For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

Optimize Your Mental Performance with Kristen Schindler


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Having doubts as a runner? Here’s how to reframe them.


Kristen Schindler is a mental performance consultant and endurance coach who helps athletes untangle their relationship with sport, self, and setbacks. She is currently completing her Master’s in Applied Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Western States and working toward CMPC certification. Kristen’s work is grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Performance Coaching, Narrative Theory, and Cognitive-Behavioral principles with a belief that who we are in sport mirrors who we are in life. Drawing on over two decades of experience as both an elite trail runner and coach, she supports athletes in building resilience, values-based confidence, and sustainable performance. She works with individuals, teams, and organizations, helping them lean into discomfort, reframe failure, and write more honest, flexible stories about who they are both as athletes and humans.


Jon chats with Kristin about:

  • Kristen's running journey

  • mental performance and coaching

  • confidence and self-talk

  • defining your role in challenging times

  • empowering youth athletes


Stay connected:

Follow Kristen on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/kristenaschindler/

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https://www.instagram.com/integratedstridecoaching/

Integrated Stride Coaching website:

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