Eyes Up Mindset

Episode Notes: What does it take to keep showing up in the face of adversity when there are no answers? After a long break and with some help from long time friend and host of The Stable Cyclist, John Peter, we connect with Nathan Stoa, head basketball and cross country coach at Hawley High School in Minnesota. We start with what has made the programs he has coached successful and why high care is...

Episode Notes: LIVE and IN PERSON- Jamie and John are together again to CELEBRATE the 1 and the 150! Join us as we discuss how important it is to celebrate small wins and how those wins, stacked over time, make a huge impact on our lives. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing...

Episode Notes: As performers we often assume that getting simple means going backward. What if we thought about it differently? What if what's needed is an update to a simpler process? In this episode we dive into that concept from a bunch of different perspectives. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We apprec...

Episode Notes: What happens when we get in over our head? Or when our brain is screaming at us because we don't know when the drop off is coming? In this episode, we discuss how sometimes wading in or dipping a toe in is all we need to get moving. And that the movement is where the magic happens. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better...

Episode Notes: After far too long of a break we catch up with John and Jamie to find out what the last couple months have looked like: what they’ve been doing and what they’ve learned. We also discuss why these podcast conversations still matter and why we’re still passionate about getting better every day.  Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will b...

Episode Notes: We welcome back our former co-host, performance coach and mental health professional, John Shirkey. John and I dive into who we might become when we allow ourselves to forget our past. Or when we chose to focus our attention on the little moments rather than the big or special ones. We then discuss how so many of the structures in our life support or create a benefit in order to dri...

Episode Notes: John Peter returns to discuss his newest projects and what he is learning by diving in the deep end. JP talks about how setting up strict boundaries and guardrails has been crucial to allowing him to manage his Bipolar Disorder through this season of change and excitement. He is diving all in on writing, recording, funding and promoting his most recent documentary Back to the Start...

Episode Notes: Courtney returns to the podcast to reflect on her first year in coaching, one that brought a state title back to Billings Senior High Volleyball for the first time since 2014. What an epic title run it was! We dive into what she learned, what they plan to do next and the values they tried to create in a short period of time. In short, we talk about why their foundation is built on &...

Episode Notes: Alex Greenway is the strength and conditioning coach for Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Schools in southwest Minnesota. Alex joins us today to talk about the value of strength training and how it parallels the process of growing mental skills and toughness in life. It starts with having a solid foundation. Then the confidence we build translates to the rest of our life. As a member of the Nat...

Episode Notes: Orlando Ponce of Ponce Trained Wrestling joins us to discuss the ways they are helping grow the sport of wrestling. He tells us how he took an unexpected path to wrestling and how coaches and siblings showed him what was possible. We then highlight how they have gotten creative about attacking the problem at the source, developing a curriculum for educators to follow to teach wrestl...

Episode Notes: In examining the many ways resistance shows up in our lives, we hit on 3 big topics: the fact that emotions precede feelings and how our brain interacts with that process. Discussing how we can prioritize development rather than outcomes. Finally, we examine what Steven Pressfield calls, “The Resistance,” anything that stops us from reaching our higher calling and it shows up in eve...

Episode Notes: Shane Zutz, Vice President of HR at Digi-key Electronics, joins the podcast to discuss how transferable skills aid us in making big life transitions. A long-time educator and former high school principal, Shane and I talk about the challenge of moving from education to business. He shares that people are the constant and when we focus on meeting their needs, growing them no matter w...

Episode Notes: Malorie Nicole, host of #1 Forbes rated, The Abundantly Clear Podcast, joins us today to discuss why the stories we tell ourselves are part of our limiting beliefs. Her core principles are about aligning our inner world with our outer world and she beliefs that when we do that, we get abundance and clarity. Malorie helped us see how the language we use, the vision we create for ours...

Episode Notes: Jason (J) Scott understands what it means to be a transformative leader. His experience guiding major corporations through massive transitions has taught him how to lead people through the challenges of change. In this conversation we dive deep into the pieces needed to help others achieve their greatest successes as well. We discuss how to deliver the necessary and expected results...

Episode Notes: Pete Janiszeksi the head boys and girls track & field and cross country coach in Luverne, MN joins the program. Luverne has managed to sustain success in both track and cross country at the highest level. Both boys and girls are regularly competing for top 5 finishes in the state in track and field. The boys cross country team were state runners-up this fall while the girls have...

Episode Notes: Sometimes we just get stuck. Stuck thinking about what could have been or what might be. Stuck on a loop repeating how bad something went. Spiraling into a cycle of frustration or disappointment. Being stuck means we don't find our best performance as often or can't find it at all.  What can we do about it? In this episode we talk about things we work on with athletes and leade...

Episode Notes, Shae McKibbon, Co-Founder of The Lettery Studio, joins the program to talk about how the creative process supports healthy lives. We discuss how the challenges of losing yourself and identity in parenting led, her and her co-founder Jami, to identify something that needed addressing for more than just themselves. Words have the power to change lives, and being intentional with our w...

Episode Notes: John returns to talk about the challenges we are currently facing after losing a good friend. Our conversation speaks to our current situation and to the process of grieving as a whole. John reminds us that grief is something everyone deals with differently. There is no right way.  Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be bette...

Episode Notes: Chris Masiello, CEO of the Masiello Group, joins us today to talk about CHANGE. Change in all caps, because it’s everywhere, all the time and impossible to avoid. Yet, when we approach it from a place of curiosity, potential and non-judgment we can and will be transformed. The capacity to be honest with ourselves and to do so with acceptance is powerful. We also discuss in the open...

Episode Notes: Luke Amsden returns to the podcast to talk about his routines and how the little things we don’t always notice turn into big things over time. We touch on physical routines, the process of constantly adapting the details as a coach and seeing how success in other programs can contribute to your process. Ultimately, he challenges us to start. Just start, then pay attention, the detai...

In this episode we look to challenge some of our basic assumptions about the things we do in our leadership. For coaches and leaders out there, this episode is packed with ideas to help you reflect on the season or project you just finished or the new opportunity right in front of you.  As I have been working with coaches to wind down from the fall season and ramp up into the winter season I...

Episode Notes: Tom Dierenfeld, youth pastor at Life Spring Covenant Church in Loveland, Colorado, is a dude. Tommy D and I go way back to high school where our hearts forged a deep, lasting relationship with one another. Tom genuinely changed the shape of my life and in this conversation you will see why. His joy, passion and compassion are obvious, it pours out of him. He challenges us to fi...

Episode Notes: Check out all the resources linked below that were mentioned in today's episode! When does our best performance happen? When our head, hands and heart are working together. In other words, when we are whole? How do we get our energy, our emotions and our spirit going in the same direction, maybe some of the resources shared today will help point you there. Whether you are a coach, a...

Episode Notes: Check out all the resources linked below that were mentioned in today's episode! What ideas do we need to connect mind to body? We can do that in generative and restorative ways. Art, carpentry, sewing, mechanics, and fitness all meet our bodies need to create and restore. What are those for you and how can you build a routine around them? Engage with your keystone habits.  Whe...

Episode Notes: Check out all the resources linked below that were mentioned in today's episode! What things help trigger the thoughts we need to move into productive action? That and more in today's episode.  Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently...