Mentally Strong
The Mindset to Overcome Adversity
High performers see stressful situations as a challenge they can overcome instead of a threat to their performance or confidence. This improves their health and their performance. They talk to themselves powerful when experiencing stress – reminding themselves they can handle anything. Quote of the Week: “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is…
Read More3 Ways to Reduce Pressure
High performers in sport, business, and life use pressure to be at their best. They use natural tools inside of them to see pressure as a privilege. In this episode, Cindra talks about how the best POP the Pressure they feel. Power Phrase of the Week: “ I see pressure as a privilege. Pressure leads me…
Read MoreGrowing Your Gratitude
Gratitude is connected to better health, more optimism and resilience. This week, you could start using a scientifically proven tool to make you feel more grateful. Three tools we discussed are starting your day with gratitude, using gratitude language, or ending your day with confidence. Choose gratitude! This perspective is always available. Power Phrase this…
Read MoreLive and Let Go
Staying gritty and reaching high performance requires adopting the mindset of constant and never-ending improvement. Showing self-compassion is key to adapting and bouncing back quickly after setbacks, adversity, and mistakes. Self-compassion is also a powerful antidote to stress, anxiety, and perfectionistic thinking, which can lead to poor performance. When we practice self-compassion, we are able…
Read MoreWhy Perfectionism is Your Worst Enemy
As a top-performing business leader, entrepreneur, or salesperson, it is good to strive for success and have high expectations. These high standards keep you going, striving to be your best. When you strive to be your best, you help others around you do the same. But perfection is unattainable. In this episode, Dr. Kamphoff describes…
Read MoreHow to Create a Powerful Meaning
A key factor in our success is to consciously choose the meaning we give to situations. In this episode, Cindra talks about how you can choose a meaning that empowers you, that makes you better, and serves you. We can choose a meaning that acknowledges that the events happened for you, not to you. Phrase this Week: “I see…
Read MoreSaying No More Often
Successful people know how to say “no.” In this episode, Cindra talks about why it is difficult for us to say no, and how to say yes to the right activities and events in our life. She also suggests we make a “Stop Doing List” and provides other strategies for us to be intentional with…
Read MoreDominate the Controllables
As humans, our default is to focus on the uncontrollables. It is much easier to blame, complain, and make excuses than to take a close look in the mirror and examine ourselves and our actions. In this episode, Cindra talks about the foundation of performance – focusing on what you can control and how to do…
Read MoreIf You Think You Can
Today on the podcast we explore the power of our thoughts. We all have automatic negative thoughts (or ANTS) and our ANTS can seem very real. We want to notice our ANTS and take a step back to diminish their power. You shouldn’t believe everything you think because your brain’s purpose is to keep you safe,…
Read MoreOvercoming Negativity
Knowing doesn’t create change; it’s the doing that creates change. You may know about why we have negativity as humans, but you must put it into action to see the results. In this episode, Cindra talks about how negativity isn’t always bad – it can help us make good decisions and protect us. But many times too…
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