The Reload with Sean Hansen

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, discusses the gripping topic of veteran suicide and psychedelic-assisted therapy with the co-founders of Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), a 501(c)(3) dedicated to ending the veteran suicide epidemic. Marcus and Amber Capone have a 20+ year history of never giving up on one another. After meeting at Southern Illinois...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, provides a simple but effective tool that can help you better identify patterns and key changes in your life.  Of all the tools that Sean recommends to clients, the Inflection Point Exercise is likely the most popular and effective, likely because it is so versatile for different areas of inquiry. Are you an executive, entrepreneu...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks to a situation where senior leaders looking to hire him are sometimes blind to the impact they have on their teams and how maintaining an attitude that their team members are the ones with the problem adversely affects the entire organization. Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subcons...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dips into a commonly experienced phenomenon that clients experience in doing inner development work.  Namely, that it often feels very non-linear and frustrating to make progress.  Drawing on some reflections from Recapture the Rapture , Sean discusses the benefit of continuing to do the frustrating work of inner development.  Add...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, takes a raw look at what scares and challenges people about undergoing plant medicine (aka, psychedelic) ceremonies. While there is tremendous benefit that can come from these experiences, there is also the potential for misuse and harm.  It's a topic not to be taken lightly.  However, when done in the appropriate setting and...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, digs into the mechanics of integrating a spiritual experience.  For many people, profound spiritual awakenings involve deep, new insights.  Yet, it's staying connected to the impact of those insights that allows us to really change our lives for the better. Join in as we discuss some of the key stumbling blocks and tools for...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, jumps into part 2 of a thorny issue -- should you end your relationship.  Regardless of whether it is a marriage, some other long-term personal relationship, or a long-term professional relationship, we are all going to go through changes that affect the relationship. Last week we discussed how the way you handle those changes has...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, jumps into a thorny issue -- should you end your relationship.  Regardless of whether it is a marriage, some other long-term personal relationship, or a long-term professional relationship, we are all going to go through changes that affect the relationship. How you handle those changes has a profound impact on the quality of your...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at some ways that burnout manifests in high performers, along with some strategies for dealing with burnout.  As a primary case study, the world has been facing over a yearlong stress test in the form of COVID-19.  And now, the Delta variant has societies around the world diving back into the pressure cooker.  Let's see...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, delves into the idea of reciprocal loyalty and where the balance lies between organizational vs. individual wellbeing and some of the key factors that inspire or kill the discretionary effort that separates top organizations from the rest of the competition. Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at a dynamic felt by many of his clients who have everything society says they should have and yet recognize that it's still not enough.  For those who have everything one could ever want, what else is out there? Two books (linked below), Falling Upward and The Second Mountain provide some key insights to help people se...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into the topic of disagreement:  what is really at stake, why is disagreement so triggering, and what we might do to use disagreement productively to create outcomes that most benefit our organizations and our lives. Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiti...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, talks with long-time recruiting expert, Carey Benson , MBA, M. Ed., on pivoting one's career and transferring relatable skills.  Not only does Carey offer her insights on the recruiting game and how people can better position themselves, she leverages her 15 years of sports psychology training and experience to address some o...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, reflects on bad news that hit one of his friends and ways in which the human brain is structured that make it more challenging for humans to overcome the initial shock of bad news. Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest perfor...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at how so many high performers cut themselves off from feeling emotion.  Moreover, that they engage in various narratives of judgment and ridicule about their perception that they're not holding things together. What if you could connect with the idea that you deserve to feel your emotions?  Moreover, that you don'...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses an issue that came up for one of his clients during a tense exchange at work.  Looking at how we navigate erratic behavior in others is critical to ensuring that we operate effectively in our teams and organizations as we work toward solutions.  But, the benefit of evaluating and learning how to navigate erratic behavior...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into a few of the ways in which marriage changes over time along with a look at taking an unconventional approach to having a marriage that doesn't pretend to be what it's not. Would society be better off if more people were able to be open and transparent about the ways in which they want to united in their marria...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses some of the questions he's recently been getting from friends and family about why they would work with a coach.  This episode looks at some of the key areas that coaching addresses, as well as some of the questions that prospective clients seem to ask themselves when they are looking at hiring a coach. If your expl...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, connects with fellow coach Omri Agam.  It's been a while since Omri has been on the show, but he's back to work through how he helps clients stay out of victim mentality. In this back-and-forth exchange, Omri and Sean explore the various ways that people co-create their experience and how challenging it can be to recogni...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores some difficulties one of his clients has been having with accessing sexuality.  Why is that people so frequently disconnect themselves from the vitalizing energy of sex? Sean explores some of the influences that religion and expectation have on a person's ability to access a sense of real joy and inner acceptance in...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with therapist Kim Crosbie about her experiences over the past 12 years in helping people achieve truly empowered lives. Kim talks us through how she helps clients achieve breakthroughs in their lives and how she guides them to deep emotional access and inner awareness.  Her practice includes some unconventional methodologi...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at the ways in people de-value their desires by masking them in the language of "need," "must," "should," and "have to." The long term impact of failing to honor our desires in their own right leads to internal incongruity and misalignment with our true self and puts us squarely in a s...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, tackles a couple key points to help people access sustainable high performance by exploring the concept of receiving. Frequently, high performers pursue performance from a foundation of shame and guilt that has them connected to a deep sense of punishment.  Although they are able to "get in gear," it comes with an inhere...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with Josh Duntz, co-founder and CEO of Stasis, a digital health company focused on using breathwork to fix autonomic health disorders. Josh talks us through how incorporating breathwork can increase your ability to perform in high stress situations and then recover more quickly so that you can continue to keep your edge. He...

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, discusses some key points to help people integrate moments of spiritual awakening, regardless of whether the awakening resulted from the birth of a child, a near death experience, or use of psychedelic compounds. Too frequently, people lose themselves in the momentousness of the experience or find themselves unable to translate in...