In this episode of A Ball and A Chance, host Angela Lewis sits with Travis Harmon, a mental performance coach, and shares insights on mental health challenges for athletes and the importance of finishing and pushing through challenges. He discusses his background, his development of a love of sports, strategies for handling challenging moments, building a winning culture, teaching life lessons through sports, and considerations for athletes navigating the transfer portal. The conversation covers a range of topics including campus choices, maturity, global football experience, life in Europe, travel abroad, passion for coaching, launching a podcast, mental performance coaching, and personal growth. Coach Trav shares insights on decision-making, travel experiences, and the importance of mental performance coaching for athletes. The conversation emphasizes the impact of choices on the campus environment, the value of travel in broadening perspectives, and the significance of mental performance coaching in personal development.

Takeaways

• Mental health challenges for athletes
• The importance of finishing and pushing through challenges Choices shape campus experience
• Travel broadens perspective

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to Mental Performance Coaching
• 06:21 Building a Winning Culture
• 12:49 Teaching Life Lessons Through Sports
• 21:27 Campus Choices and Environment
• 28:34 Travel Abroad and Cultural Experience
• 33:42 Launching the Mental Health Playbook Podcast
• 39:22 Mental Performance Coaching and Personal Growth

Connect with Travis Harmon:

Instagram: Coach_Trav59 

Website: Mentalpeaceperformance.com

The Mental Health Playbook Podcast can be found on Spotify and Apple Podcast

Connect with Angela Lewis:

Instagram: @TheAngelaRLewis

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-lewis/

Substack: https://angelarlewis.substack.com/

Website: https://angelarlewis.com

Email: [email protected]