Welcome to the Athlete coach podcast. I’m your host Dan Akenhead. This is episode 4 of season 2 and In today’s episode I talk to Rhodri Jones, a former professional footballer and now mind fitness coach. The concept of improving your mindset to increase performance, resilience and grit has always been an interest of mine and because its not something that is tangible or on the face of it not objectively measurable it is often neglected so it is a real honour to have someone of Rhodri’s calibre on the show We talk about his start in football in Manchester United and how injuries mental and physical stopped his dream, his career in presenting and broadcasting and his now career in helping your mind work for you, and making sure to develop intrinsic motivations, the fixed and growth mindset debate,  some simple strategies to destress but with the constant message that improving your mindset is a very individual process, how failure can be a gift……I really found recording this episode incredibly interesting and beneficial, hope you enjoy, lets get into it. Thanks to Rhodri for her time and I hope you enjoyed today’s episode and that it gave you some inspiration or information that you can put into action. See you at the next episode and thanks for listening.