The Go 4 Gold Show

Jon dig's deep in this personal episode in exploring mental toughness, mentall skills, and the concept of acceptance.

Let Jon know your thoughts on his socials @JonG4Gold (Twitter and Instagram) 

Associate HC of JMU Baseball and former assistant coach of Fordham and Sienna joins Join on the call to breakdown the mental game. 

Jon and Coach Jackson discuss purpose, mental toughness, preparation, and helping athletes become their own best coach. Coach Jackson details out his development in regards to teaching the mental game and breaks down how he lives some it out himself.  

Enjoy the show, and as usual thanks for tapping in and digging in!

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Thanks for tapping in and digging into The G4G Show where we explore purpose, mental tougness, the mental game, and all things performance. Today we welcome on Ben Freakley, Founder of Ready.Set.Resilient http://www.benfreakley.com

Ben is the current head of Mental Performance with the Toronto Blue Jays - he has also worked with special operations forces. Prior to making the shift to sport psychology Ben was largely involved with Soccer, previously serving as a NCAA D1 Head Coach, GM and coach at the club level. 

Jon and Ben dig deep into many topics and if you love the mental game this is a conversation you wont want to miss!

Referenced on the pre-show is Grant Parr's workshop on the Job Search Mindset!  Train your mind and Learn to be your best self-confident self as you move forward in finding the job and career of your dreams.

December 1st, 8th, and 15th 10am-12pm PST 

Here is the link to register:

gamefaceperformance.com/the-job-search-mindset

Ep 3 is with Josh Kozuch, a Mental Performance Coach with the Tampa Bay Rays! During their conversation Josh and Jon touch base on all things mental game a few weeks prior to the Rays magnificient run in the MLB postseason. In this episode Josh and Jon discuss self-disclosure, purpose, mental toughness and more - including Josh's "What's on Your Mind?" (WOYM) video series.  @josh_kozuch on instagram and twitter. You can also find his video series on his linkedin page and youtube channel. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBL4YbLRQCE7OUarYh1J34w

The majority of the conversation ceters around our thought process, more specifically "THINKING TRAPS." 

The 5 thinking traps we discuss:

1. Mind Reading

2. Me

3. Them

4. Catastrophizing

5. Helplessness 

Jon and Josh discuss examples, case scenarios, and even get into some role play pertaining to these thinking traps. Enjoy and be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! You can find Jon on Twitter and Instagram @JonG4Gold

Lastly - if you want access to some mindset music from Graham Betchart and Grant Parr go check out their work here: https://www.gamefaceperformance.com/mindset-music

Here is a conversation between Graham and Grant discussing their purpose and collaborative work on their 3 albums:

https://youtu.be/XqFHezJf1OI

Thanks for tapping in and digging into another episode of The G4G Show! 

Thanks for tapping into the show, The G4G Show. Very excited to have on Dr. Nicole Gabana, Director of Sports Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

We dig into her work as a educator and practitioner, as well as her experience with positive psychology and gratitude.  Dr. G provides some tangible methods to use gratitude as a skill in performance and for self-care.

Enjoy! 

On episode 1 of the G4G Show, Jon Introduces the show and wlecomes on Lindsey Hamilton, Assistant Head of Mental Conditioning @ IMG

Topics covered:

- Lindsey's purpose

- Lindsey's path

- Lindsey's moment(s) finding the mental mental game

- Lindsey's imagery as an athlete - the productive and the not so productive

- Work with "non-traditional athletes"

- Lindsey's connection with the athletes and teams she's worked with based on her own sport experience 

- FTs and deliberate practice

- Routines 

- Mental Toughness 

- Approaches (CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, etc)

- Confidence 

- Proactive approach vs. Deficits based approach 

- What Lindsey has learned about leadership during COVID-19 and how she has grown over time

- Judgment vs. compassion and working out of the comfort zone 

- Lindsey's new adventure @UNCG