Mentally Strong
Steps to Quiet Your Inner Critic and Build Confidence
In this episode, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff explores how your self-talk impacts your confidence, resilience, and performance. Inspired by a recent coaching conversation, she shares why high performers often struggle with harsh self-criticism—and how self-compassion actually helps you improve faster. You’ll learn: The difference between your inner critic and inner coach What self-critical thinking does to your brain Why self-compassion builds…
Read MoreThe Power of Small Wins
In this episode, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff shares the story behind Hank’s Hope, a project inspired by her father’s 51-day fight in the ICU and the “win wall” her family created to capture small victories each day. Cindra explores why celebrating small wins is essential for building confidence, resilience, and hope. Drawing from performance psychology and…
Read MoreTrain Your Trust
“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock What if the biggest thing holding you back… isn’t your ability, but your trust in it? In this episode, we dive into a powerful question high performers face all the time: “Have I done enough, and can I trust it when it matters…
Read MoreDesigning a Life You Want
“Let them judge. Let them misunderstand. Let them doubt you.” – Mel Robbins After seeing Mel Robbins live, I left with three questions I can’t stop thinking about: 👉 What if nothing in your life changed in 5 years? 👉What’s your Plan B? 👉And… what would you do if you didn’t care what people thought? In this episode, we unpack how…
Read MoreThe Power of Focus
What if the fastest way to change how you feel… isn’t changing your situation, but changing your focus? In this episode, Dr. Kamphoff shares how one simple shift in attention can instantly move you from frustration to clarity and confidence. When you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or “off,” it’s often not your circumstances, it’s where your…
Read MoreThe Truth About Limiting Beliefs
Have you ever felt ready… until doubt showed up? In this episode, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff shares how limiting beliefs, thoughts we repeat until they feel true, can quietly derail performance. Drawing from her own running career, she reveals how nothing changed physically in a race, only her thinking did. Listen to this episode and learn how to…
Read MoreTrain Your Mind. Perform Your Best.
“You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your training.” If you want to perform better under pressure, you have to train your mind. In this episode, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff shares how the Mental Performance Summit can help you build confidence, stay composed, and perform consistently, using the same tools…
Read MoreFOPO Is Stealing Your Confidence
Quote of the Week: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Why do we care so much about what other people think, and how is it impacting our confidence? In this episode, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff and Lisa talk about FOPO — the…
Read MoreWhat Lindsey Vonn Teaches Us About Adversity
“You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.” — Lindsey Vonn After a devastating Olympic crash and yet another surgery, Lindsey Vonn didn’t ask, “Why me?” She reminded the world this isn’t the end of her story. That response is what separates elite performers. In this episode,…
Read MoreThe Truth About Confidence, and How to Stabilize It
Confidence isn’t something you set and forget. It shifts depending on the situation you’re in. You can feel powerful in one moment… and shaky in a tough conversation hours later. In this episode, we unpack findings from our national Confidence Study, including: 70% of working Americans believe they’d earn more if they improved their confidence…
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