Posts by Cindra Kamphoff
Attitude is Everything with College Football Coach, Aaron Keen
In this interview, college football coach Aaron Keen talks about implementing mental training into the game of football. Coach Keen talks about the importance of going 1-0 each week which helps his team stay in the present moment and take one game at a time. He describes how to develop a ‘family atmosphere’ as a…
Read MoreHow to Reduce Self-Criticism
Being self-critical means that you are critical of yourself for your failures and weaknesses. We become our own judge and jury when we self-criticize. Some typical expressions of self-criticism include: “I don’t have enough talent.” “I’m just too old, slow, short, heavy…” “I guess I am just not meant to be a runner, athlete,…
Read MorePressure is a Privilege
We tend to experience pressure in situations that are important to us. Times that we REALLY count on the outcome. But the problem is that pressure gets us further way from the outcome we seek. We all must learn to perform under pressure to not only be successful, but to be effective at what we…
Read MoreFailing Forward with Mental Skills Coach Carrie Cheadle
In this interview with Mental Skills Coach, Carrie Cheadle, she talks about the need of failure in our lives and our athletic careers. We should learn how to embrace failure and seek it out. In her words, “You have to risk failure in order to risk success.” She describes how showing up as yourself…
Read MorePressure is a Privilege
Payton Manning, the Denver Broncos quarterback said, “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.” In this episode, we explore Payton Manning’s quote and discuss the 3 specific ways to deal with pressure the next time you experience it.
Read MoreEmbracing the Suck & Thriving Through Adversity: A Conversation with Bernie Holliday, Pittsburgh Pirates’ Director of Mental Conditioning
Bernie Holliday is a master of the mental game. At the heart of his interview, is a phrase he has adopted from this work with West Point Cadets: “embracing the suck.” Bernie described how professional baseball players must embrace the suck, but also describes how he has used the phrase in his life and…
Read MoreDeveloping Your Persistence: A Trait Essential for Your Success
Success takes something more than talent and skills. Success takes the willingness to keep going even when the odds are against you or your enthusiasm has waned. Success takes persistence! Success takes continuing your course of action despite difficulties, adversity or opposition. The great thing is that persistence is learnable. In this episode, Cindra provides several…
Read MoreHow to Reach Your Next Summit & Get Out of Your Comfort Zone w/ Award-Winning Speaker, Manley Feinberg
In this episode, award-winning international speaker, business leader, best selling author and professional musician, Manley Feinberg talks about how to reach your next summit. Using a mountain climbing analogy, he discusses how we must expect to fall, how to refocus after the fall and how to get out of your comfort zone in the process.…
Read MoreHow Parents Can Positively Support Their Child’s Athletic Development
In sports, parents impact their children in at least three ways. First, they influence the type of sports they play by creating opportunities to try different sports. Second, they provide financial support by purchasing equipment and driving them to and from practice and games. But probably the least recognized way that parents influence their children…
Read MoreHow to Adopt a Challenge Mindset w/ Dr. Ian Connole, Director of Sport Psych @ Kansas State
Dr. Ian Connole, Director of Sport Psychology for Kansas State Athletics, teaches us how to keep our focus and the importance of engaging in the now. He motivates us to be authentic and when we do so, this allows our success to come much easier and more likely. He says that a life worth…
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