This episode is an adapted version of a presentation that Adam Barfoot, M.Ed., LPC-MHSP, gave to the student athletes at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee on March 18th, 2024. In this episode, Adam discusses how emotions affect performance, what resilience is and how building resilience can help us in our performance arenas, the relationship between how we think and feel affects how we perform, the stages of growing after adversity, how strength can come from pain, methods for improving emotional intelligence, using our strengths both in and out of the performance arena, looking for opportunity in difficulty, and how our attitude affects our performance.
Books mentioned in this episode include: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Do Hard Things by Steve Magness, Resilience by Eric Greitens, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen, The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday, Permission To Feel by Marc Brackett, Endure by Cameron Hanes, The Confident Mind by Dr. Nate Zinsser, As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
Adam's Psychology Today profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/adam-barfoot-chattanooga-tn/962913
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