Dr. Rob Bell

Mental Toughness Podcast With Dr. Rob Bell

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Welcome to The Mental Toughness Podcast, where high performers learn to build resilience, master their mindset, and dominate under pressure. Hosted by Dr. Rob Bell—Sport psychology coach, keynote speaker, 8x author, ultrarunner, and coach to PGA Tour winners, Olympians, and Fortune 500 leaders.🔗 Full show notes and coaching at drrobbell.com/mental-toughness-podcast🎙️ Each episode features raw stories and insights from elite athletes and advisors, Navy SEALs, coaches, no-quit parents, and leaders who refused to fold under pressure.💡 Learn how to turn adversity into a hinge moment, manage fail...

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Dr. Rob Bell

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Health

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Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

Ep 44- Maggie Guterl- First Woman To Win The Toughest Race Ever 20.11.2019

Maggie Guterl is the toughest runner alive. She is not the fastest, but she has the strongest will. She is a brand ambassador and marketing specialist of Tailwind nutrition. An Ultra-runner, she was the winner of Big's Backyard Ultra, and thus the winner. This race is so brutal, it has only one finisher! 4:24 Her thought process before running 60 hours straight. 6:03 How she believed in her "don't...

EP 43- Donita Walters- Mental Toughness of Being Struck By A Car 07.11.2019

Donita Walters is a high-school teacher and swim coach. As a swim coach, she has coached many at the national level and the Olympic Games in Rio. She is an avid cyclist and her goal is to ride coast-coast across the united states, a total of over 3700 miles. She had ridden close to 5000 miles as her training for this epic journey when her hinge moment occurred... 3:30 Donita getting hit by a car....

Ep 42-Paul Higgins- The Required Mental Toughness Of A Solopreneur 23.10.2019

Paul Higgins is a Community Builder, Mentor and Podcaster for Soloprenuers. Paul worked for Coca-Cola for 18 years running multi-million dollar divisions. In 2011, Paul had a kidney transplant in February 2019. He left due to an inherited condition and set up his own startups to suit his lifestyle. His best mate was the live donor. Paul has an infectious personality and is always giving first. You...

Ep 41- Devan Kline- The Culture of Burn Boot Camp Builds Mental Toughness 05.10.2019

Devan Kline, former San Francisco Giants baseball player turned Co-Founder and CEO of Burn Boot Camp. One of the fastest-growing franchises in the US, because of his passion and enthusiasm for helping people achieve more than they ever thought possible. Recently he released his new book "Stop Starting Over!" 2:22 Devan Kline’s introduction.  4:20 How he’s changing the fitness industry. 5:30 Burn B...

Ep 40- Sandy Zimmerman- The First Mom to Hit The Buzzer on American Ninja Warrior 19.09.2019

Wait until you hear THIS Killer story from Sandy Zimmerman! Mental Strength and sharing your story!! Dream Big Dreams!  This 43-year-old mother of three from Spokane, has been a Physical Education teacher for 20 years. Oldest woman and first mom to ever complete the American Ninja Warrior course. Played Division 1 basketball at Gonzaga University. A Former national judo champion. 3:48 How Sandy be...

Ep 39- Drumming Great, Kenny Aronoff- Mental Toughness Means Not Going Home 04.09.2019

Kenny Aronoff has played drums professionally with everybody!  Kenny began his rock career touring and performing with John Mellencamp for 17 years! When Mellencamp decided to take time off, Kenny was motivated to embark on his own. He fulfilled a lifelong goal–and became a sought-after session drummer, as well as a touring drummer. Today, Kenny Aronoff spends his time touring, recording in the st...

Ep 38- Coach Dan Hawkins- A White Hot Vision Of Mental Toughness 15.08.2019

“Coach Hawk” is currently in his third year as the Head Football Coach of UC Davis. Dan guided the FCS program to the 2018 Big Sky Championship and the program to its first ever FCS playoff appearance, making it to the national quarterfinals. He was awarded the both the 2018 Big Sky coach of the year, and the 2018 Eddie Robinson FCS national coach of the year. A veteran American Football coach of...

Ep 37- Gil Reyes- Fear, Truth, & Confrontation As The Path To Mental Toughness 01.08.2019

Gil Reyes spent 17 years as Andre Agassi's strength and conditioning coach. He still operates his gym out of Las Vegas and trains athletes from all sports. His responses to mental toughness and mental health were iconic and worthy of your ears and tears... 5:29 “Can you teach discipline if you don’t have it? Can you teach patience if you don’t have it?” 5:38 Gil describes what his athletes have ta...

Coach Brooks Williams: Overcoming Being Told "You're Not Good Enough" 18.07.2019

Brooks Williams is currently the head coach of the University of Louisiana Monroe women's basketball program. Williams was previously the head coach of the McNeese State women's basketball team, where she took the Cowgirls to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and McNeese's first-ever post-season appearance. In her nine seasons at McNeese, Williams took the Cowgirls to six straight post-seasons and pro...

Jaime Masters- Mental Toughness Lessons From The Eventual Millionaire 03.07.2019

Jaime's been featured on Yahoo's homepage 6 times, and in Inc, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider. She's been a top Business Coach for over 10 years and has helped hundreds of 6 & 7 figure Entrepreneurs and Business Owners optimize every area of their business. She's also the host of the online show - Eventual Millionaire, where she's interviewed over 400 self-made millionaires. She's a tech geek,...

Dan O'Brien- Olympic Gold Medalist- The Difference Between Wanting and Needing it, 18.06.2019

Dan O'Brien is a Gold Medalist in the Decathlon. His story is best known for his failure in 1992 and his comeback at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Dan O'Brien has three consecutive world championships along with the Gold Medal and has written a book titled "Clearing Hurdles: The Quest to Be The World's Greatest Athlete." He currently coaches and provides media commentary for US Track & Field....

Neil Richmund- Death of A Father 22.05.2019

Neil Richmund- Death of A Father  Neil is the best marketing professional in Indianapolis (Voted by me)! He is an Aussie, an Ordained minister, entrepreneur, and former golf coach.  3:17- How Neil Richmund defines Mental Toughness through his daily practices. 3:33 How can you have resilience during the toughest of times? 3:57- How to react to the tough setbacks. 4:20: How the death of Neil’s fathe...

Jake Thompson- Don't be distracted by the unimportant 02.05.2019

Jake Thompson- Gratitude is the Key "G" Jake is the founder of Compete Every Day and an accomplished professional speaker. He helps organizational teams develop a daily plan and powerful focus for reaching their annual and career goals.  Table of Contents 3:25- What does Mental Toughness mean to you? 4:10- Common adversities that one may face. 5:00- Distracted by the unimportant. 6:55- What are fi...

Justin Wadsworth- Olympic Skiing Coach That Helped Out A Competitor 10.04.2019

Coach Wadsworth stopped in an Olympic race to help out a Russian racer. One of the most accomplished head coaches in the history of the Canadian National Ski Team, Justin Wadsworth is a  three-time Olympian. Wadsworth served as the World Cup and Olympic Games coach with the US cross-country ski team before becoming head coach of the Canadian World Cup cross-country ski team in 2010.  2:30- What Do...

Jake Olson- USC long-snapper blind since age 12. 14.03.2019

Jake has not let blindness stop from achieving any of his goals. He is the co-founder and president of Engage. Jake has a truly incredible story that has been well chronicled and featured in just about every major media outlet. At 8 months old, he was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer, retinoblastoma. The disease claimed his left eye before the tender age of one and in November 2009 Jake lo...

Rajeev Ram- A Grand Slam Champion 28.02.2019

Rajeev Ram is a Professional tennis player on ATP Tour. He is a Grand Slam champion, winner of 2019 Australian Open in Mixed Doubles. Raj won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and has won 16 doubles titles throughout his career, including Indian Wells.  he reached his highest ranking at 11 after winning. Rajeev has also won two ATP singles titles. His foundation is Entouraj for Kids, is pr...

Cory Weissman Story- A Decision over a Vision 14.02.2019

Cory Weissman grew up in suburban Jackson, NJ. From a very young age, he had a love for playing sports and was quite an impressive athlete. Cory played competitively on elite traveling basketball and soccer teams as well as on his high school varsity teams. He demonstrated his leadership abilities as captain of many of those teams. As a collegiate basketball player in his freshman year at Gettysbu...

Mory & Denise- Running Across Indiana- 382 miles. 30.01.2019

Mory & Denise- Running Across Indiana- 382 miles! Mory Bailey- Started ultra-distance running in 2010. Completed multiple distances 50ks to 100ks driven by the “what if” mindset testing both physical and mental endurance. Eventually answered the call of the “hundo” in 2014. In 2015, she set out to complete five 100 mile races in 8 months, and since then over 30 ultras; 11 of them being 100 milers....

Coach J.P. Nerbun- Calling UP! 10.01.2019

J.P. Neurbun- Calling UP!  3:14- “Focus on the controllables” and “Act in accordance with our principles”, two principles to JP’s mental toughness philosophy. 4:36- How to focus on those controllables when there’s so many outside distractions. 7:58- The inspiration behind JP’s new book and why he believes it’s great for all coaches. 10:15- A transformational leadership system you could apply today...

Coach Matt Deggs- 15 to 28 27.12.2018

Coach Matt Deggs- Sam Houston State Baseball In his first four seasons as head coach, he has led the Bearkats to 3 Southland Conference Championships, 2 NCAA regional appearances, and 1 NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2017, which was the first in school and Southland Conference history. More than the wins and losses, Deggs believes in building men through his transformational coaching style. His...

Kenzie Holmstead: Choosing What’s Best for You 13.12.2018

Kenzie Holmstead- is the team  @runeverythinglabs  Director.   You can follow her on Instagram  3:00- “Having the mental fortitude to push on…”, Kenzie’s definition of Mental Toughness. 4:00- How Kenzie turned a bad circumstance into her HINGE moment by choosing to put herself first. 6:10- Packing up and moving out: The steps Kenzie took to find herself. 7:27- What Kenzie discovered through her bi...

Founder of Ninja Zone on Making Your Own Rules 28.11.2018

Casey Wright is the founder of the Ninja Zone.  Now in over 300 locations. Casey is a former Olympic level gymnastics coach turned entrepreneur who took her parents’ “cartwheel shop” and turned it into an internationally known licensing and curriculum development company, as well as 6 Indy area corporate stores. Mom and Bonus-Mom of 4 kiddos, and a member of IBJ’s Indianapolis 40 Under 40. 3:07- “...

Greg Sinche- Stroke at Age 5 to an Ironman 15.11.2018

Greg Sinche- From a Stroke at Age 5 to an Ironman Text DRROBBELL to 33444 for Mental Toughness Newsletter 3:28- Greg’s big HINGE moment that happened at just 5 years old. 5:58- How Greg overcame such a huge obstacle at such a young age. 7:15- Why the drive to “prove people wrong” can be such a BIG motivator for success.   8:30- “I deserve to be happy”…the battle with depression that came along wit...

Joe Skovron- PGA Tour Caddy- Being The BEST at What You Do 31.10.2018

Text DRROBBELL to 33444 for Mental Toughness newsletter Joe Skovron- Long-time caddy to Rickie Fowler 3:05 Discipline, adversity, the ability to perform under pressure…Joe’s three components to Mental Toughness. 6:06- Where does preparation come into play with the mental toughness game? 7:05- Finding what works for you could be the key to YOUR success. 8:14- The mental components necessary for cad...

Iron Cowboy- A Ferris Wheel Started 50 Ironman's in 50 Days. 17.10.2018

Iron Cowboy Podcast on 15 Minutes of Mental Toughness  James Lawrence is an athlete, husband, proud father of four daughters and a son.  Currently holds two world record in 70.3 and 140.6 triathlon racing.  But, His greatest achievement was 50 Ironman courses, 50 consecutive days, through all 50 States. 50-50-50.  Check out the documentary  Iron Cowboy's website-  https://www.ironcowboy.com/ 3:58-...

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