Ep 124: What Elite Athletes Know About Mental Performance with Jeanene Gray
<p>What does it really mean to “get out of your head” when the pressure is high, your confidence is shaken and your brain won’t stop spiraling? Watch this episoide on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q_kuZ2o4gUs</p> <p>In this episode, I sit down with mental performance coach and consultant Jeanene Gray to talk about what mental fitness looks like in real life, especially for athletes performing under enormous pressure.</p> <p>Jeanene spent nearly 15 years working at the University of Oregon, including extensive work with Oregon football, before leaving to build her own mental performance practice. We talk about her own experience as a college athlete, how injury first showed her the connection between the physical and mental side of performance, and what she learned from years of working directly with student athletes navigating injuries, coaching changes, pressure, NIL, the transfer portal and everything that comes with high-level college sports.</p> <p>We also get into the part I care about most: the HOW.</p> <p>What do you do after a bad play when your brain starts replaying the mistake? How do you interrupt a thought spiral before it takes over? How do you rebuild confidence when the thing you usually feel confident in suddenly isn’t going well?</p> <p>Jeanene shares how she helps athletes recognize the mental patterns they fall into under pressure, disrupt those patterns and simplify what they need to focus on in the moment. We also talk about building confidence through small wins in other areas of your life, why mental skills have to be practiced just like physical skills, and how gratitude can be used as a real mental performance tool.</p> <p>And although much of this conversation centers around football, everything we talk about translates far beyond sports. Whether you’re dealing with pressure at work, questioning yourself after a setback, trying to rebuild your confidence or simply learning how to manage your own thoughts more effectively, there’s a lot here you can use.</p> <p>We also talk about the role parents and coaches play in an athlete’s mental performance, and why giving athletes these tools earlier can completely change how they navigate pressure, adversity and the next level of competition. Follow Jeanene on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanene_gpp/</p> <p>Subscribe to my podcast The Sarah Centrella Show on any of these platforms: https://pod.link/1506861602?view=apps&sort=popularity</p> <p>About Your Host: Sarah Centrella is a keynote speaker, executive mindset coach, and multi–bestselling author of four books, including Think It. | Book her to speak. Listen to her podcast | Follow on Insta Sarah Centrella https://www.instagram.com/sarahcentrella/</p>
