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Demystifying Mental ToughnessHow To Improve Your Mental Toughness For Team SportsThe "Demystifying Mental Toughness" podcast episode #273, hosted by David Charlton, features insights from various team sports coaches and athletes, on commitment and confidence. Key points include the importance of individual motivation in team sports, maintaining a balance in life, and the necessity of standing out in training and matches. Guests emphasize the need for authenticity and surrounding oneself with positive influences, as well as many other great points. Key Learning Points: · Prioritize your own performances and progress, saying no to activities that are incompatible with your development. · A combination of confidence and commitment ch...
2025-01-1712 min
Demystifying Mental ToughnessRugby Psychology: 25 Ways You Can Improve Your PerformanceWelcome to episode #153 of Demystifying Mental Toughness. This is the final part of four specially created episodes to celebrate reaching 150 episodes! This time the episode is created with rugby enthusiasts in mind where the great guests that have been interviewed on the show to date, and with experiences in rugby union or rugby league, go on to share their key takeaways. As you'll note the majority of insights are linked to the development of mental tough athletes and helping rugby players reach their potential. The episode is a must listen for rugby coaches, players, parents, sport scientists and those...
2023-01-2017 min
Demystifying Mental ToughnessThe Application of Mental Performance Coaching in Elite Professional RugbyIn episode #147 I chat with Aaron Walsh, a performance coach for the Chiefs rugby team in New Zealand as well as a consultant to many more elite teams including the Scottish Rugby team. We chat about his experiences of supporting elite rugby union players, common challenges that players bring to him, perceptions from players and coaches of working on their mental game. Performance analysis is a topic we touch on too as is culture in elite professional sport. Key Learning Points: We have many amazing athletes who work incredibly hard, I feel it's a tragedy that...
2022-12-0941 min
Demystifying Mental ToughnessThe Application of Mental Toughness Training in Elite Professional Rugby LeagueIn episode #127 I chat with fellow Mental Toughness Licensee, Paul Trainor. Paul is a former professional rugby league player, currently a director for Super League team, Salford Red Devils Rugby League Club and a director for Positive Synergy. We go on to discuss Mental Toughness in professional rugby league, how Mental Toughness applies to his current role as a director. We also touch on his consultancy work. If you're looking to learn more about Mental Toughness, the 4 C's model and its application, this is a great podcast episode to listen too. Key Learning Points:...
2022-07-2238 min
Demystifying Mental ToughnessThe Psychological Demands of Elite Professional RugbyToday I'm joined by a South African professional rugby player, Sebastian De Chaves, who is currently plying his trade in the USA with Austin Gilgronis and has represented a number of Premiership Rugby clubs. We discuss mental toughness in elite professional rugby, the use of sport psychology, typical challenges that rugby players and coaches face and common psychological demands of the sport. Key Learning Points: Mental toughness is being able on an individual level, to get your job done and perform to the best of your ability when things aren't going well. Mentally tough players execute u...
2022-02-1141 min
Demystifying Mental Toughness45 Secrets to Sporting SuccessWelcome to episode #103 of Demystifying Mental Toughness. This is the final part of four specially created episodes to celebrate reaching our century! The episode is hugely insightful with a number of our guests to date, again sharing many fantastic takeaways. The messages come from the world of marathon running, rugby, tennis, cricket, combat sports and refereeing and can only help athletes, coaches and parents with an interest in sport. Relevant Podcast Episodes in Order and Sequence as Relayed in Episode 103 Podcast Ep033: Aly Dixon – Mental Toughness Lessons from a World Champion Podcast Ep007: To...
2022-02-0440 min
Demystifying Mental ToughnessHow to Cultivate Mental Toughness and a Growth Mindset in RugbyIf you have a fixed mindset, you believe that basic qualities such as your intelligence, skills or talents fixed. In other words, they are considered a part of you that cannot be changed. However, the individual with a growth mindset believes that even basic talents and skills can be developed over time through practice and dedication. Where do you stand? If you have a growth mindset you'll likely "go for it" and have a CAN DO attitude. Whereas if you have a fixed mindset you'll be plagued by doubt, indecision and possible anxieties. In this episod...
2021-05-0737 min
Demystifying Mental ToughnessHow to Play Professional Rugby with ConfidenceLome Fa'atau is a former professional rugby player from Wellington, New Zealand. He played for the Hurricanes and Chiefs in Super Rugby, as well as Glasgow Warriors and Nice in Europe. Lome also played over 30 times internationally for Samoa. He is now a Personal Trainer and Rugby Coach with special interests in strength and conditioning, health and wellness and young athlete development. Where he works with people from all walks of life, as well as athletes. Inspiring, supporting and pushing people towards their goals. Lome believes self-belief, an element of mental toughness is a key component to being...
2020-12-0427 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 15 with one of the Worlds Fittest Women, and 4 Times Crossfit Games Athlete, Jamie Simmonds.Jamie had a passion for sport from a young age in gymnastics and rugby before much later finding a new adventure in crossfit. Born and raised in New Zealand, a small island deep in the south, she's now based in Abu Dhabi. Jamie works as a personal trainer/coach at Crossfit Yas where she also trains as a Crossfit Athlete. In this episode we talk about:
How she found crossfit
The opportunity that was presented to coach in Abu Dhabi
Her strongest and most challenging exercises
What she does to get away from the Crossfit environment to stay f...
2020-07-1037 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 14 with the Australian Womens 7s Player and Gold Medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Evania Pelite.Evania Pelite is an amazing athlete. She started her rugby pro at seventeen and three years later went on to win her first Gold Medal at the Rio Olympics, and is now looking for her second in 2021 in Tokyo. In this episode we talk about:
Starting her professional career from the age of 17 years
Winning Gold Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Setbacks post Olympics
Finding your WHY and the love of the game to return
Discovering the silverlining in training through the pandemic
The preparation towards the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
To participate at the olympics is the pinnacle f...
2020-07-0933 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 13 with the women’s Muay Thai World Champion and MMA Athlete Genah FabianGenah has an amazing outlook on life. She has a competitive nature, and thrives on overcoming any challenges she faces to achieve greatness. In this episode we talk about:
The transition from track and field to kickboxing.
Her openess to explore new adventures in sport and culture.
The competitive inner nature that kept her wanting more, and moving from sport to sport.
Genah's beliefs in the higher power, and putting out to the universe what you want, and what you're willing to work for.
What it feels to be the Womens Muay Thai World Champion.
When she was...
2020-07-021h 03
The Next PhazeEpisode 12 with Former NFL Professional Athlete, American Ninja Warrior and International Keynote Speaker, Anthony Trucks.Anthony shares a powerful story that could move a nation. In this episode we talk about:
His childhood from the age of three to fourteen he had moved into six different foster care homes until adopted by an all white poor family.
The willingness to work hard, and learn the game of football opened opportunities. He was offered a full scholarship to the University of Oregon, and then went on to become a NFL Professional.
Hard lessons he learnt of becoming your own boss when he opened his own gym.
One evening he had enough and decided he want...
2020-06-2948 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 11 with Irelands Womens National Rugby Player, and Triple International Athlete Sene Naoupu.Sene's rise to the top in the womens rugby international is such an uplifiting story. In this episode we talk about:
The first point of role as a partner and wife in support of her husband George in his professional rugby contract abroad.
Her personal battle with anorexia for a couple of years, and the amazing support of close family and friends to get her through it.
The cultural values and it's important part in her life.
Embracing and immersing yourself in a new country and community.
Giving back to a nation that have welcomed her and George a...
2020-06-2946 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 10 with the President of MMA Promotion Professional Fighters League (PFL), Ray Sugarfoot Sefo.Ray Sefo, also known as Sugarfoot is a six-time Muay Thai World Champion and three-time Combat Sports Hall Of Famer.
In this episode we talk about:
his humble upbringing being the second youngest, and his first found love for martial arts.
the importance of having an open mind to eplore, and grow by experiencing different styles out there from Kung Fu to Boxing to Jiu Jitsu.
Ray's aha moment that seperates the Professional Fighters League to other Mixed Martial Art competitions.
having big dreams is real, and the one key factor that most successful people do to ma...
2020-06-1538 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 9 with Cancer Survivor and Professional Athlete, Nasi ManuNasi Manu is a professional rugby player and a Super Rugby champion. He represented Ikale Tahi (Tonga) at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. But his greatest win in life was beating cancer.
He shares about his moments of vulnerability when he received the news and was diagnosed of testicular cancer.
Nasi talks about his mental shift to battle the chemotherapy sessions.
And he speaks of people that you wouldn't really think of that he would draw strength, encouragement and support from apart from his very own family.
His journey fighting through cancer ga...
2020-06-1234 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 8 with Relationship Expert Bryon RemoBryon is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist. In this episode he shares some valuable lessons from his own relationships which has helped him to connect with his clients on a more human level.
He talks about focusing on self reflection after the failure of his first marriage, and how it helped him to delve deeper to highlight areas he needed to continue working on to be a better person, and a better partner. Relationships is a teamwork which require patience, trust, being good listeners and more. There’s always room for improvement, we just have to be...
2020-06-0349 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 7 with Professional Rugby League Player and Founder of The Mindset Project Joel Thompson.Joel is a successful professional rugby league player. That's what the people see.
What they don't know is the challenges he faced growing up that involved drug, abuse and violence.
He very candidly speaks of his mother who suffered from mental health issues and drinking addictions.
Joel shares about years later and his own struggles with the drink, and how he overcame it to not depend on it.
His inner strength to put his past behind him helped Joel create 'The Mindset Project'. Through his speaking engagements, he shares his story wi...
2020-05-2350 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 6 with Former NFL Pro Athlete, now Inspirational Keynote Speaker and Best Selling Author of his book 'The Success Cycle'. Marques OgdenA little background about Marques, in 2003, he was drafted into the NFL as an offensive lineman, after 5 years of playing in the league, he decided to retire and pursue a career in construction and contracting. At the age of 27, Marques founded a construction company called Kayden Premier Enterprises. The company had fast growth and in 2010, Marques won The African American Subcontractor of the Year Award in the state of Maryland. Eventually his business went bankrupt, losing almost 2 million dollars on one project in a matter of 90 days.
During his darkest hours, he pulled himself together, got a...
2020-05-1624 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 5 with Matthew Butterworth: Mental Health Manager of the Australian Institute of Sport.Matthew grew up in a loving and supportive family environment which is a strong connection that’s helped him grow to being a peoples person. This has driven him throughout his career with his first job working in prisons in NZ, and then the child and adolescent mental health in the UK before taking on the mental health manager role at the Australian Institute of sport.
In this episode we talk about his journey to become a clinical psycologist.
Matt shares about mental health and mental illness, and the difference?
He speaks about the p...
2020-05-1251 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 4 with Isa Nacewa: Retired 4 x European Rugby Champions Cup Winner, Registered Financial Adviser and Podcast Co-Host of 'Beyond The Field'.Isa Nacewa is a well respected champion not only in the rugby environment but also in business. His attitude to embrace challenges and find solutions to overcome them is part of the reason he's won the European Rugby Champions Cup on four occasions, and also awarded player of the year in 2011.
He shares about dealing with pressure in professional rugby, and now able to carry over these skillsets into a new chapter as a registered financial adviser.
Isa speaks of the importance of leadership, and encouraging the young newcomers to be comfortable in the new en...
2020-05-0435 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 3 with Sione Faumuina. Former Professional Rugby League Player, Founder of the Athlete Empire Academy and Autobiographer of The Second PhaseSione Faumuina was a gifted professional athlete who went on to write his own book titled 'The Second Phase'. The epiphany moments he speaks of in his book is the self development, and realisation of his business entrepreneurialship . From this he created the Athlete Empire Academy. Sione shared times of vulnerability in his story that many can relate to. There're many lessons we can take from his journey whether you're an athlete or not. One of the biggest lessons is that we must embrace failure. And it's through those experiences that we will have our greatest personal growth.
2020-04-2833 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 2 with Greg Flowers of Global Mind ApparelGreg Flowers is one of the nicest person I have ever met. He's a super talented musician and an entrepreneur with a special message he promotes through his fashion brand the Global Mind Apparel. He speaks of the challenges he faced through building the clothing brand and how he overcame them to continue pushing forward. Greg shares about the message behind his Global Mind Apparel, and 3 tips for young ambitious entrepreneurs who want to try their hand in the fashion industry.
2020-04-2229 min
The Next PhazeEpisode 1 with Former NFL Pro Athlete And Founder Of OLP LeCharles BentleyLeCharles Bentley is a former professional football player who was a centre in the National Football League for six seasons, he was also recognised as the best centre in the country.
He takes us through his experience from high school then into the professional world.
He speaks of his injury, and the journey through the dark times, and how he came out stronger on the other end.
LeCharles shares how he learnt valuable lessons from a bunch of 8-9 year olds which led to build the OLP (Offensive Line Performance) business.
He talks about what made him walk away from the...
2020-04-2152 min
The Inspiration North PodcastLome Fa'atau - Self-Belief Is Key To Reaching The Top#46 Lome Fa'atau - Self-Belief Is Key To Reaching The Top Lome talks to us about how self-belief is the key to reaching the top We talk about: Having a consistent mindset, keeping things simple and not succumbing to the pressure of being on a world stage. Transitioning from being a professional athlete to figuring out what’s next. The significance of Samoan traditions, the war dance, and tattoos. Lome is a former professional athlete turned personal trainer. Born in New Zealand, he had the opportunity to play in 2 rugby World Cups representing a sm...
2019-11-0351 min