Lindsey 00:12
Welcome to the Mindset Coach Academy Podcast. I'm Lindsey Wilson. And I am a high performance mindset coach, a mom, a former professional athlete and an entrepreneur, I help coaches and high performers optimize their mindset to improve their coaching, their performance and those other athletes and their lives. Here, you'll learn all about mindset, how to live it, how to teach it, and how to sell it.
Lindsey 00:38
Hi all and welcome to Mental Monday. My name is Lindsay Wilson. And this is the mindset coach Academy podcast Mondays, you know what we do, we spend like five minutes we talk about one tip, tool, or technique that you can implement in your life today, or this week, to improve your mental game.
Lindsey 00:52
So we just had the mindset coaching collective, which is our small group monthly coaching program we met this week. And this is where we nerd out on mindset, coaching, we coach ourselves, we learn to be coach and sit in the student chair. And what we talked about this week was life pillars and affirmations.
Lindsey 01:09
So you can think of life pillars as your foundation, and you can think of affirmations as your next level, right? We're building towards that. And one of the things that are crucial to this work is recognizing where our obstacles and where our friction and misalignment lie.
Lindsey 01:30
Because if we say that we want something, and we have deep-seated beliefs or deep-seated foundational principles that are in misalignment with that thing that we say that we want, we will never get there.
Lindsey 01:42
And I've used this analogy before, but it's like being on one of those go-karts where you're pushing the gas pedal working really hard, and but you're also on the foot on the brake, there are two different pedals.
Lindsey 01:50
And you'll know that you're doing this if you find yourself saying things like, I'm working so hard, but I'm not making any progress or thinking to yourself, why are things seem to be so much harder for me? If you say those things, it's often misalignment.
Lindsey 02:05
Not always, but often it is, which means the misalignment again, between your deep-seated beliefs and foundational principles, and where you say that you want to go now, listen up, it doesn't matter if these thoughts are real, or if they're just your perception, okay, does not matter, it just matters that you believe them.
Lindsey 02:27
So let me give you an example. I've used this them a million times, but it's really a big one. So one of my foundational principles and my life pillars is I'm going to be a good wife and mom, like period and a story that's going to happen, right? And not every day.
Lindsey 02:42
But as far as like my core belief and core mission in life, that's important to me. Then my affirmation is a really high-income goal for my company. Can those things to coexist? Absolutely.
Lindsey 02:59
But if I don't believe that they can, there will always be misalignment and friction, I will be working towards his high-income goal. But I will be pulling myself back believing like but I also said I want to be a good mom. And I don't believe those two things can exist.
Lindsey 03:13
So for you, whatever the thing is that you hold most dear, yeah, it's probably three or four things that you can like really zero down, and think like, this is the most important thing to me. And then you might say you have a goal, right? If you believe those two things can exist doesn't matter if it's fact, fact, it probably isn't.
Lindsey 03:34
If you believe that there is misalignment there, if there's friction, you will never get to where you want to go, you will be putting the gas on your pedal on the gas, your foot on the pedal gas pedal, something like that. But you will also have your foot on the brake. And things will be harder than they need to be.
Lindsey 03:54
So what do we do, we make sure that we bring those thoughts to the forefront of our mind and we can just bring it just be aware of them first, then we can argue with them, then we can find evidence against it, then we can take action towards disproving it, we can do all those things.
Lindsey 04:08
But first, we want to be aware, we want to recognize that there's that misalignment. Because oftentimes we're not even aware that there is and when we're not aware we started to start blaming ourselves. We think well, it's me, that's the problem instead of just recognizing that it's your thought or your belief that those two things can't coexist.
Lindsey 04:32
So again, for me, I believe that I can be a great wife and mom and make a really high income with my company. But I have to work on that belief. I have to work on bringing it to the forefront of my mind and making sure that there's that alignment because if there are not things will always be harder than they need to be.
Lindsey 04:50
Alright, guys, that's all I got. That's your mental Monday. We'll see you next week. Bye for now.
Lindsey 04:56
Hey, if you love this episode, make sure to check out all of our free and paid resources over at positiveperformancetraining.com You want to take mindset training to the next level we got you. But here are three more specific ways.
Lindsey 05:08
If you want to take mindset training and live it more in your life. Definitely subscribe to this podcast. We send out bonus episodes, we have our mental Mondays, we have interviews and training episodes, definitely subscribe. If you want to teach it, meaning taking it to your athletes or your clients. I highly recommend the Psychology of Competition.
Lindsey 05:26
Again, you can check that out at positiveperformancetraining.com It is a great course that will teach you and your athletes how to have pre, during, and post-competition routines to up your performance.
Lindsey 05:36
And if you want to learn how to have a mindset coaching business in order to sell mindset coaching, highly recommend signing up for our waitlist for our next certification cohort, which usually opens about once a year, but in the meantime, go to positiveperformancetraining.com.
Lindsey 05:51
And check out our Ultimate Mindset Coaching Toolkit which will show you exactly how to get started with your first mindset coaching clients. Again, go to positiveperformancetraining.com for all of our free and paid resources.
