Author/Athlete/Professional SpeakerMariah Burton Nelson, Author, Athlete, Speaker

"Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success."- MBN













   

Articles, Interviews, Poems, Songs
by and about Mariah Burton Nelson

5 Essential Lessons from the Playing Fields (Executive Update)
Are You an Athlete? (OxygenSports)
Bad Sports (New York Times)
The Courage to Quit (OxygenSports)
Go, Mom! (Sports Illustrated for Women)
I Won. I'm Sorry (Self)
Learning What 'Team' Really Means (Newsweek)
NEW! And Now They Tell Us Women Don't Really Like Sports? (Ms.)
The Role Model Thing (Encyclopedia of Women's Sports)
Sisters Show How to Compete -- and Care (Newsday)
A Time to Sit on the Bench (USA Today)
What's Love Got to Do with It? (OxygenSports)
Where Is Your Heart's True Home?
Why I've Appeared on Geraldo Rivera's Show 5 Times
(Knight-Ridder/Tribune)

Winning Isn't Everything (Working Woman)

NEW BOOK about leadership, teamwork, life lessons from sports:
We Are All Athletes


Articles About Writing and Speaking

NEW! How to Write a Keynote Speech -- Some Traditional and Nontraditional Advice on Structure -- OR, How to Organize Your Speech the Way Professional Speakers Do (National Speakers Association; Toastmasters)
A Good Speech is Like a Good Relationship (Enterprising Women)
How to Edit a Speech: Remove One Jewell
(National Speakers Association's Voices of Experience)
Thinking About Becoming an Author? Don't Settle for a "Hurry-Up" Book (National Speakers Association's Author's Lab)


Articles About Forgiveness, Spirituality, and Health

Breathing Lessons (Beliefnet.com)
Five Keys to Forgiveness and Freedom (syndicated column)
Forgiveness at Work (Executive Update)
The Freedom of Self-Forgiveness (Washington Post)
NEW! How to Have a Superb Surgical Experience (Washington Post)
NEW! A Hysterectomy Journal (Washington Post)
Myths and Truths About Forgiveness (syndicated column)
From Victim to Survivor and Beyond (syndicated column)

BOOK about forgiveness: The Unburdened Heart


Articles About Mariah's Life and Career

Escape From Roble: Stanford Women's Basketball Then and Now
Feminism, Football, and Forgiveness: Notes on an Unpredictable Career
Life is Short: Autobiography as Haiku (Washington Post)
Where I Was When Billie Jean King Beat Bobby Riggs


Interviews with Mariah

NEW! Author Speaks on Sports and Love (Daughters)
From Female Victory to Forgiveness (New Moon)
Author Maps Routes Toward Forgiveness (Star Tribune)


Poems and Songs by Mariah

NEW! A Blessing for Parents with Imperfect Children
Competition
A Little Poem for the Merrill Lynch Symposium
Flight and Freedom
You Are An Athlete
Your Goals, Your Life, Your Choice: Goal-Setting Poem

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Mariah Burton Nelson is an author, athlete, and professional speaker who uses sports stories to show people how to lead and succeed with courage, compassion, commitment, and confidence. For reprint permission contact the author; info below.


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