Dr Tom Ferraro
Our Town: Why the Olympian hungers for gold
Why do Olympic athletes strive to win gold? The Olympian will train tirelessly for years simply to achieve that momentary…
Our Town: In search of the zone
The yips are what bring the athlete to my office and the zone is what they want to find. These…
Our Town: Five writers in search of a story
When my publisher Steve Blank asked me to join a Town Hall Meeting, I was happy to do so. It…
Our Town: Choking at the U.S. Open
It’s amazing what you can learn about life by watching a golf tournament. It may be because golf is a…
Our Town: What it takes to be a champion
Why do some seem to have a burning desire to win, no matter what the cost? Some call it the…
Our Town: The woes of Naomi Osaka: the shy super star
When shy and sensitive tennis superstar Naomi Osaka walked out of the French Open last week after refusing to handle…
Our Town: Remembering the dead
Remembering the dead (Photo with caption “Memorial Day is a time to say a belated ‘thank you’ to all who…
Our Town: The radiant children
As a sport psychologist, I’m in the privileged position of working with gifted athletes in a variety of sports. Some…
Our Town: The 6,000-year battle of the sexes
In the film version of"My Fair Lady" Rex Harrison sings plaintively “Why can’t a woman be more like a man”…
Our Town: The Graduate
Graduation day has finally arrived and as the song goes “no more homework, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty…
Our Town: Work from home or office? It’s time to decide
As COVID relinquishes its hold over Nassau County, yet another controversy emerges about whether to work from home or office.…
Our Town: The high cost of neurosis
Fourteen months of a global pandemic has produced much to be worried about. We now live with the fear of…
Our Town: Envy – one of the deadliest sins
(Photo with caption “Here is Dante, guided by Virgil, in consoling the envious in purgatory. Painted by Flanders, 1835.”) In…
Our Town: Triumph of the Asian mindset in golf
The winner of the 85th Masters Tournament, golf’s biggest major, is the mild-mannered, unassuming Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama. This 29-year-old…
Our Town: Is April really the cruelest month?
Each season has its holiday. Winter has Xmas, fall has Thanksgiving and summer has the Fourth of July. But the…