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The Reload with Sean HansenNot Asking for Help?? - 171In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, mirrors back wisdom that a client shared on a recent coaching call regarding his hesitance to ask for help.Most of Sean's clients struggle with asking for help... despite the tremendous load that is on their shoulders. They have a belief that it's all on them. How can we begin to challenge that belief, and what would the benefits be?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out t...
2023-10-1744 minThe Reload with Sean HansenLessons from Jiu-Jitsu: Sustainable Action - 157In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, draws on lessons he's been learning in his jiu-jitsu training to explore the way in which most people in the business world do not act with sustainable action.The cost of not knowing how to modulate output has led to a number of painful circumstances for Sean's clients, including strained marriages and early heart attacks. There is a better way.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out t...
2023-07-1144 minThe Reload with Sean HansenScared Dogs, Bite! How's Your Anger? - 153In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into the seemingly straightforward yet deceptively tricky world of anger.Most of Sean's clients are leaders of organizations or departments within organizations. As such, they often have a lot of pressure on them, both at work and at home. But often, they don't understand where they are putting undue pressure on themselves. And... how their anger is often a mask for some other emotion. Let's dive in!Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock...
2023-06-1347 minThe Reload with Sean HansenAuthoritarian or Authoritative? - 152In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, reflects on a statement he heard from the Huberman Lab podcast, in which the guest stated that he attempts to be authoritative vs. authoritarian.What does it cost those who try to run their organizations with authoritarian tendencies? How is the authoritarian leader contrasted with the authoritative leader? Join in as Sean shares his observations from coaching top level leaders.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out t...
2023-06-0645 minThe Reload with Sean HansenInner Transformation: like carving your skin off with a knife - 145In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at how difficult the work of inner transformation can be.Over the years, clients have repeatedly discussed that they feel physically ill when working through difficult past experiences. While this physical manifestation is a common experience, and it gives Sean no pleasure to see his clients go through it, does it have to be this way? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? Listen in to find out. Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and...
2023-04-1835 minThe Reload with Sean HansenPerceived Fear vs. REALized Fear - 143In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores the differences between perceived fear and realized fear.In all the coaching engagements that Sean has had, the most common reason people give for not pursuing their goals, dreams, and passions is: fear. In many instances people are limited by their perceived fears, which have actually never come to pass.But, there are times when we have experienced the full pain or cost of something that we feared. How do we overcome these instances so that we can create a life that is truly amazing? Let's...
2023-04-0446 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen132: How Play Benefits Leaders...and Everyone Else, Part 2 In today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, revisits a conversation with a client who realized that he had no real connection with play. Many, if not most, of the leaders that Sean coaches find themselves in a similar condition.This conversation dives into more detail about the costs that affect leaders when they are not connected with play. And, what you might do to put more play into your life.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to...
2023-01-1629 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen131: How Play Benefits Leaders...and Everyone ElseIn today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, reflects on a conversation with a client who realized that he had no real connection with play. Many, if not most, of the leaders that Sean coaches find themselves in a similar condition.What does it cost leaders to be disconnected from play? What does it cost organizations that have lost their connection with play? Does it have to be this way, or can we reconnect with play and thereby reduce or eliminate the heaviness we feel?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to...
2023-01-0939 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen127: Our Demons Aren't HidingIn today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, reflects on an observation that stems from the 360 reviews that he does for his leadership clients. So frequently, leaders believe that their eccentricities or flaws can be hidden away with enough grit and determination. Yet every time that Sean does a 360 on a leader and asks that leader what their flaws or weak points are, the answers predominantly match up with what the various respondents to the 360 have also observed. So, would it be better if we owned our challenges outright instead of trying to hide them?...
2022-12-1327 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen119: Getting Lost in Leaving LegacyIn today's discussion performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores a couple ways in which his clients have often gotten in lost in the pursuit of leaving a legacy.Most of Sean's clients are people who have a tremendous amount of impact on hundreds or even thousands of people. These clients are people who want to make their organizations and communities better for generations to come.But this desire often causes them real turmoil as they expend tremendous energy in building up a legacy and then worrying about how it will be carried out. What benefit...
2022-09-1726 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen102: My Boss Says I Shouldn't...In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses a request sent by listener. How can you incorporate leadership feedback from your boss...when you disagree...and you're worried about losing your authenticity?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. CoveyAre you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting me...
2022-05-2753 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen101: The Punishment We Fear and the Lies We TellIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at punishment and lies.A client once asked how to keep their child from telling lies to avoid punishment. This prompted Sean to look at some of the dynamics that go into modifying behavior and the unintended reactions that can occur as a result.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:N/AAre yo...
2022-05-2042 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen100: Falling Into the Trap of Compliments and CriticismIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, confronts the allure of receiving compliments and the punishment of receiving criticism.What do compliments and criticisms have in common?How are they a reflection of what we perceive consciously or subconsciously inside ourselves?What is the trap of falling into either?What can we do about it?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and C...
2022-05-1334 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen099: Pete Durand - Living and Leading Whole as CEOIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, was given a rare opportunity to speak with an individual who has a unique look running businesses.Pete Durand is the CEO of Saebo Inc., a neuro-rehab products and services company and Cruxible Partners LLC, a talent development and search firm. Not only that, but he is a husband, father, and soon-to-be grandfather who has learned the difficult art of succeeding in business and at home.Join Pete and I as he shares his thoughts on leading teams to maximum impact while retaining his humility and balancing a...
2022-05-061h 23The Reload with Sean Hansen098: The Fiction of Unconditional LoveIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, investigates three essential questions when it comes to unconditional love.Do we love unconditionally?If so, how do we access it?Are we able to really access unconditional love for another if we cannot yet do so for ourselves?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:N/AAre you an e...
2022-04-2934 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen097: Recognizing One's Breaking PointIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, responds to a question he received on LinkedIn. Can we get up to the edge of our performance without falling off?Yes. We can even go beyond the edge without falling off. But, the deeper inquiry lies in understanding how long we can do that, and what is the definition of performance in the first place.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coac...
2022-04-2242 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen096: Taking Other People's SufferingIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, shakes things up by airing an opposing perspective on why people take on other people's suffering.We so frequently hold ourselves back from voicing our genuine truth or taking some action that would profoundly improve our life because we "don't want to hurt them."What if it's not about them? What if our hesitation is about our fears, our insecurities around disrupting the status quo, our selfishness? Join in as Sean tackles some of the ways that this has played out with clients.Are you an...
2022-04-1534 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen095: The Beauty of Pain, Cold Showers and Wild FiresIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, shares a deep realization that he had about how people seek to grit or muscle their way through discomfort.Recently, another wild fire broke out near Sean's home, which prompted a reactionary flare-up of frustration and exasperation. "Haven't we had enough destruction already this year!!" and "We're not even in fire season! There's still snow on the ground, how could we be having yet another wild fire so early in the year?!"This caused Sean to reflect on a conversation that he had with a client about Se...
2022-04-0833 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen094: Grief, Powerfully Healing But So Difficult To AccessIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at the power of grief, specifically the grieving process, to help us actually address the challenges in our lives.When people experience loss, especially loss of something deeply meaningful, it is natural to mourn that loss. However, many people close themselves off from the pain and simultaneously keeping themselves from acknowledging the truth of their loss. By not acknowledging the truth of their reality, they never set themselves into a position to actually move on.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome su...
2022-04-0149 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen093: Jody Geiger - Helping Leaders from Inside the WhirlwindIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, gets a peek into the inner workings of what it's like to coach leaders inside an organization. The person giving us that inside look is Jody Geiger.Jody is an accredited team coach and leader who has focused on building team cultures, developing people and driving revenue in the North American tech sector. She now works as a team coach at Klue, a software company that collects, curates, and delivers competitive intelligence across every department of every business. Jody helps the people and teams at Klue unlock their individual a...
2022-03-251h 32The Reload with Sean Hansen092: You Have Something in Your Teeth - Delivering Tough LoveIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, examines his own failing in understanding the balance between gentle compassion and delivering compassion through "tough love."We so frequently bite our tongue and fail to acknowledge the validity of what we're feeling in the moment. Why do we do this to ourselves? What does it cost us and the people in relationship with us? Dive into the conversation to learn more about this particularly human trait.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unl...
2022-03-1848 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen091: Walking Your TalkIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, confronts the ways we don't walk our talk. Looking at the inconsistencies in which we engage and the unintentional, or sometimes intentional, lies we tell ourselves and by extension, others. Do we want to be inconsistent with ourselves and the people who matter most to us? No, but we do it anyway because we're afraid.What are the subtle ways you're not being true to who you want to be?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to...
2022-03-1145 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen090: My Partner Is LazyIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at a conversation he had with someone about how they perceived that their partner was lazy and how that was negatively impacting their relationship.We so frequently assign negative connotation to laziness. That internal orientation to laziness has the capacity to warp our perspective on those around us. What would it be like if we were better able to recognize our innate bias? How might it improve our relationships if we better communicated the importance of certain acts or behaviors that the other party is doing or not doi...
2022-03-0454 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen089: The Power of FellowshipIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, shares some reflections from his recent PTSD anniversary related to an incident that occurred during one of his combat deployments to Iraq.In a conversation with a client, the client remarked on how fellowship is about feeling like you're "part of it." Despite all the work that Sean puts into allowing his clients to be free of a compulsion to have external validation, there is unquestionably a deep power in feeling like we belong, like we are understood.We often fail to connect with that deep power b...
2022-02-2332 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen088: The Power of Thoughts Over TimeIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, reflects on a passage from Marcus Aurelius's Meditations.Such as thy thoughts and ordinary cogitations are, such will thy mind be in time. This reflection, from one of Rome's most powerful and effective emperors gives meaningful insight into the power of small inputs over time. Most people's relationships with their lives are made up of tiny thoughts, emotions, and habits repeated over decades.Frequently, this shows up in terribly self-critical and self-destructive language that depresses the person and what they are attempting to achieve in their life. Mas...
2022-02-1549 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen087: Fear and the Authentic SelfIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses a couple topics that often go together. Namely, where do we allow fear to hold us back from being and expressing our authentic self?Borrowing from conversations from his recent interactions, Sean looks at where it is the individuals first learn to stifle their authentic selves and what is driving that urge to conform.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching an...
2022-02-081h 13The Reload with Sean Hansen086: Mistaking Rigidity for Resilience In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, challenges a conventional mindset that many of his military clients have maintained. Often, high performers confuse their rigidity for a sense of resilience.Their focus is often on the ways in which they have succeeded despite all the odds being against them. However, what's missing from their awareness is the ways in which they are making themselves brittle, like metal that's been flexed too many times.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest per...
2022-02-0150 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen085: Handling Bad Things with a Healthy "Immune Response"In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, sets off on a potentially polarizing discussion about what we can learn from different response approaches to a virus. In the global pandemic we have seen different approaches being used to help people survive the virus. Before we go any further, let's be clear that Sean is not advocating for or against any medical course of action in regard to the pandemic or any other illness.It is simply that these different approaches can serve as useful metaphor for how we as individuals maintain healthy personal and professional lives fr...
2022-01-251h 05The Reload with Sean Hansen084: How Perceptions of Power Affect LeadersIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses another suggestion from a client. As a bit of context, this client founded and runs their own marketing firm but was always held back from achieving their full potential, in part, because of their negative associations around power. So, today we'll look at how perceptions of power affect leaders. Specifically, how not having a healthy relationship with the concept of power ends up ruining teams and organizations. Moreover, we'll be looking at what the benefits of healthy power are, especially through the lens of the popular concept of serv...
2022-01-181h 27The Reload with Sean Hansen083: The 2022 Essentials ToolkitIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, lays out the essential tools that he uses to help clients overcome stress and achieve their most empowered lives. A client recently finished their initial year of coaching and asked for a consolidated "toolkit" episode so that they could have one stop to remember the key concepts that helped them overcome major challenges in their life. Ask and you shall receive; here we go!Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel fre...
2022-01-111h 34The Reload with Sean Hansen082: Feeling Trapped, Need to EscapeIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, expands on an exchange he had with one of his clients on the topic of feeling trapped in relationship. Whether it's family, romance, or our professional life, people have a tendency to allow themselves to become ensnared in patterns that ultimately hold them back.We'll be looking at how to get out of this cycle and what some options might be if you've reached a point where you truly recognize that it's time for the relationship to end.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking t...
2022-01-0450 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen081: Are you strong enough to forgive?In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, facilitates an exploration of forgiveness and how the lack of acceptance and forgiveness accrues tremendous cost in our lives.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:Dare to Lead by Brené BrownDaring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transorms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené BrownAre you an executive, entrepreneur, or com...
2021-12-2855 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen080: Pain - Your Most Powerful Teacher, Motivator, and EnslaverIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, takes a cue from one of his clients who remarked that "we don't learn from joy." Is this a cynical world view? Perhaps. But, the observation hits on a consistent theme that Sean has observed in a variety of settings. Namely, that as a default, most people seem to be oriented toward avoiding pain instead of focusing on the creation of joy and abundance. If this resonates with you, how might this mindset be holding you back?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to over...
2021-12-2156 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen079: Help, I'm being dragged downIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, three key aspects that help you address relationships or environments that you feel are dragging you down. As New York Times best selling author and urban philosopher, Gary John Bishop, wrote: people don't get the life they deserve; they get the life they're willing to tolerate.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Y...
2021-12-1459 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen078: Intimate Exploration of Self Through Partnership and SexIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores knowledge of self through the experiences of partnership and sex. As part of that exploration, we look at the ways that partnership draws out challenges that cause us to tap a deeper understanding of acceptance.Moreover, where sexual fantasy communicates aspects of our personality that are normally subdued under the narrative of being acceptable in society.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Re...
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The Reload with Sean Hansen077: Chance Taureau - Expectations in Partnership, Part 2In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, sits down with fellow coach, Chance Taureau, to wade into the tricky world of expectation in relationship.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:Chance Taureau's website at http://taureauconsulting.com/Chance's Facebook pageChance's YouTube channelDaring to Trust by David RicohTell Me What You Want by Justin LehmillerYour Brain on Sex by Stanley SeigelState of Affairs by Esther P...
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The Reload with Sean Hansen076: Chance Taureau - Expectations in Partnership, Part 1In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, sits down with fellow coach and repeat guest, Chance Taureau. In today's discussion we're looking at the expectation in partnership and where we hold ourselves back from achieving the most fulfilling experiences.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:Chance Taureau's website at http://taureauconsulting.com/Chance's Facebook pageChance's YouTube channelDaring to Trust by David RicohTell Me What Yo...
2021-11-231h 17The Reload with Sean Hansen075: Mortality - The Great Fear, Equalizer, and Motivator, Part 2In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives back into the topic of mortality. As with last week's episode, during combat deployments to Iraq, Sean experienced numerous brushes with death. More recently he has had clients who have been forced to confront their own mortality, either directly or through collateral experience.In this discussion, Sean takes a closer look at how people who are struggling with the aftermath of a near death experience might more effectively get back into the day-to-day practice of living life. He also addresses some of the areas of concern for the lov...
2021-11-161h 06The Reload with Sean Hansen074: Mortality - The Great Fear, Equalizer, and Motivator, Part 1In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, wades into the topic of mortality. In numerous instances during combat deployments to Iraq, Sean experienced brushes with death. More recently he has had clients who have been forced to confront their own mortality.Sean explores some of the driving forces that have most people ignoring or running away from their own inevitable end. Where is it that many western societies have connected with a deep sense of fear about a natural part of life? What is it that makes it so challenging to come face-to-face with one's ending?...
2021-11-0949 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen073: VETS - Ending Veteran Suicide and Improving Personal Effectiveness with PsychedelicsIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, discusses the gripping topic of veteran suicide and psychedelic-assisted therapy with the co-founders of Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), a 501(c)(3) dedicated to ending the veteran suicide epidemic.Marcus and Amber Capone have a 20+ year history of never giving up on one another. After meeting at Southern Illinois University in 1997 and marrying three years later, the young couple moved to Coronado, CA where Marcus began training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL, graduating with BUD/S class 236 just one month after the attacks of 9/11.Like many...
2021-11-021h 42The Reload with Sean Hansen072: Inflection Point Exercise - A Tool for Pattern Recognition and ChangeIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, provides a simple but effective tool that can help you better identify patterns and key changes in your life. Of all the tools that Sean recommends to clients, the Inflection Point Exercise is likely the most popular and effective, likely because it is so versatile for different areas of inquiry.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Are you an ex...
2021-10-2646 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen071: Blind Leadership - That's My People's ProblemIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks to a situation where senior leaders looking to hire him are sometimes blind to the impact they have on their teams and how maintaining an attitude that their team members are the ones with the problem adversely affects the entire organization.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome s...
2021-10-1943 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen070: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Backward - Inner Development Work Is FrustratingIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dips into a commonly experienced phenomenon that clients experience in doing inner development work. Namely, that it often feels very non-linear and frustrating to make progress. Drawing on some reflections from Recapture the Rapture, Sean discusses the benefit of continuing to do the frustrating work of inner development. Additionally, we get to look at the map vs. compass metaphor and how staying connected to one's metaphorical compass assists in keeping us on the inner development path so that we can ultimately achieve the rewards we seek.Are you...
2021-10-1231 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen069: What Makes Plant Medicine Ceremonies so ChallengingIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, takes a raw look at what scares and challenges people about undergoing plant medicine (aka, psychedelic) ceremonies.While there is tremendous benefit that can come from these experiences, there is also the potential for misuse and harm. It's a topic not to be taken lightly. However, when done in the appropriate setting and with the right mindset, the experience can lead not only to tremendous healing, but also profound inner realizations that allow us to see how we can work toward truly becoming our highest self.Are yo...
2021-10-051h 06The Reload with Sean Hansen068: The Mechanics of Spiritual IntegrationIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, digs into the mechanics of integrating a spiritual experience. For many people, profound spiritual awakenings involve deep, new insights. Yet, it's staying connected to the impact of those insights that allows us to really change our lives for the better.Join in as we discuss some of the key stumbling blocks and tools for integrating spiritual awakening into daily life so that you can craft a truly amazing life for yourselfAre you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting me...
2021-09-281h 38The Reload with Sean Hansen067: Is the Best Solution, Dissolution? - Part 2In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, jumps into part 2 of a thorny issue -- should you end your relationship. Regardless of whether it is a marriage, some other long-term personal relationship, or a long-term professional relationship, we are all going to go through changes that affect the relationship.Last week we discussed how the way you handle those changes has a profound impact on the quality of your relationships and your sense of well-being. This week we delve further into what factors contribute to making the decision to end a relationship. Moreover, we loo...
2021-09-2159 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen066: Is the Best Solution, Dissolution?In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, jumps into a thorny issue -- should you end your relationship. Regardless of whether it is a marriage, some other long-term personal relationship, or a long-term professional relationship, we are all going to go through changes that affect the relationship.How you handle those changes has a profound impact on the quality of your relationships and your sense of well-being. Before you get to the question of whether you should end the relationship, it helps to understand what is driving you at your deepest emotional level. From there, you ca...
2021-09-141h 06The Reload with Sean Hansen065: Facing BurnoutIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at some ways that burnout manifests in high performers, along with some strategies for dealing with burnout. As a primary case study, the world has been facing over a yearlong stress test in the form of COVID-19. And now, the Delta variant has societies around the world diving back into the pressure cooker. Let's see how we might manage ourselves in spite of what the environment throws at us.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock you...
2021-09-0758 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen064: Reciprocal Loyalty - Organizational vs. Individual WellbeingIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, delves into the idea of reciprocal loyalty and where the balance lies between organizational vs. individual wellbeing and some of the key factors that inspire or kill the discretionary effort that separates top organizations from the rest of the competition.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind s...
2021-08-3149 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen063 - Your Legacy and the 2nd MountainIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at a dynamic felt by many of his clients who have everything society says they should have and yet recognize that it's still not enough. For those who have everything one could ever want, what else is out there?Two books (linked below), Falling Upward and The Second Mountain provide some key insights to help people set their sights on a bigger purpose that can lead to a lasting legacy that truly improves your world.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome s...
2021-08-2440 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen062: Reasonable Minds May DisagreeIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into the topic of disagreement: what is really at stake, why is disagreement so triggering, and what we might do to use disagreement productively to create outcomes that most benefit our organizations and our lives.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Translator)Nonviolent Communication: A Lang...
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The Reload with Sean Hansen061: Carey Benson on Pivoting Careers and Transferrable SkillsIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, talks with long-time recruiting expert, Carey Benson , MBA, M. Ed., on pivoting one's career and transferring relatable skills. Not only does Carey offer her insights on the recruiting game and how people can better position themselves, she leverages her 15 years of sports psychology training and experience to address some of the hurdles that high performers face.In this wide-ranging conversation, Carey and Sean also dive into meaningful rabbit holes pertaining to ways in which organizations pigeon hole their people and ways in which that hurts the organization.
2021-08-101h 49The Reload with Sean Hansen060: Bad New Hits, Now WhatIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, reflects on bad news that hit one of his friends and ways in which the human brain is structured that make it more challenging for humans to overcome the initial shock of bad news.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources:Very Well Mind article on neuron functionUS National Library of Medicine definition of myelinDana Foundation a...
2021-08-0353 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen059: You Are Allowed to FeelIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at how so many high performers cut themselves off from feeling emotion. Moreover, that they engage in various narratives of judgment and ridicule about their perception that they're not holding things together.What if you could connect with the idea that you deserve to feel your emotions? Moreover, that you don't have to be embarrassed by them or think that you are less than because you experience emotion while in a professional context.Additionally, so many of us have the confused notion that the way we fe...
2021-07-2753 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen058: Navigating Erratic Behavior in OthersIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses an issue that came up for one of his clients during a tense exchange at work. Looking at how we navigate erratic behavior in others is critical to ensuring that we operate effectively in our teams and organizations as we work toward solutions. But, the benefit of evaluating and learning how to navigate erratic behavior in others is that it allows us to see how we might better manage ourselves when we find ourselves triggered.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind sp...
2021-07-191h 03The Reload with Sean Hansen057: 'Til Death Do Us PartIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into a few of the ways in which marriage changes over time along with a look at taking an unconventional approach to having a marriage that doesn't pretend to be what it's not.Would society be better off if more people were able to be open and transparent about the ways in which they want to united in their marriage or long-term union and the ways in which they want to do their own thing?Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome...
2021-07-1345 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen056: Why People Work with a CoachIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses some of the questions he's recently been getting from friends and family about why they would work with a coach. This episode looks at some of the key areas that coaching addresses, as well as some of the questions that prospective clients seem to ask themselves when they are looking at hiring a coach.If your exploration takes you to the point of actually having a consultation with a coach, then you might want to listen to episode 32 - How to Choose a Coach ahead of that conversation.
2021-07-0653 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen055: Omri Agam - Co-Creating One's Life & Victim MindsetIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, connects with fellow coach Omri Agam. It's been a while since Omri has been on the show, but he's back to work through how he helps clients stay out of victim mentality.In this back-and-forth exchange, Omri and Sean explore the various ways that people co-create their experience and how challenging it can be to recognize that every one of us has called certain challenges and developmental opportunities into our life. But, those who recognize the pattern are best able to achieve for themselves a life that is truly am...
2021-06-291h 13The Reload with Sean Hansen054: Sexuality, Religion, and ExpectationIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores some difficulties one of his clients has been having with accessing sexuality. Why is that people so frequently disconnect themselves from the vitalizing energy of sex?Sean explores some of the influences that religion and expectation have on a person's ability to access a sense of real joy and inner acceptance in this intimate activity. He also dives into how one can create a backstop to ensure that one's non-negotiables are being honored.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind sp...
2021-06-2245 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen053: Kim Crosbie - Psilocybin, Core Beliefs, and Past LivesIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with therapist Kim Crosbie about her experiences over the past 12 years in helping people achieve truly empowered lives.Kim talks us through how she helps clients achieve breakthroughs in their lives and how she guides them to deep emotional access and inner awareness. Her practice includes some unconventional methodologies, like past life regression therapy and psychedelic ceremonies, but the unconventional is what we're all about! Join us in this wide-ranging discussion to learn the benefits people are seeing in their lives by doing some truly challenging inner work.
2021-06-151h 21The Reload with Sean Hansen052: "Need" To vs. Want ToIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at the ways in people de-value their desires by masking them in the language of "need," "must," "should," and "have to." The long term impact of failing to honor our desires in their own right leads to internal incongruity and misalignment with our true self and puts us squarely in a self-imposed state of victimhood. Listen in to explore this concept and how we can better achieve a mindset of abundance by shifting our language.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome s...
2021-06-0855 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen051: How Receiving Fuels PerformanceIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, tackles a couple key points to help people access sustainable high performance by exploring the concept of receiving. Frequently, high performers pursue performance from a foundation of shame and guilt that has them connected to a deep sense of punishment. Although they are able to "get in gear," it comes with an inherent cost to motivation and engagement in the long-term. Being able to receive help and operate from a place of ease is challenging but yields tangible benefits in one's relationships and ability to perform over the long-term.
2021-06-0138 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen050: Josh Duntz on Breathwork Post-COVID and Healing with AyahuascaIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with Josh Duntz, co-founder and CEO of Stasis, a digital health company focused on using breathwork to fix autonomic health disorders. Josh talks us through how incorporating breathwork can increase your ability to perform in high stress situations and then recover more quickly so that you can continue to keep your edge.He also shares his experience in using Ayahuasca, a psychedelic compound, to heal from trauma and uncover profound realizations about how he had been living his life in a blindly reactive way and what...
2021-05-251h 59The Reload with Sean Hansen049: Integrating Spiritual AwakeningIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, discusses some key points to help people integrate moments of spiritual awakening, regardless of whether the awakening resulted from the birth of a child, a near death experience, or use of psychedelic compounds.Too frequently, people lose themselves in the momentousness of the experience or find themselves unable to translate into tangible action what feels so nebulous and abstract. This discussion is intended to help people connect with an empowered sense of self that takes responsibility for putting into action the learning that can come out of such awakening m...
2021-05-181h 01
The Reload with Sean Hansen048: Kathryn Fulton on Coaching StartupsIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with Kathryn Fulton, a masterful coach who specializes in working with startups. Kathryn has coached top leaders and led learning initiatives at Google, Sephora, Coinbase, Asana, and other top companies.Join us as Kathryn walks us through perception ladders, the rule of three questions, and bright spot intervention as means of increasing a leader's effectiveness.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Co...
2021-05-111h 16
The Reload with Sean Hansen047: Charlie Merrill (MSPT) on Why Pain Gets WeirdIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, learns about why pain gets weird from Charlie Merrill, MSPT. Charlie has dedicated his entire career to healing people from physical injury. In addition to manual therapy techniques and psycho-education, he loves to teach people how to self-manage their issues using corrective exercise, intention, and mindfulness. This conversation is a deeply riveting exploration of the ways the central nervous system and subconscious can manifest very palpable pain symptoms even when there is no actual physical mechanism of injury present in the body. Please join us in going down the rabb...
2021-05-041h 26The Reload with Sean Hansen046: You Are Choosing SufferingIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, revisits a couple key points from last week's interview with fellow performance coach, Omri Agam. If you haven't listened to that episode, check out episode 045. Today's discussion focuses on how people choose suffering instead of empowerment. The Universe is not here to make you feel good, but it does serve us every step of the way...if we allow ourselves to see it.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out...
2021-04-2725 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen045: Omri Agam on Healing the Inner ChildIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, sits down with fellow executive coach, Omri Agam to discuss healing the inner child. Not only does Omri share the insights that he's gained from coaching entrepreneurs and executives, but he dives deep into his own journey of transformation.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting. Like what you've been hearing on the show? Hit that subscribe button on your podcast player of c...
2021-04-201h 38The Reload with Sean Hansen044: Leading Through Change, Part 2In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives back into an inquiry from the leadership community on LinkedIn. That is, when it comes to organizational change, how do people react to and lead through it? An interesting historical example for leading through change comes from various Native American tribes that had a bifurcated leadership structure.There was a peace time leader who was responsible for the day-to-day governance of the tribe during routine times. Then there was a war time leader who took over leadership during times of crisis or war when more decisive act...
2021-04-1340 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen043: Leading Through ChangeIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, addresses an inquiry from the leadership community on LinkedIn. That is, when it comes to organizational change, how do people react to and lead through it? As part of this inquiry, Sean looks at some of the key neurological structures in the human brain and why those structures impact the ways in which people respond to organizational change. Moreover, how those responses in turn can be addressed by leaders.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unl...
2021-04-061h 03The Reload with Sean Hansen042: The Path to MasteryIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, connects with something a trainer at his gym said regarding one of the trainer's client's -- you have to love the process before you can achieve big wins.Too frequently we look for shortcuts when it comes to achieving success. But that robs us of the motivation to stick with the pursuit of mastery, which is what distinguishes us from the competition and allows us to harness real success. Today's discussion explores the path to mastery and how we can keep ourselves on that path despite the frustrations we fe...
2021-03-3047 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen041: Why So Serious & PTSDIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, shares thoughts for those who are dealing with PTSD and possible suicidal ideation. As a combat veteran who has experienced his own bouts with PTSD, this episode is a raw look at some of the factors that influence those who are struggling. Moreover, Sean incorporates a discussion about how it's easy for us to take our pain and suffering too seriously. Left unchecked, we can become overly precious about our pain, which creates ever deeper and darker spirals. How is it that we might bring a certain degree of lig...
2021-03-2354 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen040: You're Never Satisfied - Hedonic AdaptationIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores the hedonic treadmill. The ability to adapt is critical. But, when it comes to our sense of fulfillment and happiness, constant adaptation leads to a never-ending dissatisfaction with what we have that leaves us feeling like our lives are deprived.There are ways to combat this sensation and to reclaim one's sense of happiness with the things and conditions that already exist. You don't have to endlessly run on the punishing hedonic treadmill.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spo...
2021-03-161h 09The Reload with Sean Hansen039: Creating Abundance FocusIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at creating an abundance focus. We have a finite amount of time, energy, and attention. Yet, we expend so much of those things pursuing wealth and material possession. Is that how we want to using the one resource that we can never get more of -- time.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Resources mentioned: Bronnie Ware's websi...
2021-03-091h 03The Reload with Sean Hansen038: The Problems with "Worst Case" MindsetIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into a topic that was requested by one of his colleagues who works with clients that are continually engaged in worst case scenario thinking. While worst case scenario thinking, or contingency mindset, can offer useful functions, there are a number of drawbacks that keep people from operating at their best.Join Sean as he walks through the part of the brain that helps inform this mindset as well as some of the advantages and disadvantages of this way of thinking.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or c...
2021-03-021h 08
The Reload with Sean Hansen037: Flow States with Micah ShanserIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, sits down with Micah Shanser, a board certified therapist in Neurofeedback and principal at Amazing Brains Performance Centers. Amazing Brains' primary mission is to use brain training and modulation to help people connect with higher levels of performance and fulfillment. During this wide ranging conversation, Sean and Micah explore flow state and how various activities from meditation to combat can trigger different brain activity and neurological states. These states affect how effectively we perform in different settings. Thanks to Micah's extensive knowledge in Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation, you get a fron...
2021-02-231h 39The Reload with Sean Hansen036: Founder Culture - Incorporating New BloodIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at various struggles and group dynamics that accompany bringing new blood into the leadership team. Moreover, if you're part of the "old guard," how you might be making things worse with your preconceived notions and hangups.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting me...
2021-02-161h 16The Reload with Sean Hansen035: Rebuttal - Civilize the Mind, but Make Savage the BodyIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, talks out of both sides of his mouth in regard to last week's episode. Whereas last week was about advancing oneself through outer and inner savagery, this week's discussion navigates the ways in which we create more space and awareness for showing ourselves compassion. All too frequently, busy executives and entrepreneurs forgo the tangible benefits of scaling back and taking more time for themselves. Tangible benefits that would improve the quality of, not just their enjoyment of this life, but their work output and the ways in which they can...
2021-02-091h 07The Reload with Sean Hansen034: Civilize the Mind, but Make Savage the BodyIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into the convoluted concepts of advancing oneself through outer and inner savagery. We are complete beings, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. To neglect any one part affects the whole. In most modern cultures people fail to tap into their strength and power. Moreover, they neglect choices that would allow them to connect with real passion in their lives. Join the interwoven exploration of how we can grow beyond our current limitations by civilizing the "mind" and making savage the "body."Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or comba...
2021-02-021h 04The Reload with Sean Hansen033: Boundaries - Do I Deserve ThemIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores the ways in which our boundaries end up being transgressed and what we might do about it. Fundamentally, it's a process of gaining clarity on our values to better understand what it is we want to defend with our boundaries. From there, it's about the communication of those boundaries and the actions we take to ensure that other people respect the boundaries we set.Of course, none of that happens without having the internal sense of worth, either implicitly in ourselves or the value that's being defended, that mo...
2021-01-261h 08The Reload with Sean Hansen032: How to Choose a CoachIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, is looking at what to think about when choosing a coach. A couple of his friends have reached a place where they would benefit from hiring a coach. This episode offers a series of questions that can help you decide which coach is the right person to work with you, all from an insider's point of view.Fundamentally, you're looking to answer two questions. Does this coach get me? And, can this coach help me? To get the answers to this question, Sean explores a variety of questions that any p...
2021-01-1955 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen031: It's Not Me; It's YouIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, peruses implicit bias and egocentric perspective. Taking a look at the ways in which our internal bias keeps us from accessing greater possibility and abundance in our lives. This shows up in all kinds of ways to keep us limited. Come join the discussion!Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to o...
2021-01-1237 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen030: I Feel BrokenIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, greets the new year with an exploration on feeling broken. Sounds like a depressing way to start the year, right? Some may see it that, but in the discussion we look at how what some people call hitting rock bottom is also hitting bed rock. Bed rock, that place of indescribable solidity and certainty from which new beginnings emerge.It's 2021, let's get after it.Resources mentioned:Alexandre Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Cristo"Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the...
2021-01-0542 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen029: Where Is the Light and LaughterIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at the upcoming year's end. It's at this time of year that all the leadership and productivity ninjas start breaking out their guides for year-end reviews and setting up your big audacious goals for what you want to accomplish in the following year.That is excellent. For those looking for a tremendous resource in the tactical side of productivity, I have often recommended The Productivity Show by Asian Efficiency. I have never met the people who run that podcast, but the advice on that show is on point and...
2020-12-2953 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen028: Spirituality in Coaching with Omri AgamWhat does spirituality offer high performing leaders? In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen and his guest, fellow coach, executive and entrepreneur, Omri Agam, shares his insights from his years of exploring spirituality and the effects spirituality has had in his coaching clients. Omri's perspective is unique in that he began his career as an investment banker and private equity investor in New York and Boston and went on to co-found Endgame Partners, an investment firm and incubator that advised, invested in, created, built, and operated companies in a wide range of industries.It was during...
2020-12-221h 28
The Reload with Sean Hansen027: How Emotional Access Improves Performance with Kristin OsbornIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with Kristin Osborn, LMHC, LPCC. Kristin is an internationally recognized psychotherapist, author, researcher, and Associate in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is also an appointed Clinical Instructor in the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.Join us as we discuss how tapping into one's emotions and actually experiencing full emotional range is a key ingredient in improving one's performance. Kristin brings a wealth of clinical experience in helping people overcome their affect phobias. We're going down the rabbit hole today, and Kris...
2020-12-151h 41The Reload with Sean Hansen026: Partnership and Self Awareness...or Self DeceptionIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at partnerships--business and personal--to better understand the dynamics that keep a partnership vital. Additionally, he explores tools to help you assess how a partnership may have gotten off track and where you might be blaming the other person for something that is your responsibility.Resources mentioned:By Gary Chapman: The 5 Love LanguagesAre you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance? Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.
2020-12-0853 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen025: The Risks of Retail TherapyIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, discusses the risks inherent in reaching for "retail therapy" as we swing into the holiday season.Whether it's simply the decision fatigue, avoiding the hard look at yourself and your relationships, or overcoming a deep-seated legacy fears from a poor upbringing, our swipe and 1-click consumer culture is affecting us in a profound way...and marketing companies are deliberately exploiting our ingrained ancestral mechanism to manipulate our shopping behavior.Resources mentioned:By Cal Newport: Deep Work; Digital MinimalismBy Marshall Rosenberg: Nonviolent CommunicationAr...
2020-12-011h 16The Reload with Sean Hansen024 - The Backslide: What Happens When Things Get DarkIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into the common occurrence of backsliding on one's goals and progress to a better version of oneself. More importantly, he dives into the ways in which backsliding on healthy habits can compound on existing trauma or other difficulties and create a situation where someone contemplates suicide.A relevant topic for the holiday season during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic when families are often kept apart for health reasons and all the more reason to create a support structure for yourself in advance of sliding into dark thoughts.
2020-11-2435 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen023 - Mission Critical Teams and Leadership with Coleman RuizIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks with Coleman Ruiz a former Naval Special Warfare officer turned venture capitalist and business turnaround CEO and president. Coleman is also co-founder of the Mission Critical Team Institute (MCTI). MCTI partners with both researchers and practitioners, to develop collaborative applied research focused on helping Mission Critical Teams effectively detect, recognize, react, respond, and recover from the radical change events caused by rapidly emergent complex adaptive problem sets.Join us as we discuss how military and first responder units utilize MCTI's DR4 model to help them adapt to...
2020-11-171h 44
The Reload with Sean Hansen022 - Women in Leadership with Sandy LambIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, sits down with executive and TEDx speaker coach, Sandy Lamb, to get an inside look at the work she does coaching women in leadership. Sandy takes us through how she coaches women to lead with EQ-Powerment to demonstrate an authentic leadership style that doesn't ask women to conform to methods historically used in good ol' boy networks.Resources mentioned in this episode:Find Sandy on LinkedInLean In by Sheryl SandbergAre you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging t...
2020-11-101h 01The Reload with Sean Hansen021 - Debt Snowball vs. Debt Avalanche and Behavior ChangeIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dips into the personal finance world to help frame the discussion around strategies for behavior change. Many people are familiar with the Debt Snowball and Debt Avalanche/Stacking methods for eliminating personal financial debt. Similarly, when it comes to productivity, people have often heard that they need to "eat that frog." Meaning, that they should tackle the hardest thing first to be most productive.Sean breaks down those concepts and applies them to the mindset mastery game and how each method could be beneficial or counter-productive to real behavior cha...
2020-11-0322 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen020 - Leading from Within with Dan LunaIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, engages leadership coach, Dan Luna, in a conversation about leading from within. As part of that process, we walk through Dan's newly released Leading from Within journal, which he is using with his executive and corporate leadership clients. Dan also talks us through how a disciplined process of introspection brings leaders to a real connection with their values and an exploration of past patterns to land on quality leadership.Coming from his past experiences on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, Dan has a most unique perspective on coaching le...
2020-10-271h 21The Reload with Sean Hansen019 - What the Body Tells UsIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, explores how our bodies serve as early warning detectors that show us when we're getting off our game. He also dives into the reasons why growing your internal awareness of your body's subtle stress response cues are helpful to your performance at work and at home, including ways to preemptively mitigate what would otherwise throw you off.If you're interested in seeing the replay of Sean's TEDx talk, you can access the replay by visiting TEDx Breck's website.A couple of the resources that were discussed in t...
2020-10-2049 min
The Reload with Sean Hansen018 - Harnessing Your Message with Alexandria AgrestaIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, engages international speaker and TEDx speaker coach, Alexandria Agresta, in a conversation about harnessing your message. Looking beyond the technical details of public speaking, Alexandria addresses the inner work that goes into crafting powerful messages and turning your business into a movement.If checking out Alexandria's work is of interest, you can access the TEDx Breckenridge replay by visiting TEDx Breck's website.Resources mentioned in this episode:Purpose Pioneers speaker trainingThe Thought Leadership Summit LIVE - Alexandria's live 3-day immersive experienceAlexandria's speaker websiteFollow Alexandria on Instagram @
2020-10-131h 19The Reload with Sean Hansen017 - Leaving on Good TermsIn today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dives into the pitfalls of leaving a job or relationship on bad terms. What are some of the key aspects that cause us to leave on bad terms? Sean discusses this and what we can do differently to avoid operating from a victim mindset even in contentious settings.In case you weren't able to live stream Sean's TEDx talk, you can access the replay by visiting TEDx Breck's website.Another great resource for those looking to learn more about personal finance and real estate investing is Paula Pa...
2020-10-0644 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen015 - Mandatory Office Fun (Isn't)Join performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, as he discusses the dynamics that play into mandatory office fun. As leaders, it's critical that you maintain the health and vitality of your organization. But, too many leaders are attempting to hold their teams together with the ol' mandatory office fun/happy hour. Today's discussion dives into some of the reasons why this approach doesn't work and looks at what would be more effective.Sean's TEDx talk is right around the corner, streaming out of Breckenridge, Colorado on October 3. You can access TEDx Breck's website and Facebook page for more deta...
2020-09-2954 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen014 - Fit vs. ValueJoin performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, as he discusses how viewing your relationships through the lens of value leads to a distorted view of yourself and creates breaches in alignment with your core values.Instead of value, what if you viewed your relationships and opportunities through the lens of fit? What would you be able to create in your life if you had a solid grasp of your core values, long term goals, and how the people and opportunities in your life aligned with those things? By dropping the value pressure, and looking at fit, you open up...
2020-09-2241 minThe Reload with Sean Hansen012 - The Loneliness of Leadership with Master Coach Chance TaureauIn today's episode, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen is joined by his mentor master coach Chance Taureau. They say it's lonely at the top, and that has been borne out in numerous settings throughout history.Chance and Sean discuss foundational aspects of leadership and how leaders can better their performance through self awareness. Listen in as Chance and Sean work through some of the stumbling blocks that have impacted their clients and what you can do about it in your own life and career.Sean's TEDx talk is still scheduled to stream live out of Br...
2020-09-081h 21The Reload with Sean Hansen010 - How Shame and Attachment Distort Deep ConnectionIn today's episode, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen discusses how shame and attachment distort deep human connection. He looks at the elements of shame that limit our sense of worth, even for--and often especially for--the highest performers.Moving from the discussion of shame and the value-less mindset to the concept of attachment, Sean discusses the ways in which we idealize our lives to the point of suffering instead of operating from a place of acceptance.For those interested in TEDx talks, Sean will be presenting at TEDx Breckenridge on October 3. As of the date this ep...
2020-08-2542 min