Your mind is one of your greatest assets as an athlete. This week, I sit down with Ben Fanelli, the Founder of Heroic Minds, a brand new self-help tool right at your fingertips. Following a major injury in his early game career that changed the trajectory of his life, Ben has shifted to the world of psychotherapy for high performance players. We speak about the surprising gifts of injury he gained from his incident and the powerful lesson of finding meaning in suffering. We also dig into the mental side of the game–how to balance the physical and mental prepwork, the peaks and valleys all athletes experience in their careers, and learning to be one with the journey.

HIGHLIGHTS

00:00 Introducing the Founder of Heroic Minds, Ben Fanelli!

01:10 How did the incident in your early game career impact your life?

05:30 What are some of the gifts of injury?

11:25 How to reframe challenges into growth.

14:25 Why is “more” not actually better?

22:20 Ways athletes can balance the mental side of the game.

25:20 How Heroic Minds helps players with mental & physical prepwork.

30:15 How to combat comparison on social media.

36:20 What to expect from the Heroic Minds app.

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