In this powerful and heartfelt episode of grownwoman, Shannon Allen welcomes health and wellness coaches Dr. Zana White and Faheem Mujahid to unpack the mental and emotional aspects of sports - not just for professional athletes, but also for student-athletes, parents, and families supporting them.
Zana, a hypnotist and mother of elite athletes, shares how she discovered the transformative power of subconscious work after helping her son break through performance anxiety using hypnosis. Faheem, a former football player turned mental performance coach, opens up about his personal journey with grief, identity, and finding purpose beyond physical movement.
Together, they explore how hypnosis can unlock peak performance by rewiring limiting beliefs, why sports parents must lead with love instead of pressure, and how to help young athletes detach their identity from outcomes. They also emphasize the importance of healing internal voices, especially the ones passed down from our parents.
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This episode includes discussions around grief, loss, and performance anxiety. Viewer discretion is advised.
[1:35] – The difference between encouraging support vs. deflating pressure for kids in sports
[2:32] – Faheem’s journey from football and grief to discovering purpose in mental performance coaching
[12:07] – Why athletes “slump”: the psychology behind overthinking, fear, and mental blocks
[14:26] – How hypnosis rapidly transformed Zana’s son’s performance and confidence
[17:38] – Conscious vs. subconscious mind: where real performance issues actually live
[21:17] – Becoming your own biggest supporter instead of relying on external validation
[44:37] – The #1 rule for sports parents: stay mom first—home must be a safe landing place
[49:31] – The power of audacious belief: why unconditional support builds unstoppable confidence
[59:29] – Teaching kids resilience: short memory, bounce back fast, keep moving forward
"If I removed your ability to do, who would you be?"- Faheem Mujahid
"What hypnosis is... is getting to your unconscious mind, where the greater part of you is… 97.95% of us is unconscious—our mental processes, our decisions, our emotions, our traumas, every learned experience we have is stored in our unconscious mind." – Dr. Zana White
"I often think that it's through your own experience that sometimes you stumble upon your own purpose." – Faheem Mujahid
"I am in the human being work, right? They just happen to be pro athletes or collegiate athletes. And I always say, if you get the human right, the athlete takes care of itself." – Faheem Mujahid
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