
About this episode
Anyone interested in training their brain as well as their body needs to listen to this insightful episode. Along with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Coach Liz Waterstraat, guest Carrie Jackson, a certified mental performance consultant and author of On Top of Your Game: Mental Skills to Maximize Your Athletic Performance, details:
-how to create your own race reports to learn from them;
-ways to stay grounded in the joy of sport;
-how to sidestep self-sabotage;
-why resilience is more important than confidence; and,
-non-vomit-inducing ways to bolster gratitude!
Before the guest joins around BARRY INSERT TIME HERE, Sarah dives into revealing her and Molly’s planned weekend-workout.
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