Champions Mojo for Masters Swimmers

Christen Shefchunas: Facing Fears to Achieve Confidence, EP 125


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Can you be afraid and confident at the same time? Confidence Coach Christen Shefchunas believes that you cannot reach a confident point without first facing your fears. She joins the show to talk to Kelly and Maria about how she coaches female athletes, and other clients, to confident outcomes.
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MORE ABOUT CHRISTEN SHEFCHUNAS 


Christen Shefchunas is a professional Confidence Coach who works with athletes who are Olympians, World Champions and NCAA All Americans, as well as high school athletes. As a former Division I head coach, Christen watched too many women miss out on their potential because of their lack of confidence. Realizing that there was a significant lack of resources for these athletes, Christen left her 16-year coaching career and started Coach Christen, a business focused on helping female athletes.She is the creator of Confidence Nuggets, a bracelet line created to remind women of their truth and she is the author of 30 Days to Confident: A 30 Day Confidence Challenge for Female Athletes.


Episode Topics and Mentions

30 Days to Confident by Christen Shefchunas

University of Tennessee

University of Miami

Confidence coaching

Crisis of confidence in female athletes

Hali Flickinger

Natalie Hinds

CBT, Cognitive behavioral therapy

Missy Franklin

Vulnerability

Lilly King

Kara Lynn Joyce

Katie Meili

Confidence nuggets


Takeaways

Maria

  1. First figure out your fears before you can authentically tap into who you are and recognize your “truths.”
  2. Give yourself grace.

Kelly

  1. When you lack confidence, think about what you do well and celebrate it.
  2. Women have different brains than men -- it’s important recognize this so we can better understand ourselves and the opposite sex. 


Quote of the Week


“What we put our focus on has to be absolutely true to us.” -- Christen Shefchunas

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