#138 Lauren Johnson - Mental Performance Coach, "Elite By Choice"

Welcome to episode 138 of Sports Management Podcast.

Lauren Johnson is a mental performance coach who has worked with the New York Yankees, US Women's National Team, and Google. She is also a speaker and soon to be author.
She is training athletes, military personnel and business professionals as well as giving speaking engagements and hosting workshops.

In this episode we spoke about:

Losing her best friend to suicide Being forced to quit soccer due to 5 concussions How a man in the Starbucks drive through changed her life Traits among elite performers The power of opposite thinking Re-Focusing Psychological Safety

And much more!

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/ee341EqXCG0 

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 
01:35 Lauren's Three C's
04:27 Working with Pro Athletes
07:55 Landing Her First Job
13:48 Losing Her Best Friend to Suicide
16:08 Being Afraid to Fail
19:13 Re-Focusing
20:48 Traits Among Elite Performers
25:01 "Be Brave to S**k at Something New"
29:19 Mistakes Athletes Make
31:16 Re-Framing
33:15 Power of Opposite Thinking
35:14 Psychological Safety
37:46 Writing A Book
40:41 Elite By Choice
42:25 Lauren's Best Advice
46:17 Bumps On The Road
50:39 Caring About Clients
55:36 Outro
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Lauren's Channels:

https://www.laurenjohnsonandco.com/ 
https://www.instagram.com/laurennicolejohnson/ 
https://twitter.com/_laurenjohnson_ 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAgiinhnP664j96geaFkdFg 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenjohnsonn/ 

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