Podcast
“Get Your Rookie On” with Nicole Detling, Ph.D., HeadStrong Consulting & U.S. Olympic Teams
Dr. Nicole Detling, Professor in Kinesiology with the University of Utah and Mental Skills Coach with multiple Olympic Teams (US Speed Skating, US Snowboarding Team, US Freestyle Aerials Ski Team), sees that the best are resilient and deal effectively with adversity. 1) They “get their rookie on” and are always growing and learning. In the…
Read MoreEvery Moment is a Choice with Sport Psychologist, Dr. Stephen Walker
Dr. Stephen Walker is a sport psychologist and consultant in the Denver and Boulder, Colorado area. For the last 34 years, he has been helping Olympians, professional athletes and peak performers compete at the highest level. He is the editor of Podium Sports Journal, a mental training journal that has been recognized as one of the Top…
Read MoreLearning to Love Mistakes and Adversity with Public Speaker & Clinical Sport Psychologist, Dr. Eddie O’Connor
Dr. Eddie O’Connor is a public speaker and clinical sport psychologist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this interview, Eddie talks about how the best have a total acceptance of the barriers in front of them. He describes how perfectionists can become “Perfect Perfectionists” and how to embrace mistakes. He suggests that when we receive a…
Read MoreLove, Resilience and Thriving in Difficulties with WYSIWYG Juice Founder, Kristi Schuck
Kristi Schuck, founder and co-owner of WYSIWYG Juice Company, shares her story of resilience and how to see the opportunity in every difficulty. It was through her husband’s diagnosis with Stage 4 Colon Cancer that they both discovered the power of juicing. Wes was given only 4 short months to live, but thrived in this…
Read MoreConfidence is a Decision & Other Wisdom with West Point’s, Angie Fifer
Angie Fifer, Performance Excellence Trainer at the United States Military Academy at West Point, talks about all things performance. In this interview, she describes how confidence is a decision we make every moment and she shares ways to be more confident. Angie shares how athletes should have a mechanism to “let their mistakes go” which…
Read MoreChasing a Dream Regardless of Age With Pro Triathlete, Ruth Brennan Morrey
Ruth Brennan Morrey’s triathlon sporting history is certainly a nontraditional one! As a former Division I soccer player, Ruth “accidently” qualified for the 2000 Olympic Trials where she finished 34th out of 210 qualifiers. She took 10 years off from racing and competing due to burnout. In 2011, she took a dare to compete in her…
Read MoreLife as Sport with Dr. Jonathan Fader – Sport Psychologist to the NY Mets
In this interview, Jonathan discusses several factors that separate successful pro athletes, leaders, and high achievers. He believes the practice of enjoyment is at the center of high performance. One suggestion he provides the pro athletes he works with is to ask: “What did I enjoyable the best about today?” within 60 seconds of finishing…
Read MoreAttitude 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 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 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…
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