Train Your Mind with Vanessa Faye Foerster: Recent Episodes
Vanessa Faye Foerster
Your mind is your best performance tool. Train Your Mind is the podcast that teaches endurance athletes how to train their minds like they train their bodies. Certified Life Coach and Mindset Expert, Vanessa Faye Foerster went from middle of the pack finisher to Kona qualifier in one year and now teaches athletes how to build mental endurance to achieve their next level performance. To learn more, head over to www.vanessafayefoerster.com. Follow on Instagram: @vanessafayefoerster
First Monday home post Kona calls for a recap of my first go at the Ironman World Championships! Lots of highs and lots of lows. And a race day where I had to fight in a way I never have before to get to the finish line. I share a play-by play of the day (including some TMI parts, sorry!) plus some of my key mental endurance.
A race for the memory books!
It's time to pause, my friends. I get pretty emotional in this episode because the love I feel for this work is real. Thank you for being here. I'll be back.
The Train Your Mind Community is still open and ready to welcome you in. Join usHERE
Ever find yourself getting caught up in the numbers of how you will reach a goal? In this episode, I share why it's time to get out of the HOW math. Leave that to your coach. Tune in to find out where to focus your attention and what that will do for you and your goal.
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This episode is a follow-up to the original episode on Micro Quitting. If you're new around here (welcome!), listen to episode 24 or 74 first and then come back here.
I get this question quite often: how do I know if I’m micro quitting or just listening to my body?
In this episode, I share how to know the difference. I teach you the Mental Endurance filter of body awareness vs. self awareness.
My July 2022 TYM for Next Level Performance coaching program is enrolling now! Find the details HERE
Coming in hot with an MVP episode this week! Tune in to listen to my conversation with Pro Triathlete Skye Moench.
She's accomplished so much since this episode was originally released and I have no doubt she would agree so much of that is because of how she's upleveled her mind in racing to match the level she has to race at physically.
My July 2022 TYM for Next Level Performance coaching program is OPEN! Find the details HERE
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Tune in to learn the difference between overthinking and being thought FULL. While overthinking leaves you feeling overwhelmed and anxious, being thought FULL is energizing and can put your mind at ease. In this episode, I share how to know the difference and what to do when you find yourself overthinking.
The Train Your Mind Podcast Community is OPEN! Join HERE Ready to take this work deeper? Check out my group coaching program Train Your Mind for Next Level Performance. Find all of the details HERE We begin July 12th, 2022
Tune in to this week's episode for a special conversation with Maggie Rusch!
Not only is Maggie the overall female winner of Ironman Tulsa 2022, she's also a rad human with a story that reminds us that you can start from where you are to create the racing experience you want to have. From amateur to pro and back to amateur again, Maggie is doing exactly that and reigniting her joy along the way!
In the episode we cover:
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The importance of milestones and markers of progress, regardless of whether you are pro or amateur
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Kona as the pinnacle for age groupers
-Her struggles with comparison and imposter syndrome: "how do I benchmark my performance against these super humans?"
-Her resiliency through set backs and how that build self-belief in what's possible
-The difficulties in letting her pro card go and the gift in that challenge
-How we can give ourselves permission to learn and grow at all levels
-What we think about past pros racing in the amateur field
-And a run down of her race at Ironman Tulsa! (Not only did she win overall female, she was 9th overall with the men!)
Enjoy!
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What does your emotional fueling plan consist of? What emotions are you using to fuel yourself daily in training? If you've never thought about how you fuel yourself beyond just what you eat and drink, now is the time!
In this episode, you learn the most common emotions I see athletes unintentionally fueling themselves with that are taking away from their ability to perform. Plus, I share my podium achieving, PR creating, Worlds qualifying emotional fueling plan with you. This is a training and racing game changer.
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Tune into this episode for my Ironman Tulsa race recap.
I cover a few things I'm proud of from the race, what I will do differently next time, and why I don't feel embarrassed or discouraged from setting a goal to win and not achieving it. After Ironman Tulsa, I'm one race closer to breaking the tape.
If you hold back from setting big goals because you're afraid of not hitting them, listen in to my experience.
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How often do you think about the way you want to feel at your finish line?
How often do you feel that way in training?
On the episode today, I'm sharing the power behind your finish line feelings.
Race results don't lead to emotion. Emotions create race results. Listen to this episode to find out more.
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I'm excited to share today's episode where I bring you inside my way of racing! I tell you what changed for me three years ago and what the single most important Mental Endurance skill that allows me to race without a fear of losing.
The Train Your Mind podcast community is opening this Friday, May 13th 2022! Be on my email list to get an invitation. In this episode, there's also a chance to win two free 1:1 coaching calls with me as we celebrate the one year anniversary of the podcast and launch the community!
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In this week's episode, I'm sharing one way to train your mind for continued performance improvement. I share the four thoughts you need to be all in on your goal, while also holding space for being in progress.
Plus, an update on the Train Your Mind podcast community!
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Tune in to hear the real performance potential of yet. You've heard from my athletes who achieved their micro results in training, now it's time to hear the other side. I invited Barbara on the podcast to share her experience with the not achieving the micro result she set for herself. This episode is packed with gems including:
Why choosing a micro result that stretches you is worthwhile
How to make failure useful
Why believing you're good enough is not dependent on a result
How to not live for validation
Where true growth comes from
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I've got another MVP episode for you today! If this is your first or fiftieth time listening, there is sure to be something new that lands with you from this episode. What would change for you if you took 100% responsibility for your own belief? Belief Responsibility is a gift you give yourself on the way to achieving your next level performance.
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This week, I invited four athletes from my 3 Months to Your Next Level Performance group coaching program on the podcast to share with you what mind blowing micro-result they achieved in the month of March. But you’ll not only learn what they chose and why, you’ll learn:
What scared them when choosing to go after their micro-result
Why it was worth it
What’s changed in their training since
How they anticipate their race season to be impacted by taking on this challenge
What they want to share with you as you take on your own micro-result in training
You don’t want to miss this episode!
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If qualifying yourself and your accomplishments is keeping you stuck, tune into this weeks episode where I share why it's happening, what it looks like and the ONE QUESTION you need to ask to change it.
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Performing at your next level means working on and through your performance inhibitors. In my world, those show up as thoughts I see athletes believing that hold them back in their training and racing.
Do any of these sound familiar?
"I’ve been working so hard and I’m not getting better."
"I’m not strong enough."
"I don’t belong."
"I don’t know how to believe in something I've never done before."
"I’m not as strong as them."
"I am not worthy enough to dream big."
Tune in to find out how to shift these common performance inhibitors to help you become the athlete you want to be at your next level!
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If you're looking a way to challenge yourself mentally in training, tune into this episode! If you want to bring yourself closer to achieving your next level performance, it's time to take on the micro-result challenge. In this episode, I share the details of the challenge and my experience taking it on too.
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On the podcast today, I'm finally talking about the ever popular topic of Imposter Syndrome (or Imposter Phenomenon). Tune in to find out exactly what it is, how it often shows up for athletes, and the 4 steps you can take to overcome it.
This will also be the topic I cover in more depth on my next free Mental Endurance Coaching and Q&A call. Register below!
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Research article on Imposter Phenomenon: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575024/full
On the podcast today, we're talking about the relationship you have with your coach (aka the thoughts you have about your coach). I used to have a pretty crappy relationship with my coach because of the thoughts I had about her. I'm bringing you inside my own brain as an opportunity for you to stop and see what might be happening in yours too.
Register for the the March 8th free Mental Endurance coaching call here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsduqvrTItGtf7XKMBHqZwfvTdUy8kPv2E
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Ever feel defeated as soon you open your training plan? Or maybe there's that one session that always gets you down and you dread seeing it up? What's happening is session priming. Tune into today's episode to find out what it is, why it's happening, and how to change it before your very next training session.
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On the podcast today, I'm bringing back a MVP episode. This episode is consistently shared as an athlete favorite. Micro quitting is a self-sabotaging behavior that shows up from beginners to pros. Whether this is your first time hearing it or you've heard it before, clue into how and when micro quitting might be affecting you and your performance.
Today I'm diving into the 3 stages of belief. Tune in to find out what the three stages are, which one is the most important and questions to consider as you move through the stages on the way to your next level.
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On the podcast today, I'm sharing my recent learnings from the book 'Hope Rising' by Casey Gwinn and Dr. Chan Hellman. I've always said "hope is not a performance plan." Well, the science of hope challenged me to rethink that. Tune in to find out why hope is not the same as wishful thinking and how hope might be the strongest foundation for performance.
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And that concludes the 30 podcasts in 30 days project! In this episode I'm sharing the most popular episode of the month and what's next with the podcast.
Today I'm sharing the top 5 lies we tell ourselves that keep us from our next level. Some of them might surprise you!
I asked for questions and I got some good ones! On the episode today, I'm answering just one of them because it's good enough that it needed it's own episode: "What do you do when you've lost motivation and none of the 'tricks' work?"
On the podcast today, I'm answering the ever popular question: "how do I handle my negative self-talk?" I offer you two ways the might surprise you.
Endurance takes time. But time is not what creates your results. Listen to understand more about the endurance - time paradox and how to make sure "it just takes time" isn't keeping you from stronger performance.
Yesterday we talked about negotiable goals and today we're talking about inevitability. If you're spending time trying to decide which new bike to buy, I've got a better question to ask to have agency over your next level (that's not about gear upgrades)
Today we're talking about how to know if you're making your goal negotiable and the one decision is takes to change that.
I've shared my next level goal several times in the last month and every time I get some version of the same response: what time do you have to do and how far off are you? But I don't allow this to be a problem or take away from my focus and belief. In the podcast today, I discuss the 3 side effects of sharing your next level goal and what to do about them.
On the podcast today, we're talking about why now is the best time for you to start incorporating race visualizations and I offer 5 guidelines to help you get started.
In this episode, we're talking about FOJO aka a fear of judgement from others and why that's a high price to pay in the process towards your next level performance.
My key session love notes are popular when I post them on Instagram so today I'm sharing my favorites with you.
We're back for part 2 of connecting the physiological to mental. In todays episode, we close the loop on how addressing your mental and emotional limiters can lead to higher quality training and better performance overall.
The physiological gains needed for next level performance are real, but they are only a part of a complete athlete. On the podcast today, Danny and I talk about a time when he believed his main performance limiter was his bike power and we uncover what emotional limiters were lurking beneath the surface.
I'm not talking about a rest day! I'm talking about a day when you feel off emotionally and I offer 10 questions to take inventory of your internal landscape.
In this episode, I'm bringing you something new! I've invited Danny on the podcast to talk about our real world examples of when mental endurance was needed. We both share a recent training session when we struggled with the SHOULDS and discuss what we learned from those sessions.
Listen in for a story about how one of my athletes used her recent run test to increase her emotional discomfort threshold and how you can too.
Mindfulness is a foundation of training your mind with mental endurance, but so often we think we have to sit on a cushion and meditate to be mindful. That's just not true.
Today, I'm sharing the tactic of Mental Noting to help with unuseful thoughts (a mindfulness practice I learned from Cory Muscara)
Today's episode is all about the difference between high value mental phases and low value mental phases. I share the actions that indicate a low value phase and why you may be experiencing it. We all experience both and the more we can keep ourselves in a high value mental phase, the more we will get out of our training.
Listen in for the 5 emotional skills that you can put into practice today to drastically improve your performance.
"Don't you think you're a bit overconfident?" I was asked a few months ago. There is a distinct difference between being overconfident and being self confident. And in today's episode, I share how to know the difference and how to avoid the overconfidence pedestal.
3 Months to your Next Level Performance is the program you've been looking for. There's no other container for performance like this. Let's train your mind with Mental Endurance.
More details here: https://www.vanessafayefoerster.com/3-months-to-next-level-performance
Tune into this episode to hear about one athlete's experience ending her self-sabotage cycle and creating a 52 minute Ironman PR as a result. Kecia shares what training and racing was like as the "Queen of Self-Sabotage" and what is different now.
On the episode today, I share a guided orientation experience for nervous system settling.
Today we're talking what it means to be confidence dependent. Listen in to find out what's really missing.
Today you're in for a treat! A short and sweet emotional math lesson. I break down what actually creates your self-judgement.
(Expectation + Circumstance) x Resistance = Self-Judgement
Listen in to find out how I'm adding a side of fun to my first big race of the year! Because competitiveness and fun mix well together.
After an unsuccessful training session (or race!), you have two options: to beat yourself up or to build yourself up. In the episode I share about both and why it's important to intentionally focus on the latter.
Is goal shame keeping you from your next level? Listen in to find out what it is, what to do about it, and bonus: how I'm handling my own goal shame (as I work towards my own next level goal that I share with you!)
Today is all about about comparison and community. I hear so many athletes talk about being in compare and despair so today I'm sharing what's actually happening when you find yourself there. And what to do about it instead.
Today, let's talk about believing in yourself through failure. There's one big misconception that needs cleared up for massive future performance success.
Listen in for the inside scoop on my recent race at Ironman Arizona where I finished 3rd AG and 7th Overall in a stacked field. In this episode, I share my own mental endurance through my race plan and the highs and lows of my race (including how I kept my head in the game when I couldn't hold power 30ish miles in) plus a how to on looking back on your own races.
Much of what I achieved is a direct result of building my next level self concept, I want to show you how. I invite you to take part in my NEXT LEVEL Self Concept free 5 day training kicking off Monday, December 6th. Details and sign up here:
https://www.vanessafayefoerster.com/next-level-self-concept
If you're only training what's already familiar and comfortable, you're missing an important piece of your performance capability. What's familiar might be keeping you from your next level. Listen in to find out why adversity training is crucial and how to add it to your current training plan today.
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You don't want to miss this interview with my athlete Seeley Gutierrez! We talk about her race at 70.3 Worlds in St. George UT last weekend and what it really means to not give up on yourself. She was riding in podium position before a crash and mechanical put her on the side of the road. But that didn't stop her from honoring all of the work she had put in, racing to the end, and clocking the 4th fastest AG run split.
What we get out of racing isn't just about placing. Listen in for a look inside her head, how and why she made the choice to keep moving forward, and the lessons you can take to your own training and racing.
“What I have is enough, it’s what I need in the moment” - Seeley
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Yes, you read that right: it's time to stop looking at race participant lists. It's doing more harm than good to your emotional and mental state while racing. In this episode I share why you need to stop this immediately and what to do instead.
(If you read the title and felt triggered, you definitely want to listen to this episode!)
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In this episode I challenge you to look at hard in more than one way. You may be consciously opting in to one version and subtly opting out of another. It could be costing you precious time in the path to your next level performance. Listen in to find out how to make the hard opt-in and achieve your goals faster.
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Welcome to part two where I sat down with Danny to uncover what the experience was like for him...from the challenge of swimming across Lake Tahoe to making a tough call because of air quality.
Thank you to everyone who followed this journey!
In this episode we cover:
What Danny struggled with physically and mentally and how he navigated it all
When were his lowest points on the swim and what kept him from quitting
More on this: “It never always gets worse”
How adapting became the biggest learning of all
How he made the decision to end his attempt at completing the Tahoe Rim Triathlon and what made it a simple, yet tough call to make
Top 3 learnings that we can take into our own chosen challenge
And what everyone wants to know: Will Danny go back to complete the Tahoe Rim Triathlon?
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In this first part of a two part series, I sat down with Danny just 4 hours before he started his self-created Tahoe Rim Triathlon: a 21.3 mile swim across Lake Tahoe, 180 mile mountain bike around the Tahoe Rim Trail and a 170 mile run in the opposite direction around the Tahoe Rim Trail
In this episode we cover:
- How long Danny has been planning and training for this wild endurance event
- Why he chose Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Rim Trail
- What Danny is hoping to get out of completing this
- Why the chance of failure actually fueled him to set this goal
- How Danny is handling the nerves right before his start
- How he plans to approach things when they get hard
I might be a bit biased, but Danny’s approach to the biggest endurance event of his life so far has me feeling inspired. Listen in for your dose of inspiration.
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In light of Simone Biles' courageous act to withdraw from competition this week, we're talking about pressure on the podcast today. Specifically, where the problem with pressure stems from and what we can all learn from the most decorated gymnast of all time.
Spoiler alert! Her decision was an example of what we all need more of to reach our best in sport: self compassion
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In this week's episode, learn the difference between feeling welcome and belonging. And most importantly, learn how and why only the latter is necessary for high performance.
If after listening to this episode, you're feeling a bit of resistance or defensiveness, I invite you to sit with how shifting your perspective might be useful.
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This week on the podcast, I'm sharing a really powerful way to see how the mental strength and mental performance you already in one sport is available in other sports too.
The reason you feel strong in one sport or discipline has less to do with your physical capabilities and more to do with the confidence and trust you have in yourself to work hard and achieve in that sport or discipline. When you know that, you can use it to your advantage.
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Join me for this week's episode on what it means and why it matters to give yourself success permission.
Your brain is wired to focus on the worst case scenario and years of internalized suffering has created a pattern to keep you small. It's time to break that pattern with a new permission slip.
P.S. Happy race week to all those racing IM Coeur d' Alene!
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Join me this week as I share about my recent trip to Italy to work with Technogym! And how one scary YES opened up a door to so much more.
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I’m so proud to welcome one of my athletes on this week’s episode! Brittaney’s story is one we can all relate to in one way or another, and this episode gives you a glimpse inside the mind of a highly competitive athlete stuck in the self worth struggle.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
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How Brittaney felt components of herself were missing when we first started working together and how that affected her racing
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The 3 biggest shifts she’s made in the last 6 months that have drastically changed the way she’s training and the results she’s seeing now in training (she’s very humble about them!)
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What happened when she really started to believe she is capable and put massive action behind it
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How her past miscarriage gave her reason to refocus and reframe worthiness
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2 other unexpected results that have extended beyond just swimbikerun
If you struggle with attaching your self worth to sport and race results, this episode is a must listen. And if you haven’t raced yet in 2021 and you don’t think you can see progress without racing, this episode is definitely a must listen!
Follow Brittaney here:
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There are layers to what holds you back from peak performance. In this episode, I share more on addressing what's on the surface vs getting to the core. And why what's beneath the surface for you: your deepest fears, limitations, and insecurities is where the mental endurance work truly begins.
If you know there's something holding you back, a mental barrier you just can't seem to break through, this episode is for you.
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On this week's episode, I sit down with one of my favorite female pro triathletes, Skye Moench to talk about failure. I wanted to talk to Skye about this topic because I believe that the way in which she approaches failure within her training and racing has lended to her incredible success. On top of her long list of successes is her podium finish, 2:56 marathon PR, and top American finish at IM Tulsa!
Spoiler alert: she doesn't really believe in failure. And because of this she makes progress faster: building herself up, instead of beating herself up.
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I'm coming at ya from St George, Utah on the day before the 70.3 with my quick race day tips!
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I'm sharing my top 5 juicy lessons from racing St. George 70.3! I had the exact race I created in training out there on course and I want the same for you. The these lessons and use them to upgrade your next race day.
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Micro quits are the tiny, subtle, almost invisible ways that you quit on your goals - micro quitting slowly chips away at progress and potential over time. It's time to find them, expose them, and turn them all into micro commitments.
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Self limitation, aka self sabotage, is a dream stealer. In this episode I share what is really is, why you experience it and, how you can have more power of it.
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While there are plenty of things outside of your control, are you truly paying attention to all that is in your control? Consider three buckets: things you have no control over, things you have partial control over and things you have complete control over
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Fear is not a problem. But it can be debilitating or fueling, depending on how you see it and use it. Listen in to hear my mental endurance definition of fear and how you can stop fearing fear today.
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This week, I recap the first 5 episodes and dive into listener Q&A covering questions on dwelling on the past, training with others faster than you, handling negative thoughts and falling short on goals.
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What you believe about yourself informs how you show up and what you achieve. If you want to change your results, on and off the race course, question EVERYTHING you believe about yourself. In this episode, I share why that's important and how you can reframe your one belief.
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Let's talk goals! One of my absolute favorite topics. In this episode, I share why your brain needs a goal, why that same brain resists goals, and the nitty gritty on going from goal setting to goal getting. Get my four steps to achieve any goal.
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Tune in this week to learn how to fail the right way. Did you know there are two types of failure? There's productive failure and unproductive failure, and the latter is what I used to qualify for the Ironman World Championships.
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There are two parts of you: there's who you are and there's what you do. In this episode, I share which is results focused and which is mind focused, plus the importance of understanding the difference. I also dive into the "13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do" from author Amy Morin. This list is a must know for any athlete!
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The ebb and flow of motivation is normal. Tune into this episode to hear the three things you must do to get motivated and stay motivated.
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Sometimes the space between fatigue, boredom, and maybe even injury is hard to navigate. It's important to gain awareness around what you are feeling physically and experiencing mentally. Tune into as I offer three simple and effective questions to ask to navigate this area.
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What are you willing to invest to reach your goals? Time and money are not the only investments and one of the other most important investments is often the most overlooked.
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Taking time to learn about your emotional states could be the most important work you do! We're not meant to feel positive emotions all of the time and the negative emotions can be just as useful. Tune in to this episode to learn how to use your feelings as fuel.
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Your athlete self concept can either hold you back or launch you forward, but it begins with you deciding the inherent qualities you bring to your sport. Listen in for my own self concept shift that took me to my first Ironman podium and Ironman World Championships qualification.
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The simple, yet challenging practice of presence is an oh-so-important aspect of training your brain to think, act and train in a more intentional and purposeful way. In this episode, I get a little science-y to demonstrate how you can start to change your results through presence.
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No one can ever believe in YOU the way that YOU can. Have you ever considered self-belief as a responsibility you take on for yourself? You create your results by what you believe the most and that's not something you can rely on from others. Your greatest success is dependent on your own belief, first.
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How would your performance change if you failed more and quit less? In this episode, I dig into what really makes us quit and keeps us from wanting to fail.
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In this week's episode, I teach you about the one metric you're not measuring enough...your result capacity. A greater result capacity leads to a greater capacity to achieve. I also share three questions to learn where your result capacity is right now and how to increase it.
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Race season is ramping up in the US and with races comes race doubt or pressure from expectations (especially if you've been out of race mode for a while!). In this episode, I share how to shift from doubt to capability.
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You are conditioned to believe you have to EARN what you have and who you are. And this is a sneaky belief that can keep you from reaching your potential. Stop waiting for the pace or watts to validate you and your goals. Listen to this episode as I teach how to build your belief (before the data!)
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In this very special episode, I invited one of my athletes, Lilias Young, on the podcast to share her experience in building her personal mental endurance. Since we started working together 4 months ago, she's a completely different athlete. She is in the build up to IM Tulsa and has had breakthroughs in training that I cannot wait for you to hear about.
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Your goal is not the problem. The only problem is where you are putting your focus. Listen in to learn how to shift your focus to progress and show yourself that your bold goal is within reach.
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Yes, you are an athlete. But the truth is this: you are a human first. You are a human with a human brain that wants to keep you safe and comfortable. So to do the work of achieving your goal, you must work against AND with your human programming. Listen in as I show you how you can tend to your humanness to improve your performance as an athlete.
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If you know your self doubt holds you back, this episode is a must listen! I simplify doubt and share the 5 things you can do to keep doubt from holding you back.
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Welcome to the Train Your Mind podcast! In this episode I introduce myself, share more about why I'm here and what you can expect from future episodes.
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