The Fearless Warrior Podcast

136: [Cool Careers in Sports] From OU Softball to ESPN Analyst: Nicole Mendes’ Mental Game Advice

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This episode features one of the most decorated and dynamic voices in softball today, Nicole Mendes. A two-time national champion and three-time WCWS All-Tournament Team selection at Oklahoma, Olympic athlete with Team Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and now a softball analyst for ESPN, Nicole is proof that the mental tools you build on the field will follow you everywhere you go in life.

Episode Highlights:

What being homeschooled and practicing alone taught her about self-motivation and discipline
The moment Patty Gasso told her to relax, and why it still took years for that lesson to actually sink in
How the Olympics impacted her mental game
The mental technique she uses to stay neutral after mistakes
How one phone call to Amanda Scarbrough launched her ESPN career

Connect with Nicole:

IG: @nicole_mendes__

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135: [Cool Careers in Sports] Comparison and Mental Resets with AUSL Director of Photography, Jade Hewitt

Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500

In this week’s episode, we break it down with Jade Hewitt, Director of Photography for Athletes Unlimited and the AUSL. Jade works exclusively in women's sports and made history as the first official photographer for a Topps trading card deck featuring all professional female athletes.

In this episode, Jade unveils what it takes to build a career behind the lens in professional softball, why the mental game of photography mirrors everything we teach our athletes, and why she believes it is cool to care deeply about something and just go for it.

Episode Highlights:

A full day in the life of the AUSL Director of Photography
How playing the game made her a better photographer and why anticipating the play is everything
The mental battle of imposter syndrome and comparison
The physical cheat sheet she keeps in her camera bag to reset her mindset
How to find your passion first and then adapt it to a career in sports

Connect with Jade:

IG: @jadehewittmedia

Website: https://www.jadehewittmedia.com

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134: [Cool Careers in Sports] What a ESPN+ Broadcast Director, Karis Hudgins, Wants Your Daughter to Know

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Welcome to our brand new series on Cool Careers in Sports! Karis Hudgins is a student sports broadcast director at UNC Greensboro, where she directs live ESPN+ productions for Spartan Sports Network, and recently went viral for giving the world a behind the scenes look at what it actually takes to call a live college softball game. In this episode, Karis pulls back the curtain on the mental load, the fast decisions, and the relentless live pressure that goes into every broadcast — and how she landed a gig with the Savannah Bananas straight from an Instagram DM.

Episode Highlights:

What a sports broadcast director actually does and why the mental load is way bigger than it looks
How Karis went from taking photos at a soccer game to directing live ESPN+ productions as a student
What it was like to work a Savannah Bananas game with 12 cameras and two directors in her ear at the same time
Why the failure reset routine she uses in live broadcast is exactly what we teach our athletes on the field
The reality of being a young female in a male-dominated field and how she is changing that
How she landed a Savannah Bananas contract straight from an Instagram reel
Her best advice for any young person curious about a career in sports media

Viral Reel behind the scenes: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW7sYtYgN6z/

Connect with Karis:

IG: @veggies.and.books

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133: How the Mental Game Got Taryn Kern Her AUSL Golden Ticket

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

We are pulling this one from the archives because Taryn Kern just received her AUSL Golden Ticket! In this original interview, she opened up about the mental game that made it all possible and what she was still learning. We can't wait to watch her get drafted live on ESPN2 on May 4!

Episode Highlights:

How she navigated the recruiting process during COVID without ever visiting the school
What it felt like as a freshman and immediately need to lead and perform at a Big Ten powerhouse
The breathing routine she uses every single at bat to slow the game down
How she stopped letting record chases and external pressure get into her head
Why she started letting a bad game ruin her whole day and what she did to stop
What coaches are actually looking for beyond skill level at every level of the game
The mental tools she used in softball that started showing up in every other area of her life

Connect with Taryn:

IG: @tarynkernn

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132: Build Her Confidence: 3 Easy Challenges To Try This Week (that have nothing to do with softball)

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Why does my daughter crush it in practice and completely fall apart in the game?
Coach AB and Coach Kara are giving you 3 Easy Challenges To Try This Week (that have nothing to do with softball)

Episode Highlights:

Challenge 1: The Solo Mission — how giving her real responsibility and real consequences builds real confidence
Challenge 2: Compliment a Stranger — why this challenge is one of the most powerful confidence builders
Challenge 3: Try Something She’s “Not Good At” YET — and why being a beginner again is exactly what her softball game needs
Why praising effort over outcome is the secret ingredient that makes all three challenges actually work

This week, pick one challenge, set aside time to do it together! Find us on socials and let us know how it went!

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131: She Got Her AUSL Golden Ticket: Sydney Stewart's Mental Approach for Success

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Sydney Stewart just made history. Jennie Finch walked onto the field at Arizona and handed Sydney her AUSL Golden Ticket, making her one of only 17 collegiate players in the country guaranteed a spot in the professional draft. When we first recorded this conversation, Sydney was a junior transfer just arriving in Tucson with something to prove. Now she is a first-team All-Big 12 and second-team All-American catcher with 40 career home runs, 150 RBI, and a professional contract on the way. Go back and listen to the mindset that built all of it.

Episode Highlights:

Starting 44 games as a freshman at a powerhouse D1 program
How she earned the trust of veteran teammates
The grounding routine she uses to slow the game down under pressure
Her failure recovery process
Her World Series experience and trusting her preparation
Real talk on the transfer portal
Why embracing slumps is the mindset shift that separates good hitters from great ones

Connect with Sydney:

IG: @sydneyystewart

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130: Torn ACL to First Team All-Conference: Campbell Petrick's Mindset Shift

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Campbell Petrick is not just a guest on today's episode — she is a Fearless Warrior mentor and two-time retreat leader who has shown up for our athletes in a big way. Currently a senior pitcher at Midland University, Campbell brings radical honesty and hard-earned wisdom to every conversation. She opens up about tearing her ACL, MCL, and meniscus just weeks into her freshman year of college, losing her identity as a softball player, and how she rebuilt herself from the inside out to become a First Team All-GPAC pitcher with a 15-6 record and a 1.86 ERA. This one will hit home for any athlete or parent who has ever faced a setback and wondered what comes next.

Episode Highlights:

How a devastating 3-ligament knee injury her freshman year became her greatest teacher
Losing your identity when softball gets taken away — and how to find yourself again
Why having a separate identity outside of softball makes you a better competitor
The pre-game breathing and grounding routine that elevated her pitching
Multi-sport wisdom: what basketball taught her that softball never could
Real recruiting and transfer portal advice from someone who has lived both
The one thing she would tell her younger self about gratitude

Connect with Campbell:

IG: @cammpetrick

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129: Leadership With Less Drama: Knowing The 3 Voices with Janet McCormick

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

In this episode of the Fearless Warrior Podcast, I sit down with Janet McCormick, a Mental Performance Coach, to explore what truly separates good athletes from great ones. We dive into the hidden mental barriers athletes face, why “working harder” isn’t always the answer, and how coaches and players can better communicate, lead, and grow together.

Episode Highlights:

The unseen mental side of athletic performance
A different way to think about leadership on teams
What sustains team culture
Simple shifts that can change how athletes compete

Connect with Janet:

IG: @mindovertalent

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128: The Mindset Required to Compete at the Elite Level with Jenna Lilley

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

We are diving into the archives today and going back to 2020 with Jenna (Lilley) Weisberg, a retired professional softball player. She is an alum for the University of Oregon and Team USA. Jenna opens up about the mindset required to compete at the elite level, and shares her honest insights about overcoming adversity.

Episode Highlights:

Day in the life of a D1 softball player
Importance of teammates and team culture
Overcoming injuries and mental health struggles
Practical recruiting advice for young athletes
How writing down your goals can impact long-term success
The importance of playing with passion and energy

Connect with Jenna:

IG: @jennakate00

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127: The ONE Thing High Performers Focus On with Kim Zuroff

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

On this week's episode of the Fearless Warrior Podcast, I interview Kim Zuroff, a seasoned executive coach and keynote speaker, who helps high-level professionals cut through the chaos, gain clarity, and lead with confidence. We explore how to build sustainable high performance through clarity, one keystone habit, and consistent action, without burning out.

Episode Highlights:

• Defining a clear vision to avoid the wrong ladder
• Consistency over intensity as a winning strategy
• Boundaries with technology as performance tools
• Mindfulness practices for presence and focus
• Playing the long game and enjoying the process

Connect with Kim:

LinkedIn: Kim Zuroff

IG: @kimzuroff

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126: How to Implement Team Mental Training in 30 Minutes a Week like USA Explosion

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Today, Coach Kara sat down with a Fearless Warrior Mom to give us the inside scoop on the Fearless Warrior Team Curriculum. She shared how her daughter’s softball team turns mental skills into a real competitive edge.

Episode Highlights:

• How plug-and-play lessons fit busy coaches and engaged parents
• Building a common language for resets and routines
• Turning vulnerability into trust and steady energy
• Repeating the curriculum yearly to refresh culture

Want to learn more about the team curriculum? Send us a DM or an email to hello@fearlessfastpitch.com.

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125: Inside OU Softball: Grit, Faith, and Mental Game with Riley Zache

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

In today's episode, Coach Kara and our Warriors talk with OU’s Riley Zache. She shares practical routines, recruiting lessons, and advice to younger athletes who want to own their path.

Episode Highlights:

• Living with bilateral hearing loss and adapting to hearing aids
• Shifting mindset freshman year
• Staying ready off the bench and owning preparation
• Identity beyond softball through faith and hobbies
• Blue Collar Mentality learned from Patty Gasso
• Why OU felt like home

Connect with Riley:

IG: @zacheriley

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124: Gold Medal Mindset: Olympic Examples We Are Loving

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

The 2026 Winter Olympics are a perfect opportunity to watch the world's best athletes compete both physically and mentally.

The Games will take place in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, bringing together thousands of athletes from around the globe competing in snow and ice sports such as skiing, figure skating, hockey, snowboarding, bobsled, and more.

Coach Kara, Sarah, and Amara take over this week's podcast to break down the importance of watching mental skills in action. Many of the same mental skills discussed in today’s episode are actively coached inside the Fearless Warrior Program.

If you want to help your athlete build confidence, stay composed under pressure, and compete fearlessly, this episode is your masterclass in Olympic-level mindset.

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123: Do These 3 Things to CRUSH Your Tryout with Confidence

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

In today's episode, I am going to give you 3 POWERFUL things you can do tonight that will set you up for success whenever your tryouts are:

1. How to not let your identity be defined by your sport.
2. How to journal so you feel prepared and confident in your skills.
3. How to productively evaluate your performance.

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122: You Belong Here: The Mindset Shift That Changed Payton Gottshall’s Career

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Coach AB and our Warriors sit down with professional softball player Payton Gottshall to unpack the mental work behind elite softball. From SEC doubt to year-round pro play in the U.S. and Mexico, she shares routines, recruiting advice, and the mindset shift that turned pressure into power.

Episode Highlights:

• Journaling for clarity and next-day resets
• Vocal self-talk and mid-inning communication
• Pitcher routines, breath, and between-pitch resets
• Travel recovery, sleep planning, and hobbies
• Transfer choice, culture fit, and finishing strong

Connect with Payton:

IG: @p.gott

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121: How to Be More Consistent by Building Better Systems with Justin Su'a

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Today, I go behind the scenes with Justin Su'a, Podcast Host, Author, and CEO of Performance Advisory Group, to show how elite athletes design simple systems that hold up under pressure. We unpack environmental design, feedback loops, and why competence beats confidence when it matters most.

Episode Highlights:

• Systems by design vs systems by default
• Separating life from sport with a "mental locker"
• Environmental design that makes good habits easy
• Defining and owning a real process
• Guiding youth athletes through tiny starts and constraints
• Preparation receipts to anchor confidence

Connect with Justin:

IG: @justinsua - *DM the word "IMPACT" to join his newsletter*

Podcast: Increase Your Impact

Podcast: Diggin' Deep Shows

Podcast: Losing Control

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120: How to Love the Process Even When It's a Grind with Amanda Lorenz Mazur

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

In this week's episode, we are sharing our mentorship call with Amanda Lorenz Mazur, Professional Softball Player for the AUSL and the U.S.A. National Team. She dove into the mental skills that kept her steady under pressure - love practice, align work with goals, and choose words that build confidence instead of breaking it.

Episode Highlights:

• First encounters with mental skills
• Language matters and rejecting the word "slump"
• Favorite Florida moment and handling pressure
• Loving practice for longevity and joy
• Advice to younger self on nutrition and resilience

Connect with Amanda:

IG: @amandalorenz

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119: How to Break Free from Perfectionism with Ashley Prange

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

In today's episode, Coach Kara and our Warriors sat down with Ashley Prange, professional softball player and University of Alabama alum. She shares about perfectionism, injuries, and the moment she almost walked away, and how a transfer, faith, and a person-first culture brought joy back to the game.

Episode Highlights:

• Early commit pressure and perfectionism
• Mental health experiences
• Transfer choice fueled by faith and support
• Routines for nutrition, scouting, and recovery
• Embracing mistakes and tight error recovery

Connect with Ashley:

IG: @ashley_prange

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118: Taking Talent to Their Full Potential with Coach Tim Walton

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

We have a special treat for you today. I had the privilege of interviewing Coach Tim Walton, Florida Gators Head Softball Coach. We unpack how Florida Softball sustains excellence through fit-first recruiting, honest feedback, routines, and preparation that drives confidence.

Episode Highlights:

• Whole-person development
• Recruiting for culture fit and long-term relationships
• Confidence built from preparation, not praise
• Routines, resets, and portable processes
• Tell The Truth Tuesday and film with purpose

Connect with Coach Walton:

IG: @_timwalton

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117: From the Softball Field to Professional Drag Racing with Melanie Johnson

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This week, we step outside of softball and head into the drag racing world. I sat down with Melanie Johnson, a professional drag racer, who shares how tiny adjustments, sharp focus, and trust in instinct turn five seconds of chaos into calm execution.

Episode Highlights:

• Pre-run routines that reduce noise
• Evidence-based self-talk and focus cues
• Visual strategies, focal points, and cockpit blinders
• Practice tree habits and reaction time limits
• Reframing fear of failure and NIL-era stress
• "Shrinking moments"

Connect with Melanie:

IG: @melaniejohnsonracing

Website: https://melaniejohnsonracing.com/

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116: How to Tell if She's Burned Out, What Pain Signals in the Brain with Dr. Nicole Woodard

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600

For today's episode, Dr. Nicole Woodard, founder of the Symptom Whisperer and physical therapist, and I explore how pain often acts as a protective signal and why many “orthopedic” problems start in the brain. She delves into the integration of science and somatics and offers practical advice for athletes and their families, stressing the importance of rest, proper training, and holistic care.

Episode Highlights:

• Brain-first rehab transforming re-injury risk
• Anchor points and athlete language for buy-in
• Sleep, travel, and nutrition as performance levers
• Fail fast with support and shared standards

Connect with Dr. Nicole:

IG: @symptomwhisperer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-woodard-b11068196/

Website: https://www.symptomwhisperer.com/

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115: The Mindset Behind Winning a National Championship with Carsyn Gordon

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode, we are diving into the archives with a 2023 Mentorship Call with Carsyn Gordon, a former Florida State softball player. She shares with Coach Kara and our Warriors her journey to becoming a national champion with Florida State University and a member of the Puerto Rican national team.

Episode Highlights:

Transition from college softball to coaching and career
Leadership experiences
Mental game and stress management
Balancing academics and athletics
Experience of playing for Puerto Rico

Connect with Carsyn:

IG: @carsynmariee

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsyn-gordon-mba-7b3359158/

Check out some of her highlights 👇

Walk off homerun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PA_2ErbHCc

ESPN Top 10 play: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1576283099076055

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114: Journaling Is The Most Effective Way To Get Started With Mental Skills

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600

It's Thanksgiving week, and what better way to celebrate than to explore how gratitude and journaling build real mental skills. Coach Sarah and I map out a three-step process to helping your athlete get their thoughts out of their head and onto paper! So that they can get clarity, feel better, and reflect on their mental skills to be successful!

Episode Highlights:
• Gratitude as a brain-based performance edge
• Journaling as the simplest entry to mental skills
• How to brain dump, reflect, and find the right mental skills
• Learning how to evaluate their performance with less criticism and more
celebration

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113: We've Been Looking at Comparison Wrong with Jake Thompson

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600

I had the privilege of sitting down with Jake Thompson, Leadership Performance Coach, Author, and Chief Encouragement Officer at Compete Every Day. We dig into how athletes can turn comparison into fuel, own their role, and compete for the standard in the mirror while becoming better teammates.

Episode Highlights:

• Comparison as a tool rather than a threat
• Clarifying the game and controlling controllables
• Accepting your starting position and role
• Gap and gain mindset anchored in gratitude
• Process praise over outcome praise for parents

Connect with Jake:

Website: https://www.jakeathompson.com/

Book: The Line: A Story of Excellence in the Margins

IG: @jakethompsonspeaks

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakethompsonspeaks/

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112: This Isn't the 90s Anymore, How Coaches Need to Adapt with Dr. Barry Davis

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600

In this week's episode, I interviewed Dr. Barry Davis, Leadership Coach and Author. We explore how emotional intelligence turns rigid control into real leadership. Dr. Davis shares stories, tools, and mistakes that shaped a steadier, clearer coaching style grounded in trust and accountability.

Episode Highlights:

• Defining emotional intelligence for coaches
• Five pillars for sustainable culture
• Self-talk, reset cues, and calm under stress
• Discipline through ownership, not punishment
• Reflection habits that build postseason readiness

Connect with Dr. Barry Davis:

Website: https://drbarrydavis.com/

Book: Old Dogs, New Tricks: The Power of Leading with Emotional Intelligence

IG: @drbarrydavis42

X: @BarryDavis42

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbarrydavis42/

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111: What to Say to Build Her Confidence the Right Way

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600

Do you struggle to find the right words as a parent sometimes? Especially after a tough game? This episode is for you! Build your athlete’s mental game with practical tools that turn car rides into connection and confidence. Learn my 3P method: what to say and how to say it. (With a few fewer eye rolls from your teen!)

Episode Highlights:
• 3 Ps of parent conversation
• Shifting postgame timing and tone to reduce heat
• Mapping her mental game and naming triggers
• External, internal, and physical fears framework
• Failure recovery and grounding for pressure moments

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110: How Championship Teams Build Trust with Dr. Larry Widman

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Today, I sit down with Dr. Larry Widman, Psychiatrist and High-Performance Mindset Coach, to unpack how trust, vulnerability, and role acceptance transform talented rosters into resilient teams. We also draw a clear line between mental health and mental performance.

Episode Highlights:

• Why trust is the cornerstone under pressure
• Mental health versus mental performance explained
• What coaches can notice and when to refer
• Reducing stigma through athlete stories
• Listen more, solve less as a coaching habit

Connect with Dr. Widman:

Website: https://www.maxoutmindset.com/

IG: @max_out_mindset

X: @Doc_elitemind

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109: Turning Failure into Feedback with Pro Softball's Korbe Otis

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, we share last month's mentorship call with Korbe Otis, a former Florida Gator softball player, pro softball player, and med student. In this interview, Coach Kara and our Warriors unpack mental skills, recruiting clarity, and why betting on yourself is a daily choice.

Episode Highlights:

• Committing young, transferring, and finding the right fit at Florida
• Turning failure into feedback and plans
• Recruiting non-negotiables and on-field intangibles that coaches value
• Film study, game planning, and post-game journaling
• Life lessons from sport and advice to her younger self

Connect with Korbe:

IG: @korbeotis

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108: Behind the Scenes of Professional Baseball with Hana DeGuzman, CMPC

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On this week's episode, I sat down with our former Community Manager and Mental Performance Consultant, Hana DeGuzman. We go down memory lane on her path from college softball to working with the MLB across the Minnesota Twins organization as a Mental Performance Coach. She shares the practical tools she uses to help athletes reset under pressure in the professional setting.

Episode Highlights:

• Day-in-the-life on game and non-game days
• Pressure, identity, and the realities of pro baseball
• The road to learning Spanish
• The SERR model
• Best advice learned: stay open-minded

Connect with Hana:

Premier Sport Psychology: https://premiersportpsychology.com/our-team/hana-deguzman/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hanadeguzman

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107: 5 Things That are Wrecking Your Athlete's Ability to Perform

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In today's episode, I dive into five essential, recurring issues that are wrecking youth athletes' performance and potential. This episode is a must-listen for both parents and athletes struggling with that "invisible block" between practice excellence and game-day performance.

Episode Highlights:

• Negative effects of not getting enough sleep
• Athletes are underfueling their bodies
• Free Macro Counter: bicepsafterbabies.com/setmymacros
• Your calendar shows your priorities
• Lack of mental skills
• The parent-athlete relationship

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106: How Faith Powers Performance with Laurèn Schiek

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, we are re-airing our May mentorship call with Laurèn Schiek, retired softball player and podcast host. She explains how maintaining her identity in Christ rather than in softball outcomes allowed her to play fearlessly and persevere through injuries, coaching changes, and a life-changing diagnosis.

Episode Highlights:

• Emphasizes having identity rooted in faith rather than athletic performance
• Shares practical mental reset routines: breath work and physical cues
• Discusses the importance of showing confidence and composure
• Encourages athletes to master their craft through consistent extra work
• Highlights the value of playing with and against talented athletes to elevate your game

Connect with Laurèn:

IG: @laurenschiek23

FB: https://www.facebook.com/laurenschiek23

Podcast: For His Glory

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105: How I Became a Full-Time Mental Performance Coach - Wins, Mistakes, Lessons Along the Way

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In today's episode, I share my unfiltered journey from softball coach to full-time mental performance coach, revealing the struggles, mistakes, and pivotal moments that shaped my business success. Joining me are fellow mental performance coaches to ask questions and create a transparent discussion about the realities of building a mental performance coaching business.

Episode Highlights:

• The transition from leaving the 9-5 job to owning a business
• How I discovered mental performance coaching
• Marketing strategies
• Overcoming imposter syndrome as a mental performance coach
• Gradually building systems and hired a team to help the business

If you loved this episode and want to connect with me about the Mental Performance Coach Mastermind, send me a DM at @fearless.coach.ab or reach out by email hello@fearlesswarriors.org.

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104: Parents: How to Help Your Athlete Create Routines to Stay Self-Motivated

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

We're taking you back to 2023 with a parent workshop on: The Power of Routines and Accountability. I dive into the importance of building consistent habits that emphasize self-reflection and ownership to create resilient competitors who can bounce back from mistakes.

Episode Highlights:

• Mental skills work best when treated consistently, regardless of performance
• Over-praising after poor performances creates disconnection
• Nagging and bribing create external pressure rather than internal motivation
• What went well? What could be better? How to change for next time?
• Athletes typically gravitate to just 1-2 mental skills that work best for them

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103: How the 4 B's got Courtney Wyche to the Pros

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, we are sharing our April mentorship call with Courtney Wyche, a professional softball pitcher for the New York Rise. She shares her journey from self-taught pitcher to professional athlete competing internationally with insights on mental toughness and developing your personal brand.

Episode Highlights:

• The Four B's: Breathe, Be in the moment, Believe, Battle
• Breathing to music rhythms to stay centered during games
• Recommends young athletes play multiple sports
• Encourages athletes to believe in themselves regardless of what others say

Connect with Courtney:

IG: @courtneyyy42

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102: How Nutrition Impacts Mindset with Amber Brueseke

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On today's episode, Amber Brueseke, founder and owner of Biceps After Babies and mom of 4, shares how she helped thousands of women use macro counting to build nutrition plans that are both effective and enjoyable. We explore how focusing on nutrition awareness—not restriction—can dramatically improve athletic performance while building a healthier relationship with food and body.

Episode Highlights:

• Macro tracking is an awareness tool to understand what your body needs
• Most athletes aren't getting enough protein
• Recovery nutrition is often overlooked but crucial
• Parents should model good nutrition rather than forcing it

Connect with Amber:

Website: https://www.bicepsafterbabies.com/

IG: @biceps.after.babies

Podcast: Biceps After Babies Radio

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101: The Power of Knowing Your Why with Ashley Trierweiler

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Today, we are airing our February mentorship call with Ashley Trierweiler, a professional softball player with the New York Rise. Coach Kara and our Warriors interviewed her about her softball journey, revealing how faith helped her overcome mental challenges and position changes to succeed at the highest level.

Episode Highlights:

• Her faith in Christ helps manage performance anxiety
• Transitioned from outfield to first base just before the season at GCU
• Focus on controlling what you can control rather than perfectionism
• Using prayer as a mental skill
• The journey is going to be hard with challenges, but it's going to be worth it

Connect with Ashley:

IG: @ashleyy.tree

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100: 100th Episode and Where are We Headed?!

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

We are celebrating 2 years of the podcast and our 100th episode!!! This week, Team Fearless sits down to discuss what we've learned over the years and where we're headed. This special episode reveals the passion, purpose, and people behind the mission to bring mental performance coaching to athletes across the country.

Episode Highlights:

• Discover what mental skills each coach wishes they had learned earlier
• Explore dream locations for future Fearless events
• Hear what each team member would do if they won the lottery
• The origin story of Fearless

If you enjoyed this episode, give us a review, and/or shoot us a DM. Let us know who you want us to interview and what topics you want us to cover in our next 100 episodes!

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099: How the Psychology of Money is Affecting Your Family with Rachel Coons

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

We have a special treat for you this week. I sat down with Rachel Coons, founder of Money Mom Club. We explore how money mindset impacts youth athletes, revealing practical strategies for supporting athletic journeys without transferring financial stress onto your kids.

Episode Highlights:

• Having conversations with children about the value of investing in their sport
• Simple ways to reduce grocery spending
• Why side hustles are ideal for sports parents
• Tips for managing the high costs of sports while maintaining a healthy relationship with money

Connect with Rachel:

IG: @heyrachelcoons

TikTok: @heyrachelcoons

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heyrachelcoons/

Podcast: Money Mom Podcast

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098: [RE-RELEASE] How Jordy Bahl Uses Mental Skills

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, we're going down memory lane from our LIVE in-person Guest Speaker Event with Jordy Bahl from our Fearless Warrior Retreat a few years ago. I am re-releasing this most popular episode because of Jordy's authenticity on and off the diamond. If you already listened once or twice, it's worth another listen!

Episode Highlights:

The importance of her support system
Why she decided to transfer to from Oklahoma to Nebraska
Discovering her identity outside of softball
Faith provided a new perspective: "When you give Him the glory, you also give Him the pressure"
Mental tools she uses on the field: visualization, breathwork, self-talk, routines, grounding, and her why

Connect with Jordy:

IG: @jordybahl

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097: The Four Absolutes of Development with Danielle Gallagher

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On today's episode, I interviewed Danielle Gallagher, also known as Coach D. She shares her innovative approach to athlete development through the "Four Absolutes" framework, helping female athletes unlock their full potential by addressing mental performance, nutrition, movement, and hormonal awareness.

Episode Highlights:

• Post-performance logs help process experiences objectively
• Nutrition must begin with non-negotiables like eating breakfast
• The impact of the menstrual cycle on performance
• True confidence comes from internal awareness and preparation
• Athletes need to focus on their own development rather than comparison

Connect with Danielle:

https://www.thedomethod.com/performanceportal

IG: @thedomethod

FB: https://www.facebook.com/thedomethod/

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096: Playing Your Best Under Pressure with Leah Jurgens

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week's episode features our June mentorship call with Leah Jurgens, a retired collegiate softball player. She is near and dear to my heart because I had the privilege of personally coaching her as a pitching coach and travel ball coach! She shared her journey as a collegiate athlete and how her experience translates into life skills outside of the sport.

Episode Highlights:

• The mental shift from high school to college athletics
• Embracing failure as part of softball
• Finding your "why" and using it as motivation
• Viewing practice as an opportunity rather than an obligation

Connect with Leah:

IG: @leahjurgens

X: @leahjurgens_

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095: How Being Awkward Is a Super Power with Henna Pryor

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, I had the privilege to sit down with workplace performance expert, author, and speaker, Henna Pryor. She explains how embracing awkwardness can be a competitive advantage and shares practical strategies for building confidence through vulnerability.

Episode Highlights:

• The most confident people don't avoid awkwardness
• The "spotlight effect"
• "What gave you butterflies today?"
• Specific questions help pre-teens and teens open up more meaningfully
• Building "social muscle" through intentional practice helps combat social anxiety

Connect with Henna:

IG: @hennapryor

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennapryor/

Book: Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become the Bravest You

Article: Social Muscles

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094: 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before College Softball

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

If you could go back in time, what would you change? What message would you tell yourself? On this week's episode, I go down memory lane and share my love letter on 10 essential lessons I wish I knew during my college softball career.

Episode Highlights:

• Take the weight room seriously
• The Spotlight Effect
• Your relationship with coaches and teammates takes on new meaning when you understand their true motivations
• Listen to your mom's advice to have fun while playing
• Your dad pushes you because he cares deeply
• Mental skills matter
• Develop interests outside softball
• You are enough

If any of these lessons resonated with you, I'd love to hear your feedback! My DMs are open on Instagram, or leave a comment if you're watching on YouTube.

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093: Helping Your Softball Athlete Have a Growth Mindset

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In today's episode, I am sharing a co-hosted parent workshop from 2021 with Coach Nicole Dennis, a mental performance coach, on growth mindset. We explore how understanding and developing a growth mindset can transform athletic performance, especially for young pitchers.

Episode Highlights:

• Creating awareness about fixed-mindset language and behaviors
• The power of "yet"
• Praising the process and effort rather than talent or natural ability
• Using intentional conversations to get curious about athletes' perspectives
• Celebrating failure in controlled environments to reduce fear

TED Talk: Developing a Growth Mindset with Carol Dweck

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Dr. Carol Dweck

The Big Life Journal

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092: How Mental Skills Propelled Jordan Roberts to Professional Softball

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, I am sharing our Mentorship Call from January with Jordan Roberts. She takes us on her journey with Coach Kara and our Warriors about how she went from a college catcher at the University of Florida to a professional player with Athletes Unlimited, revealing how mental performance tools transformed her game and life.

Episode Highlights:

• Key mental tools: journaling and breathwork
• Forging mental resilience through repeated exposure to challenges
• Value of creating an identity outside of softball
• The power of viewing pressure as a privilege rather than a burden
• Finding joy in the game after overcoming the fear of disappointing others

Connect with Jordan:

IG: @jojo_beans14

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091: What is Mindfulness and Why it Matters with Lucinda Snyder, MPM

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, I sat down with Lucinda Snyder, a mental performance coach, yoga, and mindfulness instructor. She reveals how mindfulness and meditation transform athletic performance and help teams win championships. She shares why she became a mental performance coach and the importance of teaching athletes to anchor themselves in the moment.

Episode Highlights:

• Mindfulness is a conscious choice
• Athletes need techniques to anchor themselves in the present
• Five minutes of mindfulness practice daily can change brain chemistry
• Mindfulness extends beyond sports into all areas of life

Connect with Lucinda:

IG: @peak_flow_

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090: Leadership Isn't About Being Perfect with Riley Sartain-Vaughan

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week's episode takes you back to one of our mentorship calls from 2021 featuring Riley Sartain-Vaughan. She answers questions from our Fearless Warriors about Leadership and how she used mental skills during her time at Texas A&M and in the pros with This is Us Softball.

Episode Highlights:

• Succeeded through relentless effort and self-awareness
• Understanding your own unique strengths is crucial
• Intangibles that require zero talent: attitude, effort, and accountability
• Consistent daily actions that build trust and establish leadership credibility

Connect with Riley:

Instagram: @rileysartain

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089: Mental Skills That Last a Lifetime with Coach Kara and Coach Marlie Davis

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

For this week's episode, Coach Kara interviewed her high school volleyball and softball coach, Marlie Davis. Coach Davis, better known as Coach D, shares her approach to mental skills training that helped shape athletes' mindsets long before it became mainstream in the sports world. Her 33-year coaching career across multiple sports reveals how implementing mental skills extends far beyond the playing field.

Episode Highlights:

• Daily affirmations require athletes to identify specific strengths
• Visualization sessions to help athletes "watch their own highlight reel"
• Goal-setting requires both dream goals and actionable plans
• Emphasizes the importance of letting athletes own their successes and failures
• Focuses on winning and losing "the right way" by emphasizing effort and process

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Have questions? We'd love to chat with you more! Book a call with Coach Kara: https://fearlessfastpitch.as.me/team

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088: Freedom to Fail: Creating Champions Through Mental Performance with Ellie Cooper, MPM

Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In this week's episode, I interviewed Ellie Cooper, a former Florida State University (FSU) softball player and the Director of Player Performance for FSU's softball team. She shared her experiences from struggling college freshman to mental performance coach and how the mental game transformed her athletic career and coaching philosophy.

Episode Highlights:

• Creates an environment where athletes can express their authentic selves
• Focuses on teaching how to respond to adversity
• Advocates for intentionally developing environments where it's safe to fail
• Emphasizes that what we consume "waters our mindset"

Connect with Ellie:

Instagram: @coachelliec

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087: How Mental Health Intersects with Mental Performance with Alex Hinger, LMHP

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500

May is Mental Health Awareness Month:

In this week's episode, I share a parent workshop from 2023 with Alex (Madsen) Hinger, LMHP. We discussed the importance of mental health on and off the field for players and parents!

Episode Highlights:

• Breathing techniques provide immediate anxiety regulation
• Reframing thoughts provides productive thinking
• Guided meditation grounds athletes in the present moment
• Sleep hygiene is vital for mental health
• Positive reinforcement from parents builds the self-esteem buffer

Connect with Alex:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/alex-madsen-omaha-ne/1017784

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086: Why Waiting to Give Her Mental Skills is Prolonging Her Frustration (and yours as a parent!)

Wed, 14 May 2025 01:00:00 -0500

Are you considering joining the Fearless Warrior Program? Then this week's episode is for you! I invited a few of our Fearless Parents to come and share the good, the bad, the skepticism, and all their doubts they had when first discovering Fearless. They share how the program helped their daughters both on and off the field and how much it helped them reach their potential as softball players. If you have questions about whether this program is right for your daughter, this episode is full of insight that will help you make your decision!

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085: Parent Questions Answered: Is HS ball worth it? What to do if coaches have favorites? How to help with nerves? And More!

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Coach Kara and I answer burning questions from parents about mindset challenges in sports. We discussed practical strategies to tackle common issues, from balancing coaching and parenting roles to managing game-day nervousness.

• Mental skills training is preventative care, not a reactive solution
• Controlling the controllable when facing frustrating team situations
• High school and travel ball provide opportunities for growth
• Supporting athletes by praising their process rather than outcomes

Want to submit a question for our next Q&A episode? Send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook, and we might answer it on the podcast!

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084: How Nutrition Can Get You to the Next Level with Brooke Miller, RD, CLC

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Brooke Miller, a dietitian and former college softball pitcher, gives us the lowdown on how to take care of our bodies as athletes. She shares insights on athletic performance nutrition, the importance of fueling for success, and navigating identity transitions beyond sports.

Episode Highlights:

• Proper nutrition directly affects energy, brain function, and reaction time
• For optimal performance, include protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats
• Hydration and electrolytes are crucial
• The transition from high school to college creates nutritional challenges
• Post-workout protein intake is essential for muscle recovery and growth

Connect with Brooke:

Instagram: @nutrition.for.mamas

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083: How I Use Mental Skills to Fuel My Fitness Journey - Featured on The Real Life Runners Podcast with Angie Brown

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This week, I'm taking you behind the scenes of my fitness journey. I recently had a great conversation with my friend, Dr. Angie Brown, DPT, on her Real Life Runners podcast, where I explored how I utilize mental skills in the gym and the significant impact it's had on my approach to exercise as a busy mom and entrepreneur.

Episode Highlights:

• Focusing on process goals rather than outcome goals
• Creating confidence conditioning statements
• Using a "wins, mistakes, betters" journaling technique
• Acknowledging negative self-talk but learning to talk back to those thoughts
• Standing in your power by asking, "When am I giving my power away?"

Connect with Angie:

Instagram: @realliferunners

Podcast: Real Life Runners with Angie and Kevin Brown

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082: How Megan Faraimo Used Self-Talk to Propel Her Softball Career

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 01:00:00 -0500

Megan Faraimo, a professional softball pitcher for the Toyota Red Terriers in Japan and Team USA silver medalist, shared her journey with our Warriors in our October 2024 Mentorship Call. She provides powerful insights into how mental skills have shaped her successful career despite facing continued challenges at every level.

Episode Highlights:

• Uses reframing as her primary mental skill
• Visualizes her potential as "being the best" by using mental imagery
• Values discipline and monotonous work
• Self-belief and confidence were key factors leading her to the pros
• Playing multiple sports growing up developed a diverse learning experience

Connect with Meg:

Instagram: @8megank

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081: How to Start the Recruiting Process and Stand Out to College Coaches with Coach Carter

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

We are re-airing a parent workshop with Coach Ashley Carter for this week's episode! She is a hitting coach for D1 Hampton University and a mental performance coach. She gives us the inside scoop on what she looks for in a collegiate athlete and answers questions about the college recruiting process.

Episode Highlights:

• Steps in the recruiting timeline
• Create a list of potential colleges your athlete would like to attend
• Camps and clinics that are a good fit
• College coaches look beyond skills to find athletes who know their strengths

Connect with Ashley:

The 360 Athlete Facebook Group

Social Media Strategy Session

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080: Why Finding the Right Fit Matters More Than Division with Maleah Andrews

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500

We are airing our Mentorship Call from last week with Maleah Andrews! She is a college softball standout who shares her journey from multi-sport high school athlete to record-breaking infielder and batter at Western Washington University.

Episode Highlights:

• Playing multiple sports develops skills that transfer between games
• Communication matters when you get into a slump
• Her decision to go to a DII school rather than a D1 school
• Maintain identity beyond softball to preserve the love for the game
• Parent-coaches must establish clear boundaries and open communication

Connect with Maleah:

Instagram: @maleah_andrews_

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079: When Mental Skills Become Your Secret Weapon as a Coach with Lindsey Wilson

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500

For this week's episode, I interviewed Lindsey Wilson, a former collegiate and professional basketball player turned mental performance coach! She gave us insight into her 20-year career and the impact mental skills training had on her athletics and beyond.

Episode Highlights:

• Practice concrete, actionable mental tools rather than vague concepts
• Community is crucial for both athletes and entrepreneurs facing setbacks
• The challenges in sports are essential elements of who athletes become
• Simple, consistent mental practice creates profound changes over time

Connect with Lindsey:

Website: https://www.positiveperformancetraining.com/

Instagram: @lindsaypositiveperform

Podcast: "The Mindset Coach Academy"

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078: How to Level Up Your Team with Mental Performance

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:00:00 -0500

For this week's episode, Coach Kara and I provide an overview of our first in-person mental skills camp! Mental skills training is transforming softball, giving players the tools they need to handle the mental challenges of the game without their gloves or bats. During the camp, we had stations that covered how to catch negative thoughts, develop breathing techniques, create routines, and recover from failure.

Episode Highlights:

• Why mental skills training is crucial in softball
• Mental skills can be taught during practice without sacrificing physical development
• Mental skills in a team setting help players feel less alone in their struggles
• The importance of mental reps is just as important as the physical ones

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077: Inside the Omaha Stockmen’s Dynasty: How Mental Performance Fueled a 4-Peat

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600

For this week's episode, I host the Mather brothers and discuss their journey with the Omaha Stockmen. We dissect how mental skills strategies lead to enhanced gameplay and improved team cohesion. We discussed how these strategies helped pave the way for a 4th championship title.

Episode Highlights:

• The importance of mental performance coaching in a team setting
• How they used mental strategies to help individual players
• Fostering a positive team culture through mental resilience
• How the team's motto "Rise as One" helped unify the players

Connect with Jason & Andrew:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Omahastockmen/

Instagram: @omahastockmen

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076: How to Have a Hard Conversation with Your Daughter

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600

For this week's episode, I'm sharing a parent workshop I hosted during a previous Mental Skills Challenge Week! I dive into the vital need for effective communication between parents and young athletes. Focusing on tools and strategies that foster emotional safety, I provide insights on navigating tough conversations and building lasting connections.

Episode Highlights:

• Discussing the challenges of parent-athlete communication
• Importance of emotional awareness in young athletes
• Introducing the parent communication guide with practical tips
• Celebrating progress and handling emotional setbacks

Parent Resources:

Parent Guide: https://www.fearlesswarriors.org/ctcc

X: @ToriTyson

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075: The Journey of a Small-Town Athlete to College Softball with Kelsey Gaston

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:00:00 -0600

For this week's episode I got the opportunity to interview my former teammate and friend, Kelsey Gaston! Kelsey and I were teammates at Concordia University where she played in the infield. After graduating, Kelsey went on to go to PT school and is now a practicing physical therapist. Kelsey’s journey from competitive athlete to a fulfilled physical therapist highlights the complexities of athletic identity and the emotional challenges faced post-competition. It encourages listeners to embrace their multifaceted selves and recognize the resilience built through sports.

Episode Highlights:

• Navigating personal identity after sports
• The transition from athlete to professional life
• The importance of diversifying athletic experiences
• Building resilience through adversity

Connect with Kelsey:

Instagram: @drkelsey.g

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074: What It Takes to Be a College Athlete with Bella Norton

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:00:00 -0600

We've got another archive Guest Speaker call we are sharing with you today! In 2020 Bella Norton a catcher for the University of Indiana came and shared her story with our warriors. Her story highlights the significance of mental resilience and teamwork in sports. Through her struggles and triumphs, Bella teaches that identity is rooted in character, not merely performance statistics.

Episode Highlights:

• Bella's recruitment experience and challenges with exposure
• The importance of academic performance and time management
• Daily life of a collegiate athlete and the grind of training
• Utilizing visualization for mental strength and confidence

Connect with Bella:

Instagram: @catch42softball

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073: Embracing Your Identity Beyond Softball with McKenzie Long

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:00:00 -0600

We reached way back to 2020 in our guest speaker files to share this awesome conversation with former Michigan State Spartan, McKenzie Long. In this episode, Kenzie shares her journey of identity transformation after serious injuries sidelined her athletic career at Michigan State. Through challenges, faith, and community support, she shares how she learned that worth is rooted in self, not performance.

Episode Highlights:

• Importance of mindset in overcoming adversity
• The struggle of identity tied to athletic performance
• Lessons learned from failure and unmet expectations
• The role of faith in personal growth and resilience

Connect with Kenzie

Instagram: @kenzie_long

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072: Mindset Myths Busted: Why I Don't Use the Term "Mental Toughness"

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0600

This is the 5th installment in our "Mindset Myths" series. Today, I challenge the popular notion of "mental toughness," asserting that it often leads to emotional suppression and unrealistic expectations in athletes. I also share with you what term I use instead, and my reasoning around that decision.

Episode Highlights:

• Why I don't use the word mental toughness
• The difference between mental toughness and mental strength
• How the term mental strength can give the power back to your athletes
• Importance of fostering supportive environments over tough love

If you want to read the article I mention in this episode: "7 Signs You're Not Mentally Strong, You're Just Acting Tough", you can find it here

If you are a coach and looking for more resources to help support building mental strength in your athletes, book a FREE call with Coach Kara, our Director of Team Performance, to discuss strategies and resources we provide to help teams, click here

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071: Mindset Myths Busted: Stop Telling Your Athletes to Visualize Success

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:00:00 -0600

On today's episode we bust the myth that our athletes need to "visualize success." We discuss the varying abilities of athletes to visualize, the importance of tailoring techniques to individual learning styles, and how coaches can better prepare their teams.

Episode Highlights:

• Debunking the myth about instant visualization success
• Comparing the learning process of mental skills to physical skills
• Recognizing individual differences in athletes' ability to visualize
• The relevance of aphantasia and learning preferences

If you are coach looking for support in teaching mental skills to your players, check out the replay recording of our recent Coaches Workshop here

To book a FREE call with Coach Kara, our Director of Team Performance, to discuss strategies and resources we provide to help teams, click here

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070: [Re-release] Getting the Most out of Your Team and Leading with Joy with Coach Shelly Mowinkel, Milford Softball

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 -0600

Today we are re-releasing our conversation with Shelly Mowinkel, Milford Softball Head Coach. We discuss building strong relationships with athletes, integrating mindset training, and fostering a culture of accountability and support within a high school sports program.

Episode Highlights:

• Joy as a core value in coaching
• Integrating mental performance tools into training
• Understanding personality colors for tailored coaching
• Implementing micro-goals and celebrating small wins
• Navigating challenges and creating a positive team culture

Connect with Coach Mo:

Instagram: @shellymo, @mhssoftba11

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069: Mindset Myths Busted: Why Mantras Don't work

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 -0600

This episode is the next installment of our "Mindset Myths Busted" series. Today I bust the myth that mantras alone are effective tools for building confidence. I discuss how superficial affirmations often fall short and teach you what to say instead.

Episode Highlights:

• Exploring the concept and limitations of mantras
• The 'dirty jersey' analogy to illustrate deep-seated issues
• Transitioning to more actionable belief statements
• Emphasizing actions over mere words for true confidence

If you want to learn more about belief shifting, check out Episode 13: How to Identify and Overcome Limiting Beliefs

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068: Mindset Myths Busted: There's No Such Thing as a "Good" or "Bad" Emotion

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Today's episode is the second installment in our "Myths Busted" series. Today we tackle the myth that there are "good" and "bad" emotions. In this episode, we explore how emotions are merely responses to situations and why suppressing them might just be the quickest way to amplify them. Drawing from insights shared our recent Confidence Camp, we explore how the meanings we attach to emotions shape our mindset and performance. Whether you're an athlete striving for mental resilience, a coach nurturing a team, or a parent supporting a child's emotional journey, this episode offers vital lessons to support a healthier, more accepting approach to emotions.

Episode Highlights:

Why there are no "good" and "bad" emotions
How emotions are like the weather
Mistakes parents make with their athlete's emotions
The 5 second rule

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067: Mindset Myths Busted: Confidence is NOT a feeling

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Today's episode is the first installment in our "Myths Busted" series. Today we tackle the myth that "confidence is a feeling". In this episode I discuss why treating confidence as a mere emotion can lead to self-doubt and learn how to nurture genuine confidence through preparation and action. We explore how athletes can build a resilient mindset that isn't swayed by the highs and lows of feeling emotions.

Episode Highlights:

Where Confidence comes from
Why "fake it until you make it" doesn't work
What confidence is
The link between confidence and trust

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066: How to Build Your Child's Confidence as a Parent - Featured on The Mindset Advantage Podcast with DJ Hillier

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Today's episode is an interview I did with DJ Hillier on his podcast, The Mindset Advantage Podcast. In our conversation, we talk all about how to have conversations with young athletes that will help them increase in confidence. We talk about real-life advice for how to navigate conversations with teenagers, from the car ride home to coaching in the dugout.

Episode Highlights:

How and why to start with the belief before the skills
How to overcome limiting beliefs
3 P framework for coaching and the car ride home
Advice to help teens overcome low self-esteem
Advice to help teens overcome loss of identity outside of sport
Advice to helps teens overcome perfectionism
Advice to help teens overcome the comparison trap

Connect with DJ:

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mindset-advantage/id1420211275

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065: How Team Mental Skills Training Paid Off For Blair Softball with Head Coach Jennifer Fangmeier

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600

Jennifer Fangmeier is the head softball coach at Blair High School in Nebraska. As a coach, she has focused on intentionally building a culture that fosters unity and success and has done that by keeping her program athlete focused. In our episode today, she talks about how fostering mentorship relationships between her athletes as well as prioritizing rest has helped shaped a team culture that consistently performs well at the highest levels.

Episode Highlights:

How to create a positive team culture
How to cultivate mentorship in your program
How to listen to what your athletes need to be successful
The importance of rest

Connect with Jennifer:

X: @BlairBearSB1

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064: Not Taking "No" For an Answer and Chasing Your Dreams with Lerin Lockwood of Lion Latch

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Lerin Lockwood is the founder and creator of Lion Latch, a product that provides secure storage for small valuables like jewelry and rings. After ruining her engagement ring coaching softball, she was inspired to create a place to store and protect jewelry for athletes. On today's episdoe, she shares about grit, determination, and never taking "No" as an answer.

Episode Highlights:

How Lerin came up with the idea for Lion Latch
How she survived two rejections from Shark Tank before finally making it on the show
How she used grit and determination to achieve her goal of launching her company
How goals can be achieved when we don't take "No" for an answer

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Instagram: @lionlatch_jewelrytotes

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063: Not Making the Lineup to Two-Time All American: Bailey Landry Domangue's Story

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Bailey Landry Domangue is a two-time All-American former LSU softball player. She lead her team to 3 World Series appearances as a Tiger and has the record for career hits at LSU. After college she went on to play professionally for three years. Now she is a wife and mother and advocates for topics that she feels passionately about. Our conversation underscores the importance of embracing a well-rounded approach, which can help young athletes achieve long-term success and fulfillment, paving the way for a healthier, more balanced life.

Episode Highlights:

How parents can support their children athletically outside of organized sports.
Celebrating every part of yourself, not just softball
Importance of sleep for young athletes
How to avoid burnout

Connect with Bailey:

Instagram: @baileydomangue

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062: Three Ways You've Been Giving Your Power Away and How to Get it Back with Coach AB

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Today's episode is a recording of a recent keynote presentation Coach AB gave for a career day at Milford High School in Nebraska. In it, she explores ways that all people, athletes and non-athletes alike may be giving away their power and how to reclaim it. She shares stories of her own journey to founding Fearless Fastpitch as well as inspiring stories of others who have persevered through challenges to make a difference in the world.

Episode Highlights:

How to identify who you are giving your power away to
What Tom Braden, Michael Jordan, Play-doh and Sticky Notes teach us about standing in our power.
How to reclaim your power
How to use joy to guide your life

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061: Bringing a Resilient Mindset in New Environments with Sydney Stewart

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0500

For this week's episode, we are sharing the guest speaker call with Sydney Stewart! Sydney is a current collegiate softball player, who started her career at the University of Washington. While at UW, she made an immediate impact as a freshman, starting 44 games at catcher. This summer, she transferred to the University of Arizona where she will represent the Wildcats in the 2025 season.

Episode Highlights:

What it was like transitioning from High School to D-1 Collegiate softball
How she helped lead her team as a freshman
What her experience at the College World Series was like
Which mental skills have helped her the most

Connect with Sydney:

Instagram: @sydneyystewart

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060: How to "Embrace the Suck" with Ellè Nelson

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Ellè Nelson is a mental performance coach and a former collegiate soccer player. She currently lives in London, working as a mental performance specialist for Charlton Athletic Football Club. She's used her own experience as an elite athlete in high performance environments to guide her work with individuals and teams. In our conversation today, we talk about all things mental performance and how learning to control our emotions can help unlock an athlete's elite potential.

Episode Highlights:

How top level athletes deal with prefomance anxiety
How to reframe your thoughts
Feeding the wolf
How to embrace the hard

Connect with Ellè:

Instagram: @mymentalperformancecoach

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059: How to Redefine Success Beyond Statistics with Janie Reed

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Today, we are sharing our Guest Speaker conversation with Janie Reed from June of 2020. Janie played her collegiate softball at Oregon where she earned all Pac-12 and All-American honors. After college, she represented the USA at the 2020 olympics where she helped Team USA win silver. In our conversation, Janie talks about dealing with the disappointment of the delay of the 2020 olympics, how she has learned to redefine success and how her faith has helped her along the way.

Episode Highlights:

Using mental skills to cope with COVID delaying the olympics
Overcoming failure by remembering your "Why"
Focusing on quality at-bats instead of batting average
How faith can help you be fearless

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Instagram: @_janiereed

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058: The Journey From JUCO to Division 1 Softball with Allie Helton

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Today on the pod, we are re-releasing our Guest Speaker conversation with UNO softball player, Allie Helton. Allie shares her story about what the transition was like going from a JUCO to a Division 1 school and how visualization helped her succeed. She opens up about the emotional and physical challenges she faced, from adhering to stricter guidelines to maintaining her identity as an athlete.

Episode Highlights:

What the transition from a JUCO to a D1 school was like
How she used visualization
How she views leadership on a new team
How to overcome fear of disappointing teammates

Connect with Allie:

Instagram: @alliehelton21

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057: What it Means to "Live Yes, And" with Travis Thomas

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Over the past 25 years, Travis Thomas transformed a career in improvisational comedy to becoming one of the top keynote speakers in the industry. He went from living the improv principles of “Yes, And” on stage, to inspiring elite leaders, professional athletes, and working his way to the World Cup as a leadership and mental skills coach. He has since created his own buisness, "Live Yes, And" and has worked with dozens of college and professional sports teams, and some of the top fortune 100 companies in the world.

Episode Highlights:

How the principles of improv can help athletes
How to "Live Yes, And"
How coaches beliefs shape athlete outcomes
How to chase courage, not confidence

Connect with Travis:

Instagram: @liveyesand

Website: https://www.liveyesand.com/

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056: How the Fearless Warrior Program Helped the Transition to College Ball with Abi Brown

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Today we are re-airing our Live Guest Speaker Event from August with Abi Brown. Abi is a Division I softball player at the University of South Dakota and alumni of the Fearless Warrior Program. Abby opens up about the highs and lows of her transition from high school to college, sharing how essential mental performance tools helped her overcome initial struggles with confidence and leadership in her freshman year.

Episode Highlights

How Abi found the Fearless Warrior Program
How the FWP helped her in her transition from High School to College
What mental skills she relies on
Advice for her younger self

Connect With Abi

Instagram @abi_paige07

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055: In Your Shoes: Fearless Parents Share Why Mental Skills Training Was Exactly What Their Athletes Needed (Part 2)

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Are you considering joining the Fearless Warrior Program? Then this week's episodes are for you! I invited a few of our Fearless Parents to come and share the good, the bad, the skepticism, and all their doubts they had when first discovering Fearless. They share how the program helped their daughters both on and off the field and how much it helped them reach their potential as softball players. If you have questions about whether this program is right for your daughter, this episode is full of insight that will help you make your decision!

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055: In Your Shoes: Fearless Parents Share Why Mental Skills Training Was Exactly What Their Athletes Needed (Part 1)

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0500

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054: Uncovering the Truth About Mental Performance Coaching - with 5 Top Mental Performance Coaches

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0500

I am so excited for today's episode! I recently had the opportunity to organize a retreat with 5 Mental Performance coaches who are as passionate as I am about growing the mental game. We decided to hit record around our morning coffee and chat about all things mental performance. From getting on our soap boxes about why every athlete needs a mental performance coach to sharing our tips for helping athletes reach their potential, we cover it all! We hope you enjoy our conversation!

Episode Highlights:

Why mental performance coaching is more effective than reading books
Hallmarks of a good mental performance coach
Advice on how to get out of a slump
How to stay in the moment as an athlete

Connect with the Coaches:

Danielle Gallagher @thedomethod

Ashley Davis-Carter @coachacarter1

Sue Schoonmaker @coachschoony

Leslie Huntington @blugoldcoachh

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53:[RE-RELEASE] Becoming a Better Coach Through Mental Performance, How to "Push the Rock" with Brian Cain, MPM

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Brian Cain is the creator of the mental performance mastery, the MPM coaching certification, 30 days to MPM for athletes program. He is a best-selling author, speaker and consultant. He's a number one international best-selling author and highly sought after speaker and mental performance coach and is regarded as the world's foremost authority on mental performance coaching. His client list includes coaches and athletes and teams at the Olympic level, major league baseball, NFL, NBA, NHL, UFC, the PGA and the LPGA tour, as well as a resume full of hall of fame athletes, including for major league baseball, Cy Young award winners, a Heisman trophy winner, eight UFC world champions, world series and super bowl champions. And over 1000 professional sports draft selections.

Episode Highlights:

Brian's daily success routine
Coaching softball programs like Florida State
How he defines confidence
A time when he had to deal with failure
The myth of Sisyphus
What he would tell himself if he could go back in time

Connect with Brian:

Instagram: @briancainpeak

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52: [RE-RELEASE] What is Mental Performance and How to "Hunt the Good" with Hannah Huesman, MS, CMPC

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0500

To celebrate one year of the Fearless Warrior Podcast, we are re-releasing our all time most popular episode! Today we are going all the way back to our very first episode about how to "hunt the good" with Hannah Huesman. Hannah is currently the mental performance coordinator for the Texas Rangers organization. She also travels for speaking engagements on how training your mental skills can help any performer. Hannah has worked with the FDNY, MLB, business executives, actors, and athletes of all ages. She is also the host of mental sweat Monday on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. This is a one-minute video posted every Monday of different strategies to help you work on your mental game. Hannah is so passionate about helping performers become the best they can be by breaking a mental sweat. Every single day.

Episode Highlights:

Tips to become an elite athlete
Advice for parents on how to support their daughters
How to "hunt the good"
How to celebrate progress while continuing to work hard

Connect with Hannah:

Instagram @hannahhuesman

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051: [RE-RELEASE] You are More Than Your Sport, Not Letting the Negative Voice Win with Jordy Bahl

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0500

To celebrate one year of the Fearless Warrior Podcast, we are re-releasing our all time most popular episode! This recording is from our LIVE in-person Guest Speaker Event we did at our Fearless Warrior Retreat last year. Jordy shares so much of her personal struggles and insights, even if you already listened once, it's worth another listen!

Episode Highlights:

The importance of her support system
Why she decided to transfer to Nebraska
Discovering her identity outside of softball
How she uses Mental Skills Tools

Connect with Jordy:

Instagram @jordybahl

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050: Raising a Competitive Child with a Balance of Joy and Discipline Featuring My Mom

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0500

What if the secret to raising successful athletes lies not in rigorous training, but in unconditional support and a balance of joy and discipline? This week, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Fearless Warrior podcast with my most special guest yet—my mother, Lisa Beeson. She takes us on a nostalgic journey from my early days on the "Pink Pigs" team to the intense world of select softball, sharing her wisdom on how she and my Dad nurtured my love for sports. You’ll hear stories full of laughter, motivation, and plenty of heartfelt moments that shaped not only my athletic career but also my approach to life.

Episode Highlights

Role of parental support in building confidence
Managing emotions in tough situations
The role my Mom played in pushing me to create Fearless Fastpitch
How to balance joy and discipline

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049: [Live] Shining Light on Our Struggles with College Panel Jordy, Abbie, Lauren and Hannah

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Our episode this week is the live recording of our College Panel from the Fearless Warrior retreat. We asked 4 current Nebraska Cornhuskers to share with us about the mental aspects of being a collegiate softball player. They shared their mental and physical struggles and gave us an inside look at how mental skills have helped them navigate the increased pressure.

Episode Highlights:

How mental skills helped them make the transition to college ball
How to bounce back from failure
How to deal with teammates' poor attitudes
How to deal with not starting in your preferred position

Connect With Our Panel:

Jordy: @jordybahl

Abbie: @abbie.squier

Lauren: @laurendcamanzind

Hannah: @hannah.camanzind

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048: What College Coaches are Looking For with Hall of Fame Coach, Leslie Huntington

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 01:00:00 -0500

On today's episode, we had the honor of having a conversation with Hall of Fame Coach Leslie Huntington. Leslie has been the head coach for the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire softball team for 24 years. She is the program's all-time wins leader and lead the team to their first National Championship in 2008. In our episode today, she gives a insider's view into recruiting and how to navigate the process.

Episode Highlights:

How to get noticed by college coaches
What college coaches are looking for
The role parents play in recruiting
Why team culture matters

Connect with Leslie:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lesliehuntington15

Instagram: blugoldcoachh

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047: Playing Under Pressure with Ruby Meylan

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Ruby Meylan was a guest speaker for our Warrior Members this past week. Ruby started out her collegiate softball career playing for the University of Washington Huskies. She was a stand-out pitcher for them, earning All Pac-12 as well as All-American honors in her freshman year. This summer, Ruby announced that she will be transferring to Oklahoma State, closer to her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.

Episode Highlights:

How Ruby chose the University of Washington
How she worked through her "sophomore slump"
How she dealt with external expectations
What advice she would give to her younger self

Connect with Ruby:

Instagram: @rubymeylan

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046: Routines of an Olympian with Ali Aguilar

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 01:00:00 -0500

This week, we are re-airing a guest speaker zoom call with University of Washington Alum Ali Aguilar. Ali is a professional softball player with the USSSA Pride and a silver medalist with Team USA. Learn how early experiences in travel ball and the pressures of recruitment shaped her path, culminating in a mindset shift that propelled her to the 2020 Olympics.

Episode Highlights:

Ali's introduction to softball
How she chose her collegiate school
Which mental skills she uses in her career today
How her participation in other sports helped her in softball

Connect with Ali:

Instagram: @ali_aguilar1

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045: Raise Your Kids to Be Okay With People Not Liking Them with Amber Brueseke

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 01:00:00 -0500

On this week's episode, we are sharing a conversation I had on another podcast, Biceps After Babies Radio with host Amber Brueseke. Amber is a registered nurse, personal trainer, Macros Coach and mom of 4. In our conversation we discuss how we can raise children with high confidence and why that matters.

Episode Highlights:

Where confidence comes from
How to build confidence in our kids
Bright sides and dark sides to confidence
3P method for conversations

Connect with Amber:

Instagram: @bicepsafterbabies

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044: Marathon Mindset and Applying Mental Skills Beyond Sports with Carly Musser

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Today on the Podcast I got to interview Carly Musser who is a mental performance coach inside Fearless Warriors. Carley went to WVU, where she studied sport and exercise psychology. She then went on to earn her Master's Degree in sport, exercise, and performance psychology from Barry University. She has her own practice, CM Mental Performance, and is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Episode Highlights:

Marathon mindset
How to deal with the confidence roller coaster
How to embrace the seasons of life
Triggers and Shields

Connect with Carly:

Instagram: @cm_mentalperformance

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043: Finding Purpose After a Career-Ending Injury with Kelsey O'Connor

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Kelsey O'Connor is a motivational speaker, former D1 student athlete and a recent social work graduate from North Carolina state university. After recovering from a head injury that abruptly ended her athletic career. Kelsey graduated and delivered a commencement speech that went viral on Tik Tok and Facebook with over 30 million views across platforms combined. In our conversation today, we dive deep in to her journey through her personal struggles as a Division 1 athlete. She shares how she personally faced and moved through her personal darkness and came out the other side, ready to empower others to do the same.

Episode Highlights:

The difference between what you DO and what you ARE
How to find your identity outside of your achievements
How skills learned in softball have continued to bless her life
How she processed her physical and team struggles during college

Connect with Kelsey:

Instagram: @kelsoconnor6

Website: https://www.kelseyoconnor.net/

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042: From College Triumphs to Olympic Challenges with Dejah Mulipola

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500

We were lucky enough to have Dejah Mulipola as a guest speaker for our Warriors in November of 2023, and we decided to share our conversation with her on the podcast this week! Dejah was a 2 time All-American catcher at Arizona University and currently plays professionally for the Oklahoma City Spark. She was on Team USA when they won the silver medal in the 2020 Olympics.

Episode Highlights:

How her Dad helped her develop as an athlete
What it was like to "pay her dues" and sit the bench before starting
Lessons Dejah learned as an Olympian
Mental Skills that helped her perform at her best

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Instagram: @dejahmulipola_

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041: How Taryn Kern's Mental Preparation is Paying Off in the WCWS

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Our episode this week features a guest speaker interview we did in August of 2023 with Taryn Kern. Taryn was a standout freshman player for Indiana University in 2023 and helped lead her team to one of the best seasons in program history, including a deep run in the Women's College World Series. When we spoke to her, she had just transferred to Stanford University and was getting ready to play closer to home. Taryn has been a student of the mental game for years and in our interview she talks about how mental skills training prepared her for the big moments on the biggest stages.

Episode Highlights

What Zoom recruitment was like
Mental Skills Taryn used to help her team in the WCWS
How to lead as an underclassman
What coaches are looking for in recruiting

Connect with Taryn:

Instagram: @tarynkernn

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040: Reflecting on the College World Series with Odicci Alexander

Wed, 29 May 2024 06:00:00 -0500

With the Women's College World Series starting this weekend, we thought we would release our Guest Speaker conversation with 2021's WCWS breakout star, Odicci Alexander. Odicci is currently a professional pitcher for Athletes Unlimited. She played her college career at JMU, where she lead her team to their first ever College World Series appearance. In 2023, she was the individual points winner for Athletes Unlimited.

Episode Highlights:

Odicci's recruiting journey
How she taught herself to pitch
What it was like going up against OU in the World Series
Advice she would give to her younger self

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Instagram: @double_seas

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021: [RE-RELEASE] Fostering Grit and Glory at Mizzou Softball with Larissa Anderson

Wed, 22 May 2024 05:00:00 -0500

Listen as Coach Anderson recounts the pivotal moments of reshaping Mizzou's softball program into a culture of accountability and #OwnIt. With the wisdom of a seasoned coach, Anderson dives into the genesis of the "Own It" mantra, a philosophy rooted in the principles of Navy SEALs leadership, and how it's been instrumental in rallying her team amidst coaching changes and NCAA investigations. Her narrative isn't just about wins and losses; it's a masterclass in fostering resilience and unity in young athletes, demonstrating that the heart of a winning team beats beyond the scoreboard.

She reveals the secrets to curating a team that outperforms their natural talent, emphasizing the importance of Midwest grit and the competitive fire that fuels underdogs to topple giants. Coach Anderson shares stories of players who embraced their roles with a fervor that turned setbacks into stepping stones for growth. This episode isn't just about the X's and O's of softball; it's a testament to the formidable strength of trust and ownership in shaping a team that can withstand any storm.

Episode Highlights:

What Coach Anderson looks for when recruiting players
How she worked to foster a gritty team culture
How she navigated team setbacks to build a winning culture

Connect with Coach Anderson:

Instagram: @larissaanderson7

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039: The Psychology of Peak Performance with Hana DeGuzman

Wed, 15 May 2024 01:00:00 -0500

This week, I sit down with a member of Team Fearless, Hana DeGuzman. Hana has worn many hats with Fearless, including coach, retreat leader and social media manager. She just recently graduated from Boston University with her Master's of Education in Counseling and Sports Psychology. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Puget Sound, where she played softball.

Episode Highlights:

How Hana discovered mental performance
The difference between mental health and mental performance
Motivational self-talk vs instructional self-talk
How she recovered from failure

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Instagram: @hana_deguzman

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038: Nurturing the Next Generation of Confident Girls with Jill from Girls Mentorship

Wed, 08 May 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Today on the podcast, I sat down with Jill from Girls Mentorship. Girls Mentorship is an organization specializing in nurturing young women with skills that foster perspective, ownership, worthiness, empowerment and reassurance. They seek to help each girl embrace her potential and prepare to take on any challenge with confidence. In this episode, Jill and I talk about the need for mentorship to help guide young women and how to help your daughter develop confidence in an increasingly digital world.

Episode Highlights:

How the organization was founded in the middle of the pandemic
The impact of mentorship on youth
How to help your daughter manage screen time
Strategies for meaningful engagement with your daughter

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Instagram: @girlsmentorship

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037: Dominating on the Field and in the Classroom, with UNO's Lynsey Tucker and Kamryn Meyer

Wed, 01 May 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Lynsey Tucker is a Junior at the University of Nebraska Omaha (Div 1). A lefty slapper and true utility with speed, she has seen the field as an underclassmen starter in a competitive conference. She shares her mental game strategies as well as the hurdles she has overcome to play at the highest level. Her teammate Kamryn Meyer also joins the conversation and shares her perspective as a pitcher. They share their techniques for mental toughness, revealing how they fine-tune their focus and harness self-confidence in the face of formidable opponents.

Episode Highlights:

Their individual journeys to a D1 offer
How they coped with going from high school to college softball
What mental skills they use
What a day in the life of a college athlete looks like

Connect with Lynsey and Kamryn:

Instagram: @lynsey.tucker

Instagram: @kamrynmeyer

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036: I Struggled in College: What I Wish I Knew with Coach AB

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Our podcast episode this week features our very own Coach AB! Amanda Schaefer is a former collegiate pitcher and founder of Fearless Fastpitch. In this episode she shares her journey through high school and college softball and how her experiences pushed her to embark on a mission to teach other athletes mental skills.

Episode Highlights:

How Coach AB discovered mental skills
How resiliency helped her through the death of her father
What mental skills she used in her own softball career
The difference between superstitions and mental skills

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035: How to Communicate Your Hopes, Goals, and Desires for Your Athlete with Nicole Erickson

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Today on the podcast we are sharing a Parent Workshop with Nicole Erickson, a Certified Mental Performance Coach. In this workshop, she helps parents think about their goals and dreams for their daughters and how to best communicate with them. The skills learned in this workshop will help parents who are trying to be more intentional in the ways they support and communicate with their children.

Episode Highlights:

Questions to ask yourself as a parent
How to model failure recovery for your child
How to communicate about goals with your athlete

Connect with Nicole:

Instagram: @coachnicole.e

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034: Parent Workshop: How to Build Your Daughter's Confidence with Coach AB

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 01:00:00 -0500

This week's episode is a re-airing of a popular parent workshop called Conversations to Create Confidence. This is normally a $200 workshop, but today you can get it for free on the Fearless Warrior Podcast! During this training, Coach AB talks about how you can connect with your daughter and help to give her the tools to build lasting confidence that will not only help her on the softball field, but in all areas of her life.

Episode Highlights:

3 P method
How to communicate effectively with your athlete
How to empower your daughter to diffuse her own triggers
How to categorize your daughter's fears

Conversations to Create Confidence Parent Guide:
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033: Overcoming Perfectionism with Carley Musser

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500

This week's episode is a Parent Workshop from our archives with Carley Musser. Carly is a mental performance coach and owner of CM Mental Performance. She has a masters degree in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology and strives to help athletes master their minds so they can master their craft. In this parent workshop, Carly talks about how to help your athlete work through perfectionist tendencies. She talks about the important role parents play in helping to foster a process-focused attitude in their children and how to help them let go of perfection to unlock their true potential.

Episode Highlights:

Pros and cons of perfectionism
Differentiating between different types of perfectionism
What parents can do to support their children with perfectionist tendencies
How mental skills benefit athletes for the rest of their lives

Connect with Carly:

Instagram: @cm_mentalperformance

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032: Turning Adversity into Opportunity and Being Mentally Tough with Gladine Frasso

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500

ABOUT GLADINE FRASSO

Gladine Frasso is a dynamic and sought-after keynote speaker renowned for her inspiring journey of resilience, confidence, and overcoming adversity. She owns I Am Mentally Tough, which seeks to improve the mental game of athletes and maximize their performance. In our conversation, Coach G shares her personal experiences where she was able to turn adversity into opportunity, and how learning mental skills helped her along the way.

Episode Highlights:

How she went from never having played basketball to leading scorer in high school
How she found her confidence
How mental skills helped her succeed in the work force
Her journey to coaching mental skills in athletes

Connect With Gladine:

Instagram: @iammentallytough

https://www.iammentallytough.com/

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031: Lies My Anxiety Has Told Me with Brittany Richmond

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Our episode this week features Brittany Richmond, a teen mental health speaker who has dealt with her own personal anxiety for years. In our conversation we talk about what anxiety is like for those suffering, as well as how to learn to cope with it. Her perspective and insights will benefit parents as well as athletes as we all try to improve our mental health.

Episode Highlights:

How to manage anxiety
The difference between mental toughness and mental health
How to manage the effects of technology on teenagers
The importance of articulating our needs

Connect with Brittany:

Instagram: @thebrittanyrichmond

Book: Lies My Anxiety Has Told Me

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030: Understanding Emotions and Creating Common Language with Gen Z with Coach K

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Our guest on the podcast today is Kristyna Bertolone, also known as Coach K, who is the owner/founder and head coach at Game Changers, a mental performance coaching group. Coach K is a former college athlete, PE teacher and high school coach who loves to provide the resources, tools and knowledge to athletes and coaches so they can feel empowered to get out of their heads and into "the game". In our conversation, Coach K shares some of her advice for parents and coaches and how they can better connect with athletes of a different generation.

Episode Highlights:

How to foster emotional intelligence
How to navigate gender-specific emotional processing
Advice for navigating communication barriers between generations
How to engage with Gen Z athletes

Connect with Coach K:

Instagram: @gamechangers___

https://www.thementalgameisthegame.com/

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029: Unlocking the Next Level by Believing in Yourself With Kiki Stokes O'Connor

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600

This week's episode is a look back on our guest speaker interview with Kiki Stokes-O'Connor. Kiki was a four year starter at Nebraska and contributed to their 2017 7th place win at the College World Series and their 2014 Big Ten Championship. Since college she has played professionally in both the USSSA as well as Athletes Unlimited. She is currently coaching back in her hometown of Kansas City with the Kansas City Roos.

Episode Highlights:

How she balances coaching while still playing
How she prioritized softball to reach her goals
The importance of rest and recovery
How mental skills have helped her

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Instagram: @kstokes10

X: @kstokes10

Tik Tok: @kiki.stokes

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028: What it Means to Compete Every Day With Jake Thompson

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Jake Thompson is a Keynote speaker, published author, coach and owner of Compete Everyday, a company focused on helping people boost their leadership skills to create the life they want. Jake teaches that the life we desire is closer than we think and that it’s the small shifts in our daily focus, mentally and practically, that build a winning life.

Episode Highlights:

How he turned selling T-shirts out of his car into a successful buisness
How he dealt with a career altering injury
How re-framing discomfort can fuel progress
Why it's important to detach worth from performance

Connect With Jake:

https://jakeathompson.com/

Instagram: jakethompsonspeaks

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/competeeveryday

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027:Breaking Through Barriers By Knowing Your Athlete's Tendencies With Ashley Carter

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Our guest this week is Coach Ashley Carter. Ashley is a team-building and leadership expert who empowers leaders and athletes to unlock the tools already within them so that they dominate not just the game, but also the game of life! Her mission in life is to arm athletes, students, teams, coaches, and teachers with the identity, confidence, and mental skills they need to succeed at anything in life, not just the game or societies perception of success.

Episode Highlights:

Ashley's work with HBCUs
How investing in mental performance helps the underdog
Why understanding your identity is important for success
How personality assessments can help you know yourself better

Connect with Ashley:

Instagram: @coachashleycarter

X: @Coach__ACarter

www.coachashleycarter.com

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026: Navigating Peaks and Valleys in Life With Cory Huminksy

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600

This week's podcast episode is a re-broadcast of this month's guest speaker presentation, Coach Cory Huminsky. Cory is a pitching instructor out of Pittsburgh, PA. Cory is a former University of Pittsburgh student-athlete, where she holds the career and single season ERA records for Pitt Softball. She is also a former Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year award winner. She is a pediatric cancer survivor and autoimmune disease warrior who has scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro and climbed to Mt. Everest Base Camp. One of her core values is resiliency, not just as a pitcher or as a player on the field, but also in life.

Episode Highlights:

How Cory's struggles with her health taught her resilience
Cory's recruiting journey
Cory's experience climbing to Mt. Everest Base Camp
Her advice to her younger self

Connect with Cory:

Instagram: @coachcory_fastpitch

www.coachcoryfastpitch.com

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025: Leading BETTER Teams: Managing Emotions, Addressing Drama and Building Trust with Kevin DeShazo

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600

This week, the Fearless Warrior Podcast welcomes mental performance coach, Kevin DeShazo to the Pod! Kevin is the co-founder of Better, a system that helps coaches improve their teams from the inside out through better mindset, leadership, and performance. We talk about how coaches can effectively manage athletes’ emotions for peak performance.

Episode Highlights:

Strategies for channeling emotions
The difference between venting and complaining
What we can learn from "Chopping Wood"
Strategies that make teams successful

Connect with Kevin:

X: https://twitter.com/KevinDeShazo

Instagram: @kevindeshazo

Instagram: @bebetterleaders

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024: More Than Meets the Eye: Overcoming Life's Setbacks to Achieve Her Dreams with Taylor McQuillin

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600

This week's podcast episode is another Guest Speaker Replay from March of 2020. Taylor McQuillin was a standout pitcher at the University of Arizona, represented Team Mexico at the 2020 Olympics and is a current pro, playing with Athletes Unlimited.

In our conversation, Taylor shares what her journey to the pros looked like, including overcoming partial blindness to become a dominant collegiate pitcher. She talks about the mental skills that have helped her most along the way and about her hopes for the next generation of softball athletes.

Episode Highlights:

How the professional drafting process works
How Taylor chose to play softball
How she succeeded despite physical limitations
How mental skills have helped her in her career

Connect with Taylor:

Instagram: @taybeezzyyy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.mcquillin.18

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023: Unleashing Her Potential: Syncing Training with the Female Athlete's Cycle for Maximum Performance with Renae Fieck

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600

This week on the Pod, we've invited cycle synchronization expert Renae Fieck to teach us more about the female cycle and how to use this knowledge to maximize our performance. Our conversation navigates the often uncharted territory of how menstrual cycles intricately affect brain function and the day-to-day lives of women. We shed light on the compelling contrasts between men's and women's hormonal patterns, illustrating why a one-size-fits-all approach falls short for female athletes. Renae explains how each phase of the menstrual cycle can refine training, amplify cognitive abilities, and foster self-confidence. The information from this episode is a valuable part of a parent's toolkit to help empower their daughters to embrace the unique strengths of the female athlete's cycle and help them achieve their goals.

Episode Highlights:

How the female cycle affects performance
How to fuel your athlete during her cycle
How understanding female hormones can help parents provide better support for their athletes

Connect with Renae:

Instagram: @renaefieck

The Cycle Advantage Podcast

www.renaefieck.com

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022: Cultivating Champions on the Diamond with Amanda Scarborough

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600

Amanda Scarborough is an ESPN softball analyst and founder of Pitching Angel. She joins us this week to share her story and insights about what it takes to be a top-tier pitcher. From dealing with intense pressure to finding therapeutic solace in writing, Amanda delves into her personal journey, sharing how she became an inspiration for pitchers everywhere.

In this episode, Amanda talks about the emotional roller-coaster athletes ride during their careers, emphasizing the importance of parental support and the space to voice their struggles. We also celebrate the resilience it takes to bounce back from setbacks, as Amanda recounts how her college team transformed a sophomore slump into back-to-back World Series appearances.

If you are a parent looking for guidance for your pitcher, check out Amanda's free training session: 15 Things Every Softball Pitcher's Parent Must Know:

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Episode Highlights:

How Amanda dealt with the pressure of pitching
How she overcame her doubts about her height
How Amanda overcame a sophomore slump to lead her team to the World Series
How parents can best support their athletes

Connect with Amanda:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amanda9scarborough

Instagram @amandascarborough

https://www.pitching-angel.com/

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020: TOP 5 Mistakes Parents (and Coaches) Make that Damage Their Athlete’s Confidence With Coach AB

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Have you ever witnessed the detrimental effects of over-criticism on a young athlete's spirit? As a former softball coach and parent, I've seen firsthand how a relentless pursuit of perfection can undermine rather than uplift. On the Fearless Warrior podcast this week, I, Coach AB, share my personal journey through the blunders we often make as parents and coaches, and how these can unintentionally erode the confidence of young athletes. Let's peel back the layers of these inadvertent errors and, together, learn to cultivate environments where progress is celebrated, and our children's love for their sport can truly blossom.

Navigating the delicate balance of support and praise in youth sports can feel like walking a tightrope, but it's a path I'm familiar with. In our latest session, I delve into the transformative power of authentic praise and the crucial role of emotional backing in a child's confidence. Through anecdotes and advice, I illustrate how to maintain an open dialogue with young athletes and affirm their value beyond their sports achievements, ensuring they feel valued and supported in all aspects of their lives.

Episode Highlights:

Misconceptions about mental skills busted
How parents can communicate effectively with their athletes
How you can support your athlete most effectively
Sneak peek into upcoming free Mental Skills Challenge Week

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019: How Being a Multi-Sport Athlete Set Her Up to Become an All-American Rugby Player with Kara Remington

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Today on the podcast you get to meet a member of Team Fearless! Fearless community manager and former All-American rugby player, Kara Remington. This episode dives headfirst into her journey from rugby rookie to a spot on a Division 1 rugby team, highlighting how the sport's combination of team dynamics and democratic game play drew her in. Drawing from personal experiences and Kara's insights, we underline the merits of embracing diverse sports over early specialization. We also chat about being intentional about goals and expectations to guide each athlete on their own journey, both in and outside of sports.

Kara's passion for rugby overflows into her coaching role at Fearless, where she ignites the same competitive spirit and camaraderie in the community. As a coach inside our Master Warriors program, she shares why she feels mental skills are not only valuable for their ability to affect an athlete on the field, but how they can bless her for the rest of her life. Tune in for these compelling insights, heartfelt conversations, and an exploration of leadership and empowerment you won't want to miss!

Episode Highlights:

How Kara discovered rugby in college.
The benefits of playing multiple sports.
How goal setting helps her make decisions.
Why she is passionate about mental performance training.

Connect with Kara:

Email: hello@fearlesswarriors.org

Instagram: @kremington6

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018: Growing the Game: Behind the Scenes of Women's Sports Photography with Jade Hewitt

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Our episode this week is a peek into what it's like to be a professional sports photographer. Jade Hewitt is a former college softball player who now spends her time behind the lens, capturing female athletes across multiple sports.

In this episode, Jade shares about the adrenaline rush of being in the dugout, the challenge of quick decision-making during a photoshoot, and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with the territory. She also tells us about the quiet moments of triumph, like capturing career-defining shots or witnessing the growth of a league where players are front and center.

Episode Highlights:

Jade shares what the transition was like from player to photographer
What she feels like the future of women's sports looks like
Advice she'd give to her younger self

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http://www.jadehewittmedia

Instagram: @jadehewittmedia

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017: From Rec League To Pro: Finding Joy At Every : Level With Sam Fischer

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600

This week we have the pleasure of hosting Sam Fisher, a former Team USA player and current Athletes Unlimited Athlete, who generously shares her journey from rec league to All-American college player to professional athlete. Sam gives us a peek into her role as a player executive committee member for Athletes Unlimited, a position where she advocates for fellow players and works tirelessly to enhance the fan experience.

In this episode, Sam shares her encounters with injuries and underscores the significance of self-care and listening to your body and underlines the beneficial role of mental training in sports. Through it all, Sam's love for the game and it's community shines through as she shares her story with us.

Episode Highlights:

Sam's college recruitment journey, through a chance encounter with her future coach
How she overcame injuries
Her favorite moments on the softball field
How mental skills have helped her and which skills she personally uses

Connect with Sam:

Instagram: @samfischer52

http://www.samfischer52.com

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016: The Toughest Out: Kendall Burton on Overcoming Challenges and Staying Resilient

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Ever hit a wall in life and felt like it's game over? We've all been there, but our guest, Kendall Burton, takes resilience to a whole new level. Kendall, a former college softball player, now turned motivational speaker and coach, shares her awe-inspiring journey of overcoming hurdles to achieve her goals. In this episode, Kendall shares her battles with mental health issues and self-doubt and highlights the essence of staying motivated through hardships. She shares her thoughts and advice on navigating life with resilience and grace, from dealing with frustration to finding motivation. This episode will uplift and inspire you to keep on believing in your dreams, no matter the obstacles that stand in your way.

Episode Highlights:

How Kendall overcame her health challenges that almost derailed her chance to play college softball.
How she battled back from injuries and surgeries to play in the SEC
Advice on how to stay balanced and remember who you are outside of softball
What questions to ask coaches on recruiting phone calls.

Connect with Kendall:

Instagram: @kenigrace

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015: The Art of Mindful Coaching: Behind the Scenes with Legendary Division 1 Coach, Rhonda Revelle

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Today's guest is Nebraska softball head coach, Rhonda Revelle. She is entering her 31st year at her alma mater, Nebraska. Rhonda has led the Huskers to over 1, 000 victories, and fun fact, she was a member of Nebraska's 1982 Women's College World Series team, which was the inaugural year of the NCAA World Series. She has been a part of the 34 of Nebraska's 47 seasons as a softball program, participating as either as a player or coach in 90 percent of Husker wins.

Most of all I love seeing her passion and how she shares her joy and gratitude in all that she does. So, tune in for this enlightening episode packed with wisdom for athletes, coaches, and parents alike!

Episode Highlights:

How to make empathetic lineup decisions based on data points
How to "befriend" anxiety for better performance
Tips on how to manage parent-coach relationships
Balancing the pressure and communication for a harmonious relationship

Connect with Rhonda:

X: @RhondaRevelle

Instagram: @Revelle_Rhonda

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014: 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Life's Story by Owning YOUR Pen with Charlie Smith

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Charlie Smith is a world renowned speaker and mental performance coach. He has become a good friend of mine and a fellow coach on this journey. I have seen behind the scenes of the impact he is creating in the world. His story is so impactful. Having survived a violent childhood and overcoming a battle with substance abuse, Charlie has applied these mental skills that literally saved his own life.

His sole mission is to deliver his lessons, to empower people in being fulfilled in every aspect of their lives. He's inspiring, he's empowering, and he wants you to change your life for the better by changing the way you think. His audience and the people that he worked with range from high level executives, leadership teams to athletes and anyone looking to create their best life.

His signature keynote, my life, my pen will inspire and empower you to own the pen and create the life you not only want, but deserve. Too often we let other people and circumstances dictate our path forward. It's your life. You should own the pen. And that's my goal for you today. By bringing Charlie on the podcast is for you as parents, coaches, and players to discover what do you want to write with your pen?

Episode Highlights:

5 Pillars of the pen
How to become the author of your own story
How to use goals to create the life you want
How to recognize and eliminate your limiting beliefs
How knowing your identity can lead to your success

Connect with Charlie:

http://charliesmithspeaks.com/

Instagram: @charliesmithspeaks

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013: How to Identify and Overcome Limiting Beliefs with Angie Brown

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:00:00 -0500

In this week's episode I have brought on my dear friend and fellow coach, Angie Brown, as we discuss the power of belief systems and the astounding transformation that can occur when these are challenged.

We explore the significance of nurturing affirmative beliefs from a young age, emphasizing the power of curiosity, questioning, and critical thinking to shape identity and behavior. Drawing examples from gardening and sports, we demonstrate practical methods to break down limiting beliefs, whether in a coaching scenario or parenting.

We also unpack Cognitive Behavioral Theory – the intricate web connecting our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Rather than fixating on surface-level actions, we call for a deeper understanding of the feelings and thoughts that drive behaviors. Reflecting on the identities assigned to us by our coaches or parents, we delve into their influence on our beliefs and outcomes. We challenge the concept of a 'slump' in softball, emphasizing the power of belief shifts to enhance performance.

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012: Leading with Resilience, Jessie Warren's Approach to Overcoming Challenges

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Today's episode is from our Guest Speaker recording vault. Jessie Warren, former FSU and pro player with the USSSA Pride, spoke to our warriors in March of 2022. In our conversation, Jessie turns her gaze towards leadership, accountability, and how to triumph over challenges. She gives us a peek into what it truly means to be a leader, how to cultivate genuine camaraderie on and off the field, and the role of trust within a team. Jesse opens up about her personal experiences of dealing with negativity and encourages listeners to engage in discussions and ask questions. She emphasizes that it's not just about being a good teammate, but also about being a supportive human being. Her experiences serve as a testament to the importance of resilience, vulnerability, and reaching out for help when needed. Whether you are an aspiring athlete or someone looking to excel in your own field, Jessie's story offers invaluable insights. Join us on the Fearless Warrior podcast as we uncover the treasures of wisdom tucked away in Jessie's softball career and mental performance stories.

Episode Highlights:

How she fund raised her way to a D1 scholarship offer
How she uses mental skills to help her in the batters box
What it was like to win a national championship
What it's like playing in Athletes Unlimited
How she's learned to deal with failure

Connect with Jessie:

Instagram: @_jessiwarren_

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011: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone, Embracing Failure, and Finding the Fun Again with Morgan Stuart

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0500

I am so excited to share my conversation with Morgan Stuart. She played college softball at Washington and was on the 2009 women's college world series championship team. She also played on the Philippines women's national softball team. Now she coaches full-time in California. I love that our missions are aligned in that we care about empowering the next generation of softball players with tools for confidence and knowing who they are. We talk a lot about that in this interview where she shares what she wants to instill in her athletes, how to overcome the fear of making mistakes and what it means to embrace failure through reps. We also talk about the journey to getting recruited and how unique and diverse the opportunities are despite the D1 Or bust mentality. This quote from Morgan's bio is my favorite because it perfectly sums up who she is as someone who cares deeply about the mission of growing the mental side of our game. She says: "For me, it's not only about mechanics, but also about producing valuable teammates and self reliant athletes that know how to make adjustments and how to be their best competitive selves." And that's exactly what our conversation entails.

Episode Highlights:

Morgan's recruiting journey and what it taught her
How she overcame her feelings of inadequacy
Changing the way she thinks about success
How lessons learned in softball can bless all aspects of your life
How failure is an important part of improving

Connect with Morgan:

Instagram: @morganstuart18

Website: morgan-stuart.com

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010: How Aliyah Andrews Went from Doubting Her Physical Ability to Becoming Unstoppable #AirAliyah in the Outfield

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0500

You might recognize Aliyah Andrews for her spectacular diving catches, which have been featured on ESPN's sports center, top 10. These catches have lead her to being dubbed "Air Aliyah". Aliyah is a former LSU tiger for and current professional athlete with Athletes Unlimited. She will also represent team USA at the pan American games held October 29th through November 4th in Santiago, Chile. What I love most about Aaliyah is that she's authentically herself and she shares the turning point in her career, where she went from doubting her abilities to going full out with her confidence to catch every ball that came her way. She shares about her experience playing in the pros, what gives her a competitive advantage and trying to stay in the game as long as possible. And she also talks about what she's excited about in the future.

Episode Highlights:

Aliyah's light-bulb moment that propelled her to live up to her potential.
How she's dealt with impostor syndrome.
What advice she'd give to her past self.
What's next for her in her career.

Connect with Aliyah:

Instagram: @aliyahandrews

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009: Finding Faith Through Adversity and Representing Team USA with Aubree Munro

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Every so often on the Fearless Warrior Podcast, we will be bringing back interviews from the archives. Why? Because they are too good not to share with you all. Last June in 2022, we hosted Aubree Monroe Watson as a guest speaker inside the Fearless Warrior Program. We wanted her to share her experience and her journey with team USA softball during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were actually played in the summer of 2021 due to the global pandemic, but even more importantly, she is authentic and open about her faith and how she rediscovered her relationship with God her freshman year of college. Aubree shares about her time at Florida with Team USA and all the moments in between how she dealt with the negative thoughts of, "why am I here?" and, "you are not good enough". Aubree shares what ultimately led her to realize her true identity beyond the results on the field.

Aubree shares how both her physical hard work and her mental game shaped her career. She is open about her experiences when things got difficult and how her relationship with her mom was a foundation that carried her through. And finally, so many amazing questions asked by our warrior members. We love guest speaker calls because it's an opportunity for girls to see and hear the things that they are learning about. So, if you want a living and breathing example of how some of the best athletes like Aubree gain the mental edge, this is the perfect episode for you.

Episode Highlights:

Finding her identity outside of softball.
How failure helped her re-kindle her faith.
How her mom supported her during her career.
How she handles pressure.
Leadership tips.

Connect with Aubree:

Instagram: @aubree1munro

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008: The Direct Impact of Parents on Athlete Performance with Collin Henderson, Master Your Mindset

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Today I got to hit record with another amazing mental performance coach and friend of mine, Colin Henderson. He is a mindset coach with Limitless Minds founded by Trevor Moawad, Russell Wilson, Harry Wilson, and DJ Edison. He is also currently working with UCLA Women's Basketball and he cares so much about the mission of growing awareness to train the mental game. He has authored nine books, has his own podcast, and he owns Master Your Mindset.

Colin shares how mental skills are being translated in the workforce with his corporate clients and teams. He gives us amazing insight into studying parent roles of top performing athletes, like Mike trout and Kobe Bryant. What to focus on after a game, as a parent. He even shares the secret that has allowed Norway to dominate the winter Olympics!

So, if you want to learn how to let go of results and foster growth mindset in your child, but most importantly, how to connect on a deep level with your relationship beyond sports, this is that podcast interview.

Episode Highlights:

Importance of Parental support in developing mental skills.
How parents can best support their athletes.
How to elevate your relationship with your child to help their performance.
How failure can help you succeed.
Importance of process mindset over outcomes.

Connect with Collin:

Website: thecollinhenderson.com

Instagram: @collinhenderson

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007: Overcoming Injury and Finding Her Faith to Becoming a National Champion with Giselle "G" Juarez, Oklahoma Softball 2021

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Hey Fearless Fam, I am so excited to be using this podcast to share some of the greatest wisdom nuggets and God winks along this journey. I have been running Fearless Warriors our online mental training program since 2019 and every month for the past 4+ years we have interviewed guest speakers!

It's one thing to tell you how important mental skills are and how you can use them, but when elite athletes, college athletes, National champions give you a behind the scenes look at their mental approach... it's living breathing examples of why this stuff works.

I decided to bring back from the archives, our interview with Giselle Juarez, or as you might recognize her as "G" from the 2021 Women's College World Series. A series that went to the winner takes all 3rd game and G got the nod from Patty Gasso on the mound.

G shares her story about:

Overcoming injury,
Finding her faith,
Trusting the process even when she wasn't playing
Clinching the Women's College World Series her super senior year in 2021
Breathing techniques,
Her 3rd inning mentality approach,
How she fills her self-care bucket in the grind of college,
and so much more.

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006: Getting the Most out of Your Student Athletes and Leading with Joy with Coach Shelly Mowinkel, Milford Softball

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Coach Shelly Mowinkel is in her third season at the helm of Milford softball as the head coach and she is a business technology teacher at Milford high school. My favorite part about getting to know Shelly is how she pours into the relationships around her. I've had the privilege of coaching Shelly's daughter inside the fearless warrior program, and up until she brought me in to coach her high school team, we had not met in person! Fast-forward to now. I always enjoy my conversations with Shelly as she challenges me to grow in many ways and supports all my ideas at fearless.

We talk about building relationships with your athletes, using true colors to learn how to coach your individual athletes, developing well-rounded student athletes, how to hold your athletes accountable, and have hard conversations all while finding joy and having fun doing it. So if you're a coach that wants athletes to know how much you love them, and want the very best for them, Shelly does an amazing job of giving you a behind the scenes of just how she does that.

Episode Highlights:

How to find joy in life's ups and downs
Seeing your athletes as people first, athletes second
How integrating mental performance into her team has helped elevate performance
The importance of celebrating wins

Connect with Coach Mo:

Instagram: @shellymo, @mhssoftba11

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005: Getting Team Buy-In and Building Culture with Coach Tom Horton, Papio South Softball

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Coach Horton is in his fifth season at the helm of Papillion Lavista, south softball. He's in his 14th year as head coach and 23 years in fast pitch. I've had the opportunity to coach alongside Tom and his team as a mental performance coach.

What I love most about working with high school athletes is the ability to support coaches as they build their culture and chase really big goals in such a short span of time. Here in Nebraska. We are one of the few states that softball is a fall sport. It's a grind and it lasts about eight weeks and 10 weeks. If you count pre-season and post-season, if you make it. Which is so cool because today we talk about that. How patio south has made it a new program standard to be a contender in the state championship. We break down the skills we worked on to make that possible when it started clicking with his team and how they ultimately took ownership of it and made it their own. So if you're a coach and you've been curious about how mental performance works, how to get your athletes to be all in and what kind of results it can create.

Keep listening. As we peel back the layers to give you an inside, look of it all. Let's jump into today's episode.

Episode Highlights:

How Coach Horton decided to prioritize mental performance to get his team ready for the season.
How mental performance training gave the team a common language to work through set-backs.
How mental performance coaching helped him understand and coach his players more effectively.
The importance of communication on a team.
Embracing a team identity
and much more!

Connect with Coach Horton:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PLSTitansSB
FB, Instagram: PLSTitansSB

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004: Gaining the Mental Edge as a Hitter with Ashley Egel Burkhardt, host When the Cleats Come Off Podcast

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Ashley Egel, or as most of you know her, Ashley Burkhardt is a former D1 and professional softball player from the midwest who has built a coaching platform that has reached thousands of athletes who are looking for tools to unleash their potential in the game no matter where they live. She is the creator and founder of the Virtual Hitting Academy, Host of When the Cleats Come off podcast, wife, and new mom, her positivity and light shines in every room she steps into.

A very good friend of mine and just an all around amazing human. I can’t wait to share with you one of many conversations her and I have shared. We are so excited to take you behind the scenes of what it is that we do as coaches and why it matters so much to us!

Episode Highlights:

Life as a coach and new mom and how that has influenced her priorities
How to avoid burnout
The importance of the mental game in hitting
Her 2 favorite mental skills
Her favorite hitting drills
The importance of Ashley's support system
and so much more!

Connect with Ashley!

Virtual Hitting Academy: https://www.ashleybtraining.com/virtual-hitting-academy-2-0
Facebook and Instagram @ashleybtraining
Twitter https://twitter.com/smashley_4
When The Cleats Come Off Podcast

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003: Becoming a Better Coach Through Mental Performance, How to "Push the Rock" with Brian Cain, MPM

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Brian's daily success checklist routine
Coaching softball programs like Florida State
How he defines confidence
A time when he had to deal with failure
The myth of Sisyphus
What he would tell himself if he could go back in time

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Connect with Brian:

Twitter - @BrianCainPeak

Instagram - @BrianCainPeak

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002: You are More Than Your Sport, Not Letting the Negative Voice Win with Jordy Bahl

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0500

I am so excited for you guys to hear this interview. We got a chance to interview Jordy Bahl at our Fearless Warrior Retreat back in July in Omaha, Nebraska. This was such a life giving and just an amazing conversation. I love how Jordy is so authentic and we could not go without sharing this with the rest of our Fearless fam.

Episode Highlights:

Her support system and her values
Why she ultimately decided to transfer to Nebraska from OU, after winning back to back national championships, what that was like
Discovering who she is outside of softball - her sophomore year of high school and the pivotal moment where she realized that her identity was actually not tied to softball.
Her mental health and her mental performance being authentic and vulnerable.
Coming back her sophomore year, feeling like she couldn't find her fire, her competitiveness, and how she asked for help and what it took for her to open up and, and seek out help from her support system.
How she uses mental performance tools like visualization, the breathing techniques that she uses her self-talk what she says on the mound, her routines, grounding techniques, sharing her why. All of the skills we teach inside the fearless warrior program.

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001: What is Mental Performance and How to "Hunt the Good" with Hannah Huesman, MS, CMPC

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Hannah Huesman is currently the mental performance coordinator for the Texas Rangers organization. She also travels for speaking engagements on how training your mental skills can help any performer. Hannah has worked with the FDNY, MLB, business executives, actors, and athletes of all ages. She is also the host of mental sweat Monday on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. This is a one-minute video posted every Monday of different strategies to help you work on your mental game. Hannah is so passionate about helping performers become the best they can be by breaking a mental sweat. Every single day.

Episode Highlights:

Top tips she would give any athlete if they were wanting to make it to the elite level.
Best advice for parents who want to support their athletes and their big dreams
What to do when we want to dissect a performance on what we did wrong, but also celebrating when it goes right.
Hunting the good
and so much more

Connect with Hannah:

Instagram - @HannahHuesman

Twitter - @Hannah_Huesman

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Welcome to the Fearless Warrior Podcast, Mental Performance Podcast

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the Fearless Warrior Podcast, a place for athletes, coaches, and parents who know the value of a strong mindset. A place where it’s understood that the ultimate goal is to prepare athletes for life outside the chalk lines

I’m your host, Coach AB, a mental performance coach on a mission, former softball coach, wife and mom of three. Each episode we will dive deep into all things mental performance, mindset tools, and how to rewire the brain for success. We’ll tackle topics like self doubt, failure, subconscious beliefs that hold us back, and ultimately, how to become mentally stronger.

I’ll be taking you behind the scenes with unedited and unfiltered conversations with some pretty amazing humans. So if your goal is to gain the mental edge and learn the secrets of mental performance, buckle up Fearless Fam, because we are just getting started.

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