Ryan DeBruyn is a good friend of mine with an amazing life story that goes from being a professional athlete to writing and publishing his own book series, Ether Collapse. In the first part of my conversation with Ryan, we talk about his life as an athlete, what he loves about volleyball, what his biggest mistakes were in university and as a pro. On top of that, we discuss the unique ability athletes have to make and keep making mistakes without being affected by it too much.

If you are interested in Ryan's books, check out the first one in the series here: https://www.amazon.ca/Equalize-Post-Apocalyptic-LitRPG-Ether-Collapse-ebook/dp/B07NFB3XX2

You can also find him on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EtherCollapse/

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

In the second part of my conversation with Madison Farnsworth, we talk about her work as a mental performance consultant. More specifically, together we explore the concept of stress and anxiety and Madison explains what techniques she teaches her clients to help them deal with their stress.

If you are interested in working with Madison, go to https://toramentalperformance.com/ and contact her.

In this first of two parts, I talk to former NCAA track and field athlete and fellow mental performance consultant Madison Farnsworth. In this part, we talk about learning how to properly self-evaluate and what mistakes you can make not taking rest seriously enough. 

You can find Madison on social media as Tora Mental Performance.

In this solo episode, I dive deeper into the neuroscience of mistakes, talking about one particular characteristic of our brains: noise. A concept that at first glance seems a weird blip in evolution turns out to have an important function in helping our brain perform optimally.

In this episode, I talk with PhD candidate and co-founder of the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport: Krista van Slingerland. We talk about her career as a varsity basketball player and her work regarding mental health issues in sport. 

In this episode, I talk to Team Canada Volleyball player and Olympian Justin Duff about how he got into volleyball, what it is like to be a professional athlete in Europe but mostly, about the mistakes that made him into the player and person he is today.

Nobody changes their behaviour after a successful play, win or season. Only when a mistake is made, people tend to change their behaviour. Yet, when we talk about athletes, we mostly talk about their achievements. I want to change that by interviewing athletes, coaches and other support staff and ask them about the biggest mistakes they made in their careers, but most importantly, how those mistakes made them into the person they are today.