The Heroic Minds Podcast

In life, opportunities often present themselves when we least expect them. However, all too often, our fears can sabotage these chances for growth and success. Whether it's fear of failure, rejection, or the unknown, allowing these fears to dictate our actions can hold us back from reaching our full potential. To overcome this, it's essential to acknowledge our fears, understand their origins, and actively work to confront and overcome them. By embracing discomfort, taking calculated risks, and reframing our mindset, we can break free from the shackles of fear and seize the opportunities that await us. Ultimately, by refusing to let fear dictate our choices, we open ourselves up to a world of endless possibilities and personal growth.

There is a difference between proving to others and ourselves we are good enough and discovering how great we can be. I have shared this with clients and the response has been incredible. The shift in attention from what we have to prove to what is possible creates a fundamental shift in focus, belief and psychological freedom.

How long term goals slow so many people down and how short term goals awaken endless energy and focus. Don't get distracted by long term goals. Short term goals give immediate feedback that unleash your potential.

A client story of finding motivation to keep up with academics while they chase an NCAA scholarship.

My two cents on fostering a healthy space after sport on the drive home!

Keep it simple. There is no script.

Empower them to discuss, share, process.

A recent success story with a client I have been working with! Challenging a few stereotypes when it comes to mindset in athletics.

A casual discussion with Sport Psychologist Dr. Cassidy Preston. We discuss identity in sport and the challenges of living in reality vs the stories we tell ourselves.

Check out Cassidy's new book Mindset First on Amazon.

Cassidy's Website

Life is getting faster and faster... but our performance is decreasing...

Slowing down is a super power... not only for "wellness" but for performance.

We take in more stimuli, work more efficiently AND time appears to go by slower.

Listen to find out more!

https://nymag.com/speed/2016/12/how-your-brain-controls-the-speed-of-time.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200803140046.htm

Morgan Freeman acting as God in the movie Evan Almighty hits us with some wisdom. I tie this wisdom together with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Flow and Performance in work, sport, and life.

"Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?"

(DBT) "D" in BT being Dialectic which is in simple term between or amongst the opposites, grey between black and white.

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EndNotes:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7551835/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-does-prayer-meditation-affect-brain-activity_n_1974621

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7766487/

https://dbtselfhelp.com/what-is-dbt/

Are people solving the wrong problems in their life due to ignorance or because the real problems that need attention are too much to handle?

Is it that likes, income, affiliation, grandiose behaviour and more, deter us from solving the problem that will give us freedom and an improved state of mind?

In this episode we look at the infamous Tony Stark (Iron Man) to see where he would rather save the world than solve his own problems which appears to leave him rich, famous, powerful and also lonely, neurotic, and unhappy.

In pairing together this modern day Marvel character with the infamous Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, I hope you enjoy this episode!

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WORK CITED:

https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html

https://psychcentral.com/pro/exhausted-woman/2018/01/the-confusing-narcissistic-cycle-of-abandonment-and-return#:~:text=The%20narcissistic%20abandonment%20cycle%20is,%2C%20unintelligent%2C%20or%20a%20fraud.

Psychology of a Hero: TONY STARK & Narcissism