Think about how you think. When you are faced with something important or the unknown, do you think about what could go wrong, what will cause you to fail or what you are afraid of? What if your thoughts focused on what if everything went to plan, everything went right, I'm am good enough to do this, I will belong here or I deserve this? 

Think about children, a child will see something new an unknown and see it as opportunity and focus only on getting after it, they don't fear failure, set back or not being good enough. At some point we all seen opportunity in everything and as we developed, our environment changed our thinking to mostly see failure and to be averse of taking these risks out of fear.

Changing you thinking however, could dramatically change how you experience these situations, your final outcomes and ultimately how you  fulfill your life. 

Listen in to understand how we develop resilience or lack of through our learned behaviour. How from an early age we learn how to respond, or react to situations of adversity, setback or challenge through observing the behaviour and actions of those with significant influence over us. Or even how our own responses are observed by those who we hold influence over. 

If you want to be more resilient, find more resilient people to to improve your learned behaviour.

This episode is supported by the the high performance mindset seminar FearLess. Fear is the number one obstacle stopping you from having the courage to live the life you want to live. If you want to learn how to overcome this and Fear Less, get started now at;

https://www.fearlessseminar.com/

Making the CHOICE to be mentally strong or resilient in the face of adversity is literally the first step in being mentally strong.

To achieve what you want from life you need to lean into discomfort and make the choice to take whatever comes at you. 

Avoidance however, is also a choice!

Welcome to the new Solo-cast, this weekly podcast will bring you the latest evidence based concepts, theories and research aimed at developing the behaviours and habits to optimise your mental and physical performance to get you to your peal potential.

Rachel Vickery is a Human Behaviour and High-Performance Consultant, optimising performance, culture, communication and resilience in high pressure, high-stress and high stakes scenarios. She consults with Professional and Elite athletes, coaches and organisations; and other high-performance arenas including C-suite execs, trauma and emergency medicine personnel, elite military teams and tactical professionals as examples.  In the sports world Rachel has worked with individuals and teams in the NBA (Golden State Warriors USA), the NRL (Melbourne Storm and Sydney Roosters) and the AFL (Brisbane Lions and Adelaide Crows) and numerous National, Olympic and World Champion level athletes, coaches and organisations from NZ, Australia and the USA.  She was an elite Gymnast on the New Zealand team for 6 years (Commonwealth Games and World Championships) before qualifying as a Sports Physiotherapist, then adding a few more qualifications to the toolkit to transition to her current field.   

Rachel believes that life factors and doing essential prevention and intentional preparatory work away from the environment where performance is needed impacts performance in high-pressure scenarios far more than applying coping skills at that moment. “Consistent, high performance under pressure comes from working on becoming a better well-rounded Human, rather than merely focussing on excellence in tactical or technical skills. There is a big difference between a reactive process of “fixing broken”; and intentionally setting people, cultures, and systems up for excellence and success. To be successful at that takes congruence and alignment right from the top”. 

Rachel can be contacted at:

[email protected]

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelvickery/

To optimise your performance and improve your relationship with fear and anxiety, head to https://www.fearlessseminar.com/ and learn how you can achieve the life you want.

Shannon is a seasoned former Physical Training Instructor (PTI) from the NZDF. With over 19 years of experience as a strength and conditioning coach her lifestyle and family life revolve around sport, health, physical fitness, adventure, and hunting. She is married to a serving member who spent 22 years in the Defence Force and has two young sons. Aside from her work with military personnel, She has trained sportsmen and women from grassroots to national level. She has competed in numerous sports, multisport races, powerlifting and bodybuilding events and is gearing up to compete for the first time in Brazilian Jujitsu. 

She is passionate about building great movers regardless of training level sporting code or gender but more recently her focus is around females. This focus came about as she kept seeing women been given small snippets of miss information on how to train and eat. Also noticing that there is a lack of adequate trainers, training women in line with their female physiology, she designed and created TrainHer — a one-of-a-kind bespoke training program to support active & athletic women, in their female bodies, to optimise their training and health.

I hope you enjoyed this episode, if you would like to get in contact with Shannon, you can find her at

Train Her Athletic Performance

Email: [email protected] 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trainher_athletic_performance/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrainHerAthleticPerformance

Website https://trainher.co.nz/

This episode is supported by the FEARLESS, developing a high-performance mindset seminar because if we want to reach our true peak potential and confronting life’s challenges and disruption, we need to look beyond simple tools, strategies and quick hacks, We need to take an in-depth exploration of our belief systems, who we are, how and why we think the way we do, how this influences behaviours and habit formation and how these daily actions accumulate over time to define our outcomes. If we can optimize our beliefs and thoughts and understand who we are what important to us then we can align our behaviours to accelerate success by our own definition and live what is ultimately our best life, to our maximum potential.

For more details visit. https://www.fearlessseminar.com/

In this episode I am extremely fortunate enough to be joined by Jeremy Robinson, Jeremy has worked as a strength and conditioning coach and educator for over 15 years having worked with junior, semi and professional athletes and the various specialised tactical professions including law enforcement and military. Jeremy has a post-graduate degree in exercise science strength and conditioning and is recognised by the ASCA as an elite-level coach on the ASCA Professional Coaching Scheme and Tactical Strength & Conditioning Facilitator with the NSCA.

Jeremy's primary research interest is improving first responders and military occupational performance. He has authored and coauthored over 10 peer-reviewed publications. Jeremy's research focused on injury reduction and tactical strength and conditioning of specialised policing tactical units spanning initial training into specialist selections.

You can get in contact with Jeremy at:

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: Jeremy_mxa_performance

Website: OPS.live

This episode is also brought to you by the FEAR LESS - Developing a high-performance mindset. If we want to reach our true peak potential and confronting life’s challenges and disruption, we need to look beyond simple tools, strategies and quick hacks, We need to take an in-depth exploration of our belief systems, who we are, how and why we think the way we do, how this influences behaviours and habit formation and how these daily actions accumulate over time to define our outcomes. If we can optimize our beliefs and thoughts and understand who we are what important to us then we can align our behaviours to accelerate success by our own definition and live what is ultimately our best life, to our maximum potential.

More details availalbe at: https://www.fearlessseminar.com/

In this episode, I am fortunate enough to be joined by International Rally Driver Molly Taylor. Molly talks about her journey into professional motorsport and becoming both the youngest and the first-ever female Australian Rally Champion. We also discuss the devastating feeling of watching the title defence slip away and the importance of what she learned from that and the subsequent growth. Molly is not only a champion on the track, she has also shown a desire to push herself outside of her comfort zone, becoming one of the first finishers in the reality TV show SAS Australia as well as being involved in a number of community and charity projects.

During this episode we also discuss developing healthy early beliefs in what you are capable of, challenging your own fears and pursuing your passion, overcoming setback and continued growth, performing under pressure along with a host of exciting topics.

I really enjoyed Mollys’ honesty and her humble approach to life, high performers live with the same fears, and doubts as the rest of us, they just find a way to pursue their passion

This is someone that you will take inspiration from and definitely one of those people to put in front of your children.

To follow or get in touch with Molly head to;

http://mollytaylor.com.au/

IG - @molly_rally

FB - https://www.facebook.com/MollyRally

This episode we speak to Rick Pedley-Smith from PF Welfare and engagement and Adam Demamial from Boys to the Bush. These two not for profits are working with at risk boys to try and improve the lives of some of the most troubled youths and keep them from continuing the cycle by showing them a better way and providing mentoring programs to help them establish a better life.