Alex Auerbach, PhD

The Performance Nutrition Podcast

English - May 18, 2021 11:50 - 1 hour - 111 MB - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
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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

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