Go offline with the Player FM app!
Countering Negativity with Thought-Stopping | Josiah Igono, Erik Averill | Athlete CEO #56
Manage episode 297586732 series 2321353
You’re in a performance competition, on the field or court in the middle of a game, or about to give a big presentation and your brain starts running wild with self-defeating thoughts.
What do you do?
For some, it can be hard to overcome these negative thoughts and their performance suffers. However, in today’s Athlete CEO: Peak Performance episode, Erik and Josiah discuss another way to combat these thoughts through the concept of thought-stopping.
They discuss what thought-stopping is, why this topic is considered controversial by some experts, and ways to practice it to see if it’s helpful for you.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- (1:01) This month’s topic: Thought Stopping
- (1:29) What is thought stopping and why is it controversial?
- (3:27) Telling yourself not to think about pink elephants?
- (5:16) There is no one size fits all
- (6:31) How does positive psychology fit into this?
- (7:41) Advice for athletes applying thought-stopping
- (10:35) What you say to yourself is the loudest voice
104 episodes
Manage episode 297586732 series 2321353
You’re in a performance competition, on the field or court in the middle of a game, or about to give a big presentation and your brain starts running wild with self-defeating thoughts.
What do you do?
For some, it can be hard to overcome these negative thoughts and their performance suffers. However, in today’s Athlete CEO: Peak Performance episode, Erik and Josiah discuss another way to combat these thoughts through the concept of thought-stopping.
They discuss what thought-stopping is, why this topic is considered controversial by some experts, and ways to practice it to see if it’s helpful for you.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- (1:01) This month’s topic: Thought Stopping
- (1:29) What is thought stopping and why is it controversial?
- (3:27) Telling yourself not to think about pink elephants?
- (5:16) There is no one size fits all
- (6:31) How does positive psychology fit into this?
- (7:41) Advice for athletes applying thought-stopping
- (10:35) What you say to yourself is the loudest voice
104 episodes
All episodes
×Welcome to Player FM!
Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.