Top of Your Game

How to Own Fear with Mental Jiu-Jitsu


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Disclaimer: If you feel triggered in this episode, here is an invitation to allow it to become a doorway to work through your fears. Where does fear exist? What do our fears reveal about us? How can that become a gift? In this episode, our host Michael shares some of his personal experiences with fear, and how he has been able to be with his fears, learn from them, and move forward with that knowledge empowered to take on life! Listen all the way through for some tools you can take with you, and use on whatever may come to mind during this episode.

01:40 What is the one thing that will debilitate your game more than anything else?

04:00 These three areas are affecting your game more than you may even realize.

05:00 What is the first step to understanding fear?

06:40 How are our bodies affected by fear?

11:15 What are my intentions in this episode? 

12:20 What is your relationship with fear?

13:40 Is your fear coming from something that is life-threatening or ego threatening?

15:40 My experience feeling rejection at a dance with my 4th-grade girlfriend.

19:20 Why is fear for you here as an athlete?

24:00 How can you start to dispel the fear you experience in your life?

27:15 What is the connection between your thoughts and your nervous system?

31:00 Where does fear exist?

33:20 Take this tool that has helped free me more than any other tool outside of coaching.

37:30 What does radical acceptance look like?

39:40 How could this experience you’re going through be a gift?

42:30 What has come to mind during this episode? 

 

Check out this book mentioned in today’s episode: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer

https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379

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Top of Your GameBy Michael Locasto