Becoming HeadStrong

Many graduates are told to follow their passion, but what do you do if you don't know what you're passionate about? 

In this episode, Coach Hillary talks about how to decide what's important and what isn't to let go of the many distractions around us!

In this episode, Coach Chelsea talks about how coaches can either cause someone on their team to harness their power or step out of their power and the impact the words of a coach have on someone long past the expiration date they may have in mind for those words. 

Though not a new topic, a very important one. In this episode, Coach Amanda helps the listener understand the difference between the growth and fixed mindset and how to develop a growth mindset.

The third episode in this series follows up on (1) allow yourself to be bored and (2) going back to the basics. Coach Katie encourages you to put yourself in different situations.

This episode is based on the book "Be Like Water" written by Bruce Lee's daughter, Sharon. Your Kung Fu actually refers to your passion. 

Every day is a great day to check in on your mental toughness. In this episode, Coach Kristina takes you through an exercise you can use any time to check in on your mental toughness journey!

Many people see stress as a bad thing that should be avoided. In the book, the Upside of Stress, by Kelly McGonigal, there are strategies you can use that will help stress actually be good for you. Learn one strategy in this episode!

One of the core aspects of mental toughness is concentration. This refers to the ability to focus on particular cues in your environment and your ability to respond to those cues. In this episode, Coach Hillary discusses how to improve your concentration.

In this episode, Coach Chelsea checks in with all of you on your New Year, Better You and talks about the importance of planning for relapse. 

In this episode, Coach Amanda talks about the importance of cross training and why limiting yourself to one sport can inhibit performance in your main sport. 

In this episode, Coach Katie continues her series on how to be creative and bring a new perspective to a problem you may be facing.

In this episode, Dr. Nick talks about a new spin on how to make the transition into your performance space. Listen to see how you can try this in your own performance. 

In this episode, Coach Kristina talks about approaching long-term and short-term goal setting. Being a hard-core goal setter and an anti-goal setter, she has first-hand experience in this...

May is Mental Health Awareness month. In this episode you will hear 4 strategies that will help you take care of your mental health.

In this episode, Coach Hillary gives some tips on how to deal with less than ideal conditions. Whether they be equipment failure, weather, or anything that takes your focus away from where it needs to be. 

Think of a time when you REALLY wanted something.... which resulted in you seeing more of that thing you want around you. This is called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, which you can use to your advantage! Find out how in this episode.

Do you tacklet problems with the same ineffective strategy over and over? This is part 1 in a series where Coach Katie discusses how to tackle problems more effectively.

In this episode, Coach Chelsea talk about achieving flow and some basic constructs for doing so.  The article referenced in the podcast is:  Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2020). The experience of flow: Theory and research. In S. J. Lopez, L. M. Edwards, & S. C. Marques (Eds.),  Oxford handbook of positive psychology  (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

In this episode, Dr. Nick talks about how to streamline the mental skills you have to optimize your performance. 

In this episode, Kristina talks about some tips for how to manage the unfamiliarity of travel and training. 

Do you stresslax? This term indicates that when you are supposed to be relaxing, it actually causes you more stress. Find out how to actually RElax in this episode.

In this episode, Coach Hillary talks about time traveling to a time that may decrease your chance of success and how to stay more present in the moment. 

In this episode, Coach Chelsea talks about why it's important to get out of your comfort zone and gives a new perspective on failing.

In this episode, Coach Amanda talks about how getting to their "peaks" takes a lot of struggle to get there. She brings perspective to the problems with this!