6 Principles to Build Mental Toughness: Brad Stulberg on the Practice of Groundedness
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 13 October 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Running faster is about physical training, sure, but there's a mental component that can be just as difficult to overcome.
In this interview with best-selling author Brad Stulberg, we'll teach you the 6 principles to building mental toughness.
You'll love the lessons Brad shares and how it will immediately help you develop an internal strength and self-confidence that sustains you through ups and downs.
Brad Stulberg researches, writes, and coaches on health, well-being, and sustainable performance.
He is bestselling author of the new book, The Practice of Groundedness, and also Peak Performance.
His work has been featured in The New York Times, New Yorker, Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, Forbes, and more.
In his coaching practice, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, and physicians on their performance and well-being. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Brad Stahlberg, and you are listening to the Run to the Top Podcast. Hi there, my running friend, this is Coach Claire Bartholic, the Planted Runner, |
| 0:22.0 | and this is the Run to the Top Podcast, one of the first and only |
| 0:25.6 | running podcast dedicated to making you a better runner with each and every episode. |
| 0:30.8 | We are created and produced by the expert team of running coaches at runnersconnect.net where you can find the best running information on the internet as well as running coaching plans to fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:44.0 | When you think about your running, what is the very best image you can imagine? Is it being able to run a certain goal or a certain time or do you imagine something less measurable like having a rock solid confidence in your fitness? knowing that challenges will come and you will be able to |
| 1:05.6 | calmly overcome them. Or maybe it's weathering the ups and downs that inevitably will happen |
| 1:11.5 | with the goal of being a runner for life. Most likely it's a |
| 1:15.7 | combination of all three. In any of these scenarios it's not just about |
| 1:19.7 | building up your physical fitness. To meet these goals you need to build a strong resilient mind as well. |
| 1:26.6 | But building mental strength feels far more subjective than physical strength. |
| 1:30.8 | After all, you can't count mental strength reps like you can count laps around. physical strength, |
| 1:33.4 | reps, like you can count laps around a track. |
| 1:36.3 | But with practice and maybe with a little guidance, |
| 1:39.7 | you can build a strong mental and emotional foundation that can not only support all of your |
| 1:45.0 | physical running goals but with practice and a little guidance you can build a strong |
| 1:50.4 | mental and emotional foundation that can not only support all of your physical |
| 1:54.7 | running goals, but make the rest of your life better as well. |
| 1:59.2 | A foundation of calm confidence can help you more effectively deal with the challenges that come up with |
| 2:04.7 | grace instead of self-doubt. Another word for this foundation is called groundedness and today |
| 2:12.2 | I'm delighted to share my conversation with the author that |
| 2:15.3 | wrote an entire book on it, Brad Stulberg. |
| 2:18.8 | Brad researches, rights, and coaches on health, well-being and sustainable performance. |
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