Strong Mind Podcast

Strong Mind Podcast

Hosted by: Hazel Findlay

Long-form adventurous conversations with experts in mindset, resilience, sport psychology, fear management, presence, attention, distraction, flow-state, performance psychology, well-being and more with professional...

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Thinking fast

Episode #7

In this episode, Hazel speaks with race car driver coach Ross Bentley about how he uses psychological tools and strategies to help drivers perform at their best. 0:00 | Intro4:24 | Intro to his career as a race car...
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Competition, performance and fear

Episode #5

In this episode, Hazel and Angus speak with Emma Wood, one of the great minds working in the space of psychology in our community. We talk about sports psychology for competition, what we can all learn from how...
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The Best Way to Win

Episode #4

In this episode, Hazel speaks with free-ride world champion Lorraine Huber about her journey to win. At first, Lorraine had a lot of anxiety around competing and focused all her attention on the podium. Through mental...
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Mastery and flow in high level bouldering

Episode #3

This is the first part of a long conversation with Aidan. We mostly focus on mastery, goals, motivation and direction in climbing. To access the second half of the conversation where we further explore mastery,...
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Lessons from the deep

Episode #2

In this episode, Hazel speaks with professional free diver Miguel Lozano. Free diving has to be one of the more psychologically uncomfortable sports you can do and Miguel has learnt a lot from his time mastering depth...
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The relationship between flow, mindfulness and performance

Episode #1

Hazel talks to Sue Jackson about flow, mindfulness and performance and how they all relate. Sue is a psychologist, researcher and mindfulness practitioner. She has a phD in flow and carried out the first in-depth...
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