Let's Go Mental!

Podcast by Barbara Cortella

Let's Go Mental!

A podcast for young athletes and their parents to unlock the power of the mind: You have the talent—now let’s build the mental edge. Discover key pillars and get simple, actionable tools to kickstart your journey. Tune in for short weekly episodes, each month focused on one topic, perfect for the car ride to your game. Grab quick tips, worksheets, and join our community as we grow and level up together. Let’s Go Mental! I am Barbara, Family and Mental Coach. I am Italian and you will love my accent!

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01 November 2024

Pre-Game Preparation: Your shift into Performance

In this episode we talk about the art of transforming preparation into performance.

Learn how to create your own pre-game ritual and make the powerful mental shift from preparation mode to game on by design.

It’s about stepping into your “bubble,” the place where you leave distractions behind and focus fully on being your best—whether that’s in a game, practice, or any big moment.

In this episode you will learn:

Why preparation can sometimes hold us back—and how to move past it.
The importance of finding your own shift routine to enter performance mode.
Tips on building a pre-performance routine that works for you.
How to use your gear-up time, stretching, and warm-ups as mental cues to help you lock in.

This Week’s Challenge:

Create a small, intentional shift ritual.

Tune in and learn how to flip the switch, enter your bubble, and tap into all the energy you’ve built in practice!

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16 October 2024

1) Sleep and Nutrition: Your Energy and Fuel

We’re diving into a critical yet often overlooked aspect of performance: preparation. If you want to excel in sports and life, you have to embrace the backstage work that sets champions apart. We’re going to reframe those so-called “boring” necessities—like sleep and nutrition—into powerful tools that can fuel your performance.

Key Concepts:

1. Mind & Body Bank Account: Think of your mind and body like a bank account—what you deposit (sleep, nutrition, mental work) adds to your energy and focus. What you withdraw can drain you.

2. Backstage Work: The essential, behind-the-scenes actions you take, such as maintaining good sleep habits and fueling your body properly, are what build the foundation for your success when it’s time to perform.

This Week’s Challenge:

Download the worksheet linked below to help you take action on this episode. Choose one behavior to start, one to stop, and one to continue for both sleep and nutrition.

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03 October 2024

Preparation: Your Backstage Work

In this episode we are talking about PREPARATION.

But not the kind you hear about every day. We're going deeper into what real preparation looks like, the type that goes beyond just warming up or training. This is the backstage work that sets you apart from everyone else.

It is about the extra effort no one sees, the habits you build that make the difference in the long run. Whether it is mental focus, consistency, or handling pressure, the preparation you put in now will shape the paler-and person-you become.

Join us for a quick, on this introduction on the topic. In the next weeks we will dive into the real preparation, for now shift your mindset from getting ready to be ready, and let's Go Mental, together!

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27 September 2024

4) Self-Confidence: your Trainable Skill.

After Self-Awareness, Self-Talk, and Self-Control, finally we have the 4th piece of the puzzle: Self-Confidence!

Changing perspective from Feeling confident to do Confident!

Confidence is a skill. Let's train it starting with these 4 easy tools:

Visualization
Body language
Focus
Self-talk

Too often we treat confidence as something we cannot control, based on how we feel today, start training this new skill to become unstoppable!

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19 September 2024

3) Self-Control: your Game Changer

After Self-Awareness, your GPS, Self-Talk, your super-power, we have Self-Control...Your Game-Changer

Only by following these 3 episode you are a little bit more near to master your mental game.

In this episode we will give the power to self-control, when you need to manage your impulses, feeling and behavior with a 4 steps process:

1) Recognize your signals: what happen when you are loosing control?

2) Pause and reset: physically reset yourself.

3) Bring the focus back to the present moment.

4) Positive self-talk: reframe the moment.

We are building character one step at the time.

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11 September 2024

2) Self-Talk: your Super Power

In this episode we dive into the world of self-talk-the constant inner dialogue we all have, whether we realize it or not.

Learn how positive and negative self-talk can shape your mindset, impact your performance, and influence how you see yourself in life and sports.

Discover practical tools to become more aware of your self-talk and how to transform it into a powerful tool for growth.

Remember, the way you speak to yoursel matters!

Tune in and start building your mental advantage today.

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