Today's episode is the second installment in our "Myths Busted" series. Today we tackle the myth that there are "good" and "bad" emotions. In this episode, we explore how emotions are merely responses to situations and why suppressing them might just be the quickest way to amplify them. Drawing from insights shared our recent Confidence Camp, we explore how the meanings we attach to emotions shape our mindset and performance. Whether you're an athlete striving for mental resilience, a coach nurturing a team, or a parent supporting a child's emotional journey, this episode offers vital lessons to support a healthier, more accepting approach to emotions.

Episode Highlights:

• Why there are no "good" and "bad" emotions
• How emotions are like the weather
• Mistakes parents make with their athlete's emotions
• The 5 second rule

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Today's episode is the first installment in our "Myths Busted" series. Today we tackle the myth that "confidence is a feeling". In this episode I discuss why treating confidence as a mere emotion can lead to self-doubt and learn how to nurture genuine confidence through preparation and action. We explore how athletes can build a resilient mindset that isn't swayed by the highs and lows of feeling emotions.

Episode Highlights:

• Where Confidence comes from 
• Why "fake it until you make it" doesn't work
• What confidence is
• The link between confidence and trust

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• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
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Today's episode is an interview I did with DJ Hillier on his podcast, The Mindset Advantage Podcast. In our conversation, we talk all about how to have conversations with young athletes that will help them increase in confidence. We talk about real-life advice for how to navigate conversations with teenagers, from the car ride home to coaching in the dugout. 

Episode Highlights:

• How and why to start with the belief before the skills
• How to overcome limiting beliefs
• 3 P framework for coaching and the car ride home
• Advice to help teens overcome low self-esteem
• Advice to help teens overcome loss of identity outside of sport
• Advice to helps teens overcome perfectionism
• Advice to help teens overcome the comparison trap

Connect with DJ:

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mindset-advantage/id1420211275

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Jennifer Fangmeier is the head softball coach at Blair High School in Nebraska. As a coach, she has focused on intentionally building a culture that fosters unity and success and has done that by keeping her program athlete focused. In our episode today, she talks about how fostering mentorship relationships between her athletes as well as prioritizing rest has helped shaped a team culture that consistently performs well at the highest levels.

Episode Highlights:

• How to create a positive team culture
• How to cultivate mentorship in your program
• How to listen to what your athletes need to be successful
• The importance of rest

Connect with Jennifer:

Twitter @BlairBearSB1

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Lerin Lockwood is the founder and creator of Lion Latch, a product that provides secure storage for small valuables like jewelry and rings. After ruining her engagement ring coaching softball, she was inspired to create a place to store and protect jewelry for athletes. On today's episdoe, she shares about grit, determination, and never taking "No" as an answer. 

Episode Highlights:

• How Lerin came up with the idea for Lion Latch
• How she survived two rejections from Shark Tank before finally making it on the show
• How she used grit and determination to achieve her goal of launching her company
• How goals can be achieved when we don't take "No" for an answer

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Instagram: @lionlatch_jewelrytotes

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• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
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Bailey Landry Domangue is a two-time All-American former LSU softball player. She lead her team to 3 World Series appearances as a Tiger and has the record for career hits at LSU. After college she went on to play professionally for three years. Now she is a wife and mother and advocates for topics that she feels passionately about. Our conversation underscores the importance of embracing a well-rounded approach, which can help young athletes achieve long-term success and fulfillment, paving the way for a healthier, more balanced life.

Episode Highlights:

• How parents can support their children athletically outside of organized sports.
• Celebrating every part of yourself, not just softball
• Importance of sleep for young athletes
• How to avoid burnout

Connect with Bailey:
Instagram: @baileydomangue

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

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Today's episode is a recording of a recent keynote presentation Coach AB gave for a career day at Milford High School in Nebraska. In it, she explores ways that all people, athletes and non-athletes alike may be giving away their power and how to reclaim it. She shares stories of her own journey to founding Fearless Fastpitch as well as inspiring stories of others who have persevered through challenges to make a difference in the world.

Episode Highlights:

• How to identify who you are giving your power away to
• What Tom Braden, Michael Jordan, Play-doh and Sticky Notes teach us about standing in our power.
• How to reclaim your power
• How to use joy to guide your life

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For this week's episode, we are sharing the guest speaker call with Sydney Stewart! Sydney is a current collegiate softball player, who started her career at the University of Washington. While at UW, she made an immediate impact as a freshman, starting 44 games at catcher. This summer, she transferred to the University of Arizona where she will represent the Wildcats in the 2025 season.

Episode Highlights:

• What it was like transitioning from High School to D-1 Collegiate softball
• How she helped lead her team as a freshman
• What her experience at the College World Series was like
• Which mental skills have helped her the most

Connect with Sydney
Instagram: @sydneyystewart

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Ellè Nelson is a mental performance coach and a former collegiate soccer player. She currently lives in London, working as a mental performance specialist for Charlton Athletic Football Club. She's used her own experience as an elite athlete in high performance environments to guide her work with individuals and teams. In our conversation today, we talk about all things mental performance and how learning to control our emotions can help unlock an athlete's elite potential.

Episode Highlights:

• How top level athletes deal with prefomance anxiety
• How to reframe your thoughts
• Feeding the wolf
• How to embrace the hard

Connect with Ellè: 

Instagram: @mymentalperformancecoach

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
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Today, we are sharing our Guest Speaker conversation with Janie Reed from June of 2020. Janie played her collegiate softball at Oregon where she earned all Pac-12 and All-American honors. After college, she represented the USA at the 2020 olympics where she helped Team USA win silver. In our conversation, Janie talks about dealing with the disappointment of the delay of the 2020 olympics, how she has learned to redefine success and how her faith has helped her along the way.

Episode Highlights:

• Using mental skills to cope with COVID delaying the olympics
• Overcoming failure by remembering your "Why"
• Focusing on quality at-bats instead of batting average
• How faith can help you be fearless

Connect with Janie:

Instagram: @_janiereed

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
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