S5E5 // Anxiety, Adversity & Enhancing Mental Performance w/ Alex Auerbach, PhD

Summary: Dr. Marc Bubbs interviews Alex Auerbach, PhD, the Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors who holds a doctoral degree in counseling psychology with a specialization in sport and performance psychology. Summary of The Episode 3:45 – Alex’s educational and coaching background 10:10 – The ‘achievement motivation’ framework 14:15 – Climbing the ladder in sports: mindfulness and environment 18:20 – Mindfulness techniques – where to start? 20:20 – Reframing: putting Experience Into Perspective 23:45 – How our language impacts our outcomes 27:10 – ‘You’re so talented!” Unconcsiously perpetuating a ‘fixed’ mindset 30:05 – Team-Effectiveness literature: what makes teams work. 35:25 – Culture disruption: The mismatch between what people are preaching and what they’re practicing…” 42:00 – Identifying team or organizational values 52:00 – How technology impact our mindset and anxiety 56:45 – The next frontier in mental performance Watch the FULL EPISODE and SHORT CLIPS on YouTube >> Performance Nutrition Podcast. Question? Reach out to @DrBubbs on Twitter and Instagram.