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032: Dr. Jarrod Spencer Sports Psychologist Mind of the Athlete Founder

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:00:00 +0000

Dr. Jarrod Spencer Sports Psychologist Mind of the Athlete Founder

You don’t have to suffer in silence. Your emotional health can have a massive impact on your performance. Today’s Co-Host can help lay the path to a clearer mind. On this episode we complete the set with Sports Psychologist Dr. Jarrod Spencer founder of Mind of the Athlete. A spiritual calling lead to the creation of a sports psychology company with the mission to help improve the emotional health of athletes. Now with a book Mind of the Athlete: Clearer Mind Better Performance.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”02:35″] What made Psychologist Dr. Jarrod create Mind of the Athlete?
[spp-timestamp time=”03:35″] What does it really mean to be tough?
[spp-timestamp time=”05:56″] The biggest commonality they are finding among college athletes is they are incredible tired, emotionally overwhelmed, over scheduled, over extended and on average the college athlete is sleeping six hours per night. There not getting the recommended 9.2 hours of sleep that they need for great optimal performance. If you do not have good sleep and are not well rested you will see a spike in anxiety, depression and frustration.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:25″] In 2016 Psychologist Jarrod was brought in to an insurance company called Kelly, three days each month to roll out there Mind of the Leader training. Mind of the Leader is a brand off of Mind of the Athlete containing much of the same content but packaged for business clientele.
[spp-timestamp time=”10:17″] The Mind of brands are based off of the book by Jack Canfield Chicken Soup for the Soul.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:17″] Mind of the Athlete took off as a company four years ago.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:57″] S. Truett Cathy founder of Chick-fil-a, was a big influence on Psychologist Jarrod. His first mentor was the boxer Larry Holmes. They started a TV show together called ‘What the heck were they thinking’

[spp-timestamp time=”16:07″] Larry taught Psychologist Jarrod, no matter where you go, really engage and be kind to people. It doesn’t matter who you are or how famous you get its really about staying humble and staying connected. A quote from Sports Illustrated:

“Larry you’ve made millions and millions of Dollars in your life time, why don’t you live in New York city with all the other famous people?” He said “Well, if I lived in New York City I would have to keep up with the Joneses but if I stay here in Lehigh Valley people have to keep up with the Holmeses”

[spp-timestamp time=”17:53″] Power of community and the power of the people you are surrounding yourself with
[spp-timestamp time=”20:07″] Mind of the Athlete book foreword by Matt Millen 4x Super Bowl Champion.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:05″] Getting people to think differently, getting them to understand how the mind works best.
[spp-timestamp time=”23:48″] What Millennials are looking for the most is a mentor but the spot when people are true and when they are not.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:29″] They find that the athletes are easier to get through. It’s the coaches that are harder to receive and understand the messaging. A third of the coaches love what they do, the middle third are open to it and the final third believe what they are doing is making the athletes “Soft”.
[spp-timestamp time=”26:33″] When the student is ready the teacher will appear
[spp-timestamp time=”27:12″] Pioneering mental health in sports and in society
[spp-timestamp time=”30:16″] Mind of the Athletes YouTube channel has over 500 videos. Providing the right medium for the right audience
[spp-timestamp time=”31:40″] Receiving a heart felt phone call
[spp-timestamp time=”34:15″] Mind of the Athlete: Clearer Mind Better Performance
[spp-timestamp time=”35:45″] When selling your book, put together bundles or packages
[spp-timestamp time=”37:53″] Bringing in a spiritual level when appropriate
[spp-timestamp time=”40:55″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”There’s help. There’s hope, and there is a path | @Jarrod_Spencer @MindOfAthlete on @LIVETHEFUEL “]

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Final Words

There’s help and there is hope out there. Even though we live in a society that’s very busy. We don’t often have time to have deep, real conversions with each other about what is going on in our pre-conscious minds. The truth is, there are people out there like us, that love to come alongside people and engage them in how a person is doing. We’ve got the skills, resources, the platform, the people, the brand and the bandwidth to serve individuals, teams and companies so that they can feel better. Because when you feel better, you think and perform better!

There’s help, there’s hope and there is a path ahead that they can take you on.

Action Steps

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030: Balance, Sleep & Emotional Health Dr. Julie Amato

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:00:00 +0000

Balance, Sleep & Emotional Health

The mental game is the toughest of all. Your mindset is what ultimately holds everything together. You have to keep developing yourself to keep all the domains in your life balanced and your emotional health in tack. On this episode of LIVETHEFUEL, another co-host from, the team at MindoftheAthlete.com joins us. They help develop the minds of young, aspiring athletes. Visualizing the end game is Dr. Julie Amato.

“The ones who decide to embrace changes are the ones that ultimately will succeed“

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:29″] Dr. Julie Amato is a sports psychologist. More broadly she is a clinical psychologist. Psychologist have PhD’s and Psychiatrist have MD’s.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:03″] Both focused on the mind. Dealing with depression.
[spp-timestamp time=”03:48″] You have to keep working on yourself and developing yourself. Don’t leave all your eggs in one basket. Diversify. If you have good balance in your life, and one piece falls away there are other parts of your life that are fulfilling that gives you a little psychological sturdiness.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:16″] Fuel your health, business and lifestyle. How do you manage adversity? Keeping all the domains in your life balanced. The college athletes Julie works with put their lives into three domains, Social, Academic, and Sport. They find it hard to balance the three.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:51 “] The Phone Tree

Biohacking, Mind Mapping and Visualization

[spp-timestamp time=”13:09″] Bio Hacking with Bulletproof Coffee Dave Asprey. Putting healthy fat sources in your coffee. 80% of your brain tissue is fat cells. How are we fueling these fat cells?
[spp-timestamp time=”15:28″] The importance of sleep. Sleep is critical for muscle repair and growth recovery. Memory consolidation occurs whilst sleeping.
[spp-timestamp time=”17:54″] Dr. Perlmutter, author of The Grain Brain is a researcher that studies brain health.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:40″] Dr. Mah and the improvements in performance with more sleep.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:47″] Develop a template or a mind map in your mind. You will gain more confidence if you create this template in your mind. It will feel like you have already done it. Get your mental reps in.
[spp-timestamp time=”24:07″] Concussion. If you are injured, you should be visualizing and taking mental reps. This process will smooth your transition back to a full fitness performance.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:58″] Utilizing the visualization process. People underestimate the emotional impact of injury.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:46″] The ones who decide to embrace changes are the ones that ultimately will succeed. Are you going to choose to embrace it first and how are you going to adapt.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:49″] Celebrating the wins
[spp-timestamp time=”32:45″] Are you using the word failure or are you using it as an opportunity to improve
[spp-timestamp time=”36:41″] Supporting Berkeley and schools in our local Lehigh Valley area
[spp-timestamp time=”37:32″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Live with passion & purpose with @drjulieamato of @mindoftheathlete on LIVETHEFUEL.com/030″]

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Final Words

Living with passion and purpose. Take care of your emotional health. Be around people that fill you up. Stay away from the drama and the people who bring you down. If life throws something at you that you really feel you cannot handle or are not handling well, get some help. We all need to do that.

Action Steps

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