Posts by Cindra Kamphoff
Embracing 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…
Read MoreStrengthening Your Relationship with Failure with Mental Performance & Leadership Coach, Justin Su’a
Justin Su’a is a Mental Performance and Leadership Coach who is currently a Mental Skills Coordinator for the Boston Red Sox. In this interview, Justin talks about how elite athletes and high performers have a unique relationship with failure. He talks extensively about that in this interview as well as other insights he has had…
Read MoreHow to Create a Compelling Vision
High achievers and successful people have big visions. They know what they want and every day they work towards that vision. If you don’t have a clear vision, you will most likely feel trapped by your own limitations. But a clear vision can unlock your power. You become what you envision yourself becoming! In this…
Read MorePlay Big with Coach, Trainer & Motivational Speaker Elani Kelakos
In this episode, Elani Kelakos discusses what it means to stop playing small. Instead, we must play big and she describes exactly what that means to play big. She shares tips you can apply the next time you speak in front of an audience as well as her 5 principles of high performance that you…
Read MoreThe Gratitude Effect
Gratitude is like a muscle – the more you use it, the stronger that muscle gets. In this episode, we talk about the power of saying thank you and being gratitude. We discuss the “gratitude effect” and 4 gratitude practices you can do regularly. When you express your gratitude, you are in one of the…
Read MoreThe Gratitude Effect
Yesterday was a big birthday for me. I turned the BIG 4-0! I have spent the last few weeks reflecting on what I have learned in the last 4 decades on earth and thinking about the message that I wanted to share with you on this special day. This message is about the power of…
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