Power to Perform Podcast

To wrap up the month on mindfulness, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Doctoral Resident Christianne Biggane about Max’s relationship with mindfulness throughout his athletic career, as well as some advice for athletes as they end their athletic careers. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Doctoral Resident Christianne Biggane about how an athlete can focus on the process rather than the outcome during mindfulness practice. Additionally, they discuss what an athlete may struggle with during mindfulness practice, and how to overcome that. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Doctoral Resident Christianne Biggane about how mindfulness practice can help an athlete experiencing pressure of performance through expectations. Additionally, Christianne takes us through a quick mindfulness technique!

This month, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Doctoral Resident Christianne Biggane about all things mindfulness. This week, they discuss why mindfulness works for athletes, and how might mindfulness change over the course of a season for athletes experiencing struggle or success. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Director Dr. Rachel Walker about how to manage emotions to benefit performance in a healthy way and how to differentiate between emotions.  

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Director Dr. Rachel Walker about what positive self-talk is and explains how to use this to benefit performance and quality of life. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Director Dr. Rachel Walker about what imagery is, why an athlete would use it, and how to practice this mental skill. 

This month, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PHP Director Dr. Rachel Walker on different mental skills athletes can utilize to benefit their performance. This week, they go in-depth on Mindfulness and how it can be used daily. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Assistant Director of PHP Dr. Mac Brown about how mental training has impacted Max’s life as well as how athletes can stay focused during training and competition season. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Assistant Director of PHP Dr. Mac Brown about how athletes can manage expectations and how athletes can use expectations in a positive way. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Assistant Director of PHP Dr. Mac Brown about how athletes can remain positive during difficult times, as well as what athletes can try to focus on when they are in a slump. 

This month, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Assistant Director of PHP Dr. Mac Brown about mentality related to poor performance, perfectionism, and burnout. This week, they discuss how athletes can turn competitive disappointment into something positive, as well as how disappointment can impact an athlete. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Associate Director of PHP Erin Rubenking about how athletes can use their outside life to recenter themselves after tough weeks of training and competition. Additionally, Max discusses what he’s found helpful and unhelpful in balancing sport, academics, and social life. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Associate Director of PHP Erin Rubenking about ways to ensure that pressure from sport doesn’t impact one’s social and personal life. They also discuss how athletes can determine when they may be at their limit of success and overall happiness. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Associate Director of PHP Erin Rubenking about how athletes can maximize their time off while preparing for the busy competition schedules? Additionally, they go in-depth on strategies and tools athletes can utilize to manage their time.

This month, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with Associate Director of PHP Erin Rubenking on balancing life and sport. This week, they talk about how incoming and current athletes can learn and adapt to manage their life outside of sport, as well as whether there’s such a thing as a healthy balance. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PhD intern Matison McCool about ways to stay present during competition, especially when fear and stress are on your mind. 

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PhD intern Matison McCool about certain mental skills that can be useful for an athlete coming back from injury. Additionally, they discuss how confidence plays a role in the different stages of returning to sport post-injury.

This week, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PhD intern Matison McCool about what an athlete can do when they’re relying too much on confidence, as well as what can athletes do to still compete well when confidence is absent.

This month, senior alpine skier Max Bervy speaks with PhD intern Matison McCool on confidence and the relation to returning to sport after injury. This week, they go in-depth on the importance of confidence for athletes, and how someone builds their confidence. 

Dr. Rachel Walker and Max Bervy finish off the December podcast series by discussing what athletes can do to ensure they do not overtrain and that they are in a helpful mindset for both training and competition.

Dr. Rachel Walker and Max Bervy discuss what can inhibit the transfer of success from training to competition, as well as what to say to an athlete who has difficulty succeeding in competition. 

Dr. Rachel Walker and Max Bervy discuss how an athlete can feel confident from their training and explain the difference between a training mindset and a competition mindset.

Dr. Rachel Walker, Director of PHP joins us for Episode 9 of P2P Podcast, accompanied by Max Bervy, a senior on the alpine ski team. They discuss what the purpose of training should be, and how an athlete can optimize quality training. 

For the final episode of the second series, Erin Rubenking and Max Bervy talk about ways athletes or performers can tune out the fear aspect of their goals. Additionally, Erin goes in-depth on various techniques you can apply during competition to ensure you’re in your optimal level of stress.