Episode Notes: What does it take to keep showing up in the face of adversity when there are no answers? After a long break and with some help from long time friend and host of The Stable Cyclist, John Peter, we connect with Nathan Stoa, head basketball and cross country coach at Hawley High School in Minnesota. We start with what has made the programs he has coached successful and why high care is critical in that process. We then dive into what happens when things outside of your control have an outsized effect on what is going on in your life. Coach Stoa speaks to how he was able to wade through the mental and emotional crisis that followed a challenging, public family situation. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! The Stable Cyclist: ⁠Youtube Channel⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ Podcast ⁠ Connect with us: Facebook Group: ⁠LIVE EYES UP FAMILY⁠ Websites:  ⁠http://www.eyesupmindset.com/⁠  AND⁠ https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/⁠

Episode Notes: LIVE and IN PERSON- Jamie and John are together again to CELEBRATE the 1 and the 150! Join us as we discuss how important it is to celebrate small wins and how those wins, stacked over time, make a huge impact on our lives. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: As performers we often assume that getting simple means going backward. What if we thought about it differently? What if what's needed is an update to a simpler process? In this episode we dive into that concept from a bunch of different perspectives. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: What happens when we get in over our head? Or when our brain is screaming at us because we don't know when the drop off is coming? In this episode, we discuss how sometimes wading in or dipping a toe in is all we need to get moving. And that the movement is where the magic happens. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: After far too long of a break we catch up with John and Jamie to find out what the last couple months have looked like: what they’ve been doing and what they’ve learned. We also discuss why these podcast conversations still matter and why we’re still passionate about getting better every day.  Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: We welcome back our former co-host, performance coach and mental health professional, John Shirkey. John and I dive into who we might become when we allow ourselves to forget our past. Or when we chose to focus our attention on the little moments rather than the big or special ones. We then discuss how so many of the structures in our life support or create a benefit in order to drive those behaviors. John draws out this amazing idea of "yes, and." We become better when we realize that two things can and should be true. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: John Peter returns to discuss his newest projects and what he is learning by diving in the deep end. JP talks about how setting up strict boundaries and guardrails has been crucial to allowing him to manage his Bipolar Disorder through this season of change and excitement. He is diving all in on writing, recording, funding and promoting his most recent documentary Back to the Start and recently launched a youtube channel called The Stable Cyclist to provide more support and conversation around mental health. His passion and voice are needed in this space. Join in by supporting the project in whatever way you can: financially, a subscription or a message of encouragement.  Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Support the project financially:  Indiegogo Campaign  The Stable Cyclist: Youtube Channel Instagram We Are From Pelican Documentary Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: Courtney returns to the podcast to reflect on her first year in coaching, one that brought a state title back to Billings Senior High Volleyball for the first time since 2014. What an epic title run it was! We dive into what she learned, what they plan to do next and the values they tried to create in a short period of time. In short, we talk about why their foundation is built on "What we do matters," and why it matters every day in every way. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: Alex Greenway is the strength and conditioning coach for Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Schools in southwest Minnesota. Alex joins us today to talk about the value of strength training and how it parallels the process of growing mental skills and toughness in life. It starts with having a solid foundation. Then the confidence we build translates to the rest of our life. As a member of the National High School Strength Coaches Association he helped drive the creation of a Strength Coaches Association in Minnesota where they are helping put resources in the hands of coaches and connecting great people doing cool things. Join us as we discuss how to build a foundation, why ego gets in the way of listening, connection and building trust. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, a leader, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with Alex: Email National High School Strength Coaches Association Minnesota High School Strength Coaches Association Contacts Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/

Episode Notes: Orlando Ponce of Ponce Trained Wrestling joins us to discuss the ways they are helping grow the sport of wrestling. He tells us how he took an unexpected path to wrestling and how coaches and siblings showed him what was possible. We then highlight how they have gotten creative about attacking the problem at the source, developing a curriculum for educators to follow to teach wrestling and then using that curriculum for their in-person camps for elementary students. There are some awesome challenges in this episode that can help us think about how to match our skills, our passion and what's possible. Whether you are a coach, an athlete, a leader, or someone with a desire to improve daily, you will be better for listening today. We appreciate you joining us and choosing to live differently. We'd love for you to share this with someone you care about and if you find value please do not forget to hit the little subscribe/follow/rate/review button and as always, LIVE EYES UP! Connect with Ponce Trained Wrestling: Website Camps Facebook Connect with us: Facebook Group: LIVE EYES UP FAMILY YouTube: Eyes Up Mindset Channel Websites:  http://www.eyesupmindset.com/  AND https://www.jshirkeycounseling.com/