16: Think Your Way from Mediocre to Elite
Today\u2019s episode is going to help you summon the mental strength to not crumble under pressure.
Do you ever wonder how the professional athletes do it? Make the foul shot when the stadium is thumping? Drive the golf ball on the cutthroat round of the Masters Tournament? I do. Because my version of that foul shot is hopping into a new business client meeting, or the moments before a webinar starts, or I take the stage to give a speech. We all have our \u201cfoul shot\u201d moments that could take us down if we let them.
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Today, Cara Bradley, author of On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine, is going to give us some amazingly practical tips for calming our sorry selves down so we can not only do well, but kick ass.
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Cara, a former professional skater, is a mental strength coach in bodymind training. She is the founder of the BodyMind Center in suburban Philadelphia, co-founder of the non-profit Mindfulness Through Movement, hosts practices and strategies on her On The Verge podcast series and free app and is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, and Mindful Magazine. She also leads unique bodymind programs for CEO\u2019s, corporations, conferences, universities, and sports teams.
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It\u2019s not as hard as it sounds - our thoughts really do become our reality so it\u2019s up to us to not let that impostor syndrome take over and win. We\u2019re going to learn how to train our mind much like we train our bodies, and even the big time professional athletes are doing this stuff. So let\u2019s take some lessons from them and do better than just OK.
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Links, Resources, Further Reading:
George Mumford - The Mindful Athlete
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Where to find Cara: