Ep. 218: Overcoming Competition Anxiety, feat. Amanda Bruse

This week we're joined by Amanda Bruse!  Amanda is a new black belt under André Galvão, and just joined the BJJ Mental Models review team!  In this episode, Amanda provides some great perspective on how competitors can navigate competition anxiety.

Follow Amanda on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/amandabruse.bjj/

Book referenced on the podcast:
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
https://amzn.to/3W8v8xs

Mental models discussed in this episode:

• Growth From Discomfort
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/growth-from-discomfort/
  
  
• Incremental Learning
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/incremental-learning/
  
  
• You Are What You Train
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/you-are-what-you-train/
  
  
• Technique Visualization
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/technique-visualization/
  
  
• Habits Over Results
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/habits-over-results/
  
  
• Perception-Action Coupling
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/perception-action-coupling/
  
  
• Investing in Loss
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/investing-in-loss/
  
  
• Law of Contrast
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/law-of-contrast/
  
  
• Flow
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/flow/
  
  
• Building Your Triggers
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/building-your-triggers/
  
  
• Reflecting "As If"
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/reflecting-as-if/
  
  
• Controlled Breathing
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/controlled-breathing/
  
  
• Staying Loose
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/staying-loose/
  
  

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