What’s happening?
Become aware of your thoughts, emotions, and reactions without immediately judging yourself.
A New Ebook by Chris PetersenWhen One Mistake
When One Mistake
Becomes the Whole Story
Learn how to recognize your reactions, reset your attention, and choose what comes next when life doesn’t go as planned.
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You’ve seen it happen.
An athlete makes one mistake and spends the rest of the game thinking about it.
A parent says something out of frustration and wishes they could take it back.
A difficult conversation ends, but you keep replaying it hours later.
Sometimes, what happened isn’t the only thing affecting us.
It’s the story we begin telling ourselves about what happened.
I blew it.
They must be disappointed in me.
I always do this.
What if this happens again?
And before we realize it, one moment begins influencing the next one.
But what if you could recognize that story before it decides what happens next?
Introducing
Living on the Love Line
A practical guide to awareness, love, and discovering Peace.
Written by Chris Petersen, former professional baseball player, longtime baseball and softball coach, and certified mental performance coach.
After more than 30 years of coaching athletes, I’ve learned that some of our biggest challenges aren’t always physical.
They show up in the way we think.
The way we talk to ourselves.
And the way we respond when something doesn’t go the way we hoped.
I wrote Living on the Love Line to give people a simple way to recognize what they’re experiencing, separate what actually happened from the story they may be attaching to it, and make a more intentional choice about what comes next.
Not just athletes.
Parents. Coaches. Families. Anyone who wants to keep growing.
Because many of the lessons we learn through sports are the same lessons we need in everyday life.
Four Simple Steps to Help You Respond Differently
At the heart of the book is a process you can return to whenever things feel difficult:
What story am I telling myself?
Separate what actually happened from the assumptions, fears, or meaning you may be adding to it.
Where does my attention need to go now?
Create enough space to return to the present instead of staying trapped in the mistake, disappointment, or frustration.
What is my next useful move?
Respond in a way that reflects who you want to be instead of allowing one difficult moment to make the decision for you.
You won’t always get it right.
That’s not the goal.
The goal is to become more aware, learn from your experiences, and give yourself another opportunity to choose.
What You’ll Discover Inside
Inside Living on the Love Line, you’ll explore how to:
Separate the event from the story
Recognize when assumptions or negative self-talk are making a difficult moment feel even bigger.
Reset after mistakes and setbacks
Learn how to bring your attention back to what you can do next.
Build confidence through experience
Understand how preparation, learning, and honest reflection create evidence you can trust.
Use gratitude, kindness, and hope intentionally
Not as forced positivity, but as ways to widen your perspective when your attention becomes stuck.
Recognize what you can control, influence, and accept
So you can stop spending energy fighting what has already happened.
Become your own coach
Develop the awareness and judgment to ask yourself better questions and make thoughtful decisions for yourself.
Who Is This Book For?
Parents of athletes
If you’ve watched your child struggle with frustration, confidence, negative self-talk, or recovering from a mistake, the Love Line can give you a simple framework to explore together.
Athletes
If you want to respond better under pressure, recover faster after mistakes, and stay focused on your next opportunity, these ideas can help you strengthen your self-awareness.
Coaches
If you want athletes to take greater ownership of their thoughts, responses, and development, the Love Line can give you another way to begin those conversations.
Anyone committed to personal growth
The same principles apply to relationships, parenting, work, difficult conversations, and everyday life.
You don’t have to be an athlete to benefit from this book.
You simply have to be willing to notice what’s happening and consider what you want to do next.
A Small Book With a Meaningful Purpose
You don’t need another complicated system.
You don’t need to pretend difficult feelings aren’t there.
And you don’t need someone else making every decision for you.
Sometimes you simply need enough awareness to recognize:
This happened.
This is the story I’m telling myself about it.
And I still get to decide what I do next.
Living on the Love Line is 28 pages, intentionally designed to be easy to read, easy to understand, and practical enough to return to whenever you need it.
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Notice what’s happening.
Understand the story.
Reset your attention.
Choose your next move.
You cannot always choose what happens.
But you can continue developing your ability to choose what comes next.