38 episodes
Your Mental Weight Room Desi McPhail
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 14 Ratings
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This podcast is for any athlete who wants to stop over thinking, better their skills, and learn about the mindset for success.
Every week I’m going to share tools, skills, and tips to create your own mindset for success - I’m going to be applying these things specifically to college athletes
If you can imagine a life where playing can be fun again, losing is less painful, and winning is more joyous, then this podcast is for you!
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Body shame, the scale, dieting, self-image, athletes, & more
In this episode Desi dives into how to unsubscribe from any body image conditioning we've taken on and how to look at our bodies from love.
She takes you through her weight and body love journey and teaches you tools that you can start today to love yourself as you are.
We can never hate ourselves better and she teaches how to see the scale and body as they are without the emotional charge we give them.
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The Gift of Gratitude
Plan on learning how switching simple thoughts can completely change the chemicals within your body.
Gratitude is a quickly forgotten tool that can get us out of indulging in negativity and back into creating the experience we want to have.
In this Episode Desi teaches us how we can begin a gratitude practice no matter where we are and how to separate gratitude from judgement and toxic positivity.
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Fixing the Thermostat
In this weeks episode Desi relates thoughts to a thermostat. We may not have control over the weather outside but we can always change the thermostat inside the house.
It's the same with the thoughts that we have, but we first need to recognize the current temperature inside in order to know we can change it.
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Scheduling as a busy athlete
Listen in to learn the secrets of scheduling and balancing the overwhelm that comes from being an athlete.
Desi teaches you her favorite way of scheduling, the mental tricks around scheduling, and the freedom that scheduling creates!
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How I manage my anxious and depressive feelings
In this episode Desi explains anxiety and depression from her perspective. We talk about the 4 common things we do that make those feelings worse and 7 tools that make the experience more manageable.
Listen to hear more!
Disclaimer: If you are struggling with self harm or suicidal thoughts please reach out to the suicide help line by dialing 988.
This episode is not meant to act or replace therapy. This episode was created to share Desi's experience with anxiety and depression and share things that have helped her manage a difficult experience. -
The power of WHY
In this episode Desi talks about the important of having a why when you play and the value of leaning on your why in tough times.
She also teaches you how to discover your true why and the things it can teach you.
Listen to hear more!
Customer Reviews
Thought provoking
I wanted to download and play these podcasts for my daughter who struggles with her mindset on the field playing soccer. I listened to the latest episode about “who are you trying to please” and realized what a great reminder for me as a parent. We get worked up in the games focusing on getting the big win that sometimes we come across as disappointed at our players. It’s really helped me think about how I want my daughter to see me on the sideline. I wanted to show that I’m excited for her and her accomplishments no matter the outcome of the game.
Old NCAA athlete….
Honestly just listened to your first 2 episodes… I wish I had this when I was playing years ago! Athletes need to stop powering through and realize that their thoughts lead to most of their success! Thanks for your help!! This is a must listen for athletes and is amazing.
Rockstar
I love what Desi is doing! Very applicable and fun approach!