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Lauren Ammon was an energetic 5 year old who fell in love with swimming after her mom tossed her into the pool with her 2 big sisters. She swam for 17 years, including at the college level at Eastern Michigan University. After realizing that law school was not in her cards, she started a career in HR. Just before the 2020 Olympics, she considered a career change, realizing that  high level athletes often are not trained in the mental aspect of their game and performance. She then saw Michael Phelps do a commentary where he made a plea for governing bodies and organizations and professionals to support the mental health of their athletes, and Lauren saw this as her new calling.Â
She now runs her own coaching business, "Performance Reimagined" where she helps athletes and coaches train their minds like they train their bodies.Â
In this episode, we discuss the pressures that are put on athletes to perform , 'cracks in their foundations' of mental performance and health, and the power of athletics to bring people and organizations together and potentially serve as a platform for discussions around our own mental health and potential shortcomings.Â
Lauren makes some great points about creating our own definitions of what winning means for us, how our Gold, Silver and Bronze performances look like both for our athletes and for us as coaches.
My favorite and most tangible takeaway was her thoughts on what effective coaches do to separate wins and losses from the emotional and mental care from their athletes, and the best question coaches can ask their athletes (spoiler alert--- it's "what is the 1 thing you want me to know in order to coach you more effectively?" ...followed up by "what does that mean to you or look like to you"") * this is GOLD, folks! *Â
Lauren was a goldmine of knowledge and insight. I'm sure you'll find her resources and thoughts to be tremendously valuable.Â
Keep getting better every day!Â
To get in touch with Lauren find her through her website or Linkedin
 https://www.laurenammon.com
https://www.laurenammon.com//guaranteedwin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenammon/
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Lauren Ammon was an energetic 5 year old who fell in love with swimming after her mom tossed her into the pool with her 2 big sisters. She swam for 17 years, including at the college level at Eastern Michigan University. After realizing that law school was not in her cards, she started a career in HR. Just before the 2020 Olympics, she considered a career change, realizing that  high level athletes often are not trained in the mental aspect of their game and performance. She then saw Michael Phelps do a commentary where he made a plea for governing bodies and organizations and professionals to support the mental health of their athletes, and Lauren saw this as her new calling.Â
She now runs her own coaching business, "Performance Reimagined" where she helps athletes and coaches train their minds like they train their bodies.Â
In this episode, we discuss the pressures that are put on athletes to perform , 'cracks in their foundations' of mental performance and health, and the power of athletics to bring people and organizations together and potentially serve as a platform for discussions around our own mental health and potential shortcomings.Â
Lauren makes some great points about creating our own definitions of what winning means for us, how our Gold, Silver and Bronze performances look like both for our athletes and for us as coaches.
My favorite and most tangible takeaway was her thoughts on what effective coaches do to separate wins and losses from the emotional and mental care from their athletes, and the best question coaches can ask their athletes (spoiler alert--- it's "what is the 1 thing you want me to know in order to coach you more effectively?" ...followed up by "what does that mean to you or look like to you"") * this is GOLD, folks! *Â
Lauren was a goldmine of knowledge and insight. I'm sure you'll find her resources and thoughts to be tremendously valuable.Â
Keep getting better every day!Â
To get in touch with Lauren find her through her website or Linkedin
 https://www.laurenammon.com
https://www.laurenammon.com//guaranteedwin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenammon/