Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeet Steve MagnessWhy Steve Magness Is Mentally StrongWhat You’ll Hear on the ShowWhat You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental StrengthQuotes From SteveMore About the Podcast
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Meet Steve Magness
Why Steve Magness Is Mentally Strong
What You’ll Hear on the Show
What You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
Quotes From Steve
More About the Podcast
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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, interviews authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and other inspirational people about the strategies that help them think, feel, and do their best in life.
Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on human performance. He’s worked as a consultant on mental skills development for professional sports teams, including some of the top NBA teams.
He co-authored the books “Peak Performance” and “The Passion Paradox” with our former guest Brad Stulberg. He also wrote “The Science of Running” and now he has a new book called “Do Hard Things.”
Steve can run a mile in just over four minutes. Clearly, he can push his body well past the point of when his brain tells him to slow down or stop. But he also knows how to avoid pushing himself so hard that he injures himself. That’s a true sign of mental strength.
Fortunately, he’s spent a lot of years studying the science of human performance–both on the track and off. And he shares his knowledge about how to stay passionate and perform at your peak with his audience.
The Difference Between Mental Strength and Mental Health
Some people think they’re mentally strong because they don’t have much anxiety. But, a lack of anxiety isn’t exactly the hallmark of mental strength. Instead, it might indicate someone is living really far inside their comfort zone because they’re afraid of doing things where they might fail.
Other people think putting yourself in a harsh environment is the key to building mental strength. But you don’t need to punish yourself or put yourself in harm’s way to get tough. Instead, you can get proactive about challenging yourself in productive ways.
That’s why Steve talks about doing hard things. You can create a nurturing environment for yourself that will prepare you to tackle healthy challenges for yourself.
Steve MagnessAll those feelings–emotions, doubt, fatigue, insecurities—that come at you, that’s all information. And you get to decide whether it’s information that is valid and useful in this situation.
Steve Magness
All those feelings–emotions, doubt, fatigue, insecurities—that come at you, that’s all information. And you get to decide whether it’s information that is valid and useful in this situation.
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