on Running Strong Mind-Body Connection Podcast # 27 which will be available to listen to on January 31

Dr. Joan Steidinger Psi Chi -- National Honor Society in Psychology Licensed & Sports Psychologist CA PSY 12505 CMPC @Emeritus, AASP Fellow Former Lecturer - Sports Psychology - San Jose State University Listed on Registry for the United States Olympic Committee Books (Rowman & Littlefield); Sisterhood in Sports: Female Athletes Collaborate & Compete (2014)

Stand Up & Shout: Women's Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, & Equal Opportunities in Sports (2020)

https://www.doctorjoansteidinger.com/