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The Q Coach Pod | Mindset Coaching for Handlers with Julie Bacon Julie Bacon - The Q Coach
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From goal setting to getting control of ring nerves, Julie Bacon, The Q Coach, champions handlers who are on a mission to achieve big goals. Julie Bacon is The Q Coach, a mental skills coach who works with dog handlers across various venues of competition. Mindset coaching is hardly new; the best of the best have always valued the mental aspects of competition. Thankfully, this type of performance coaching is available to all of us who are serious about achieving our goals with our dogs. No matter what ring is your preferred venue, you can strengthen your mental game! Each episode focuses on an aspect of building mental performance in and out of the ring. Julie shares lessons, insights, personal stories, and tools you can use during your next trial, show, or test. For show notes and more information visit https://www.theqcoach.com. Consider supporting the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theqcoach.
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#160: The power of simplifying. (Especially when your energy is in the tank.)
Let’s face it, we are not at 100% every single day - including trial days. For those days when you are just not feeling it, it’s okay to push through, but the best thing might be to simplify your goals and expectations. The same works if you (or your dog) is overwhelmed by an environment or otherwise can’t give it their all. Try it, you’ll like it!
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#159: Nervous? Try this shift. (Taking the long view is powerful.)
Often the cause of our performance anxiety is fear of failure - not Qing, messing up in front of others, or even not being seen as “ready.” But what if we saw each time we walked into the ring as an investment in our future team? With this perspective, we literally cannot fail, we can only invest in our future. This is especially helpful for our young dogs or dogs having new experiences.
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#158: Ever cried in your car? (It could be a stamina thing.)
Of course we all have those days - the ones that make us want to throw in the towel or pick up a new sport. But sometimes, we end up in an emotional puddle because the events of the day were all just too much. In other words, we ran out of stamina and that run that usually wouldn’t affect us so much is giving us big feelings.
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#157: Resilience IS a handling skill. (I’m kinda passionate about this one.)
This episode is pulled from the Q-Membership: Being able to bounce back, reframe, reset, recover … is critical especially when we have multiple runs in a day. We don’t usually have time to contemplate the “feedback” we just received in a run when we need to get back into the ring. Instead, we have to get really good at resetting our mindset so we can get back into the present and execute our next plan.
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#156: Getting it up. (Hey! I was talking about your adrenaline - sheesh.)
Running multiple dogs or running a new dog poses different challenges - one of them being figuring out your ideal energy level. Today’s topic comes from a client who is having trouble finding that same “oomph” for her young dog when there doesn’t seem to be anything on the line. Also, happy 3 year anniversary to this pod and THANKS for being on this journey with me!
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#155: What happens after your dream comes true? (Yes, this is a real problem!)
You might be surprised to learn that many Gold Medal winning Olympic athletes struggle with depression once the confetti has been swept up. Their whole lives were focused on that podium, but without a clear next step they spiral. Dog handlers do this too - we struggle with motivation once a dog has accomplished all we set out for them. What are we to do? I got you.
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Customer Reviews
Julie is fabulous!
Even if you don’t think that this podcast will help you, Julie gives it in bite-size pieces that you really can use. Plus, she has a easy voice to listen to, and a great way to present the information.
Mindset matters a lot!
This podcast considers what we tend to overlook, our mindset. If we are not in the right place mentally, that can affect what we worked so hard to achieve with our dogs. We are half the equation, and our dogs not only need our head in the right place to get us into the right events, but they need us to be strong mentally for them. They know when we’re off and that can make the team suffer.
Julie gives insightful, practical, and actionable advice on how to get our heads where they need to be for our team.
Exactly What I Needed
I discovered this podcast at just the right time. When I listen, it’s as if Julie is speaking right to me. She breaks things down in a very digestible, actionable manner. I walk away with ideas to implement from each episode. I love the humor Julie brings - a little levity to something that I can get a tad too serious about. Thank you Julie!