Coaching Mind's Podcast: Perform at your best! | Podcast Guru

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This podcast is designed to help people take back control of their mind and body in high-pressure situations. We primarily focus on athletic situations usually spend time talking with athletes and coaches about how to use these tools in an athletic setting. However, we firmly believe that these are tools and skills that you will be able to use for the rest of your life in any situation or setting that causes your mind or body to get off track. Whether that is losing focus to distractions, losing confidence, that little voice in the back of your mind creating doubt, or wondering if you have what it takes, we use tools and strategies backed by cognitive brain research and neuropsychology to help YOU take back control and perform at your best when it matters the most.

Recent Episodes

#153 - From Westfield to IU: Jackson Wasserstrom on Betting on Yourself, Earning Everything, and Chasing Big Dreams

Jackson Wasserstrom joins The Coaching Minds Podcast to talk about his journey from Westfield High School to Indiana University football. After arriving at IU as a walk-on, Jackson spent years earning his way, building his role, and eventually receiving a scholarship. His story is one of faith, discipline, visualization, gratitude, resilience, and betting on yourself when nothing is guaranteed. In this episode, Ben and Jackson discuss: • Growing up with a dream of playing college football &nb...

44 MIN

#152 - Dr. Chris Carr on Performance Psychology, Mental Health, and Preparing Athletes for Pressure

Dr. Chris Carr joins The Coaching Minds Podcast for a powerful conversation on performance psychology, mental health, and the evolution of mental training in sport. Dr. Carr is the Director of Performance Psychology and Team Behavioral Health Clinician for the Green Bay Packers. Over the course of his career, he has worked with athletes and teams across the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, MLS, IndyCar, Olympic sports, and college athletics. In this episode, Ben and Dr. Carr discuss: • Why performance ps...

50 MIN

#151 - Dillon Thieneman on Preparation, Pressure, and Playing Free in the NFL

Dillon Thieneman’s path from Westfield High School to Purdue, Oregon, and now the NFL was built on more than talent. In this episode of The Coaching Minds Podcast, Ben Carnes sits down with Dillon to talk about the mental side of elite performance: growing up in a competitive household, learning from his brothers’ walk-on mentality, handling recruiting noise, preparing with detail, bouncing back from mistakes, and using visualization to “play the game before the game.” Dillon shares how prepa...

31 MIN

#150 - What Athletes Can Learn from Fighter Pilots with Boo Boucousis

What do fighter pilots and elite athletes have in common? More than you think. In this episode, Ben sits down with Boo Boucousis—former fighter pilot and entrepreneur—to break down how high performers train, think, and respond under pressure. From the cockpit to competition, the principles of execution, accountability, and mental control remain the same. Boo shares how fighter pilots use systematic debriefing, real-time feedback, and disciplined habits to accelerate learning and eliminate mis...

41 MIN

#149 - Mental Secrets from an NBA Sports Psychologist

What separates great athletes from everyone else? It’s not talent. It’s how they handle pressure. In this episode, Dr. Tom Mitchell (former NBA sports psychologist for the Golden State Warriors) breaks down: • The truth about nerves and performance • How elite athletes reset after mistakes • Why comparison destroys confidence • The mindset tools used at the highest level If you want to perform at your best when it matters most… this episode is for you. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 13:00 Visuali...

31 MIN