Episode 17: Sports Psychologist and Author, Dr. Jim Afremow
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2015
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Jim Afremow is a much sought-after mental game coach, licensed professional counselor, and the author of The Champion’s Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train and Thrive (Rodale, 2014). He is the founder of Good to Gold Medal, PLLC, a leading coaching and consulting practice. Though his practice is located in Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Afremow provides individual and team mental training services across the globe to athletes, teams, and coaches in all sports, as well as to parents, business professionals, and all others engaged in highly demanding endeavors. He is passionate about helping others achieve peak performance and personal excellence, and reach their true potential.
For over 15 years, Dr. Afremow has assisted numerous high school, collegiate, recreational, and professional athletes. Major sports represented include MLB, NBA, WNBA, PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, NHL, and NFL. In addition, he has mentally trained several U.S. and international Olympic competitors. He served as the staff mental coach for two international Olympic teams, the Greek Olympic softball team and India’s Olympic field hockey team. From 2004 to 2013, he served as a senior staff member with Counseling Services and Sports Medicine at Arizona State University.
Dr. Afremow is a member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), the American Counseling Association (ACA), and the Arizona Psychoanalytic Society (APS). He has an extensive history of professional activity, including conference presentations, corporate workshops, and publications in top journals and peer reviewed publications, including the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology and Olympic Coach Magazine. He has also served as an expert blogger on the mental side of athletics for Psychology Today.
Dr. Afremow resides in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Anne and their daughter Maria Paz.
Twitter: @goldmedalmind
Web page: http://www.goldmedalmind.net
Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-afremow-7826669
Serving over 3 decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as an Emergency Medicine Physician assigned to Special Operations, Mike Simpson is well acquainted with what it truly means to be a warrior. As a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician, and a practicing fight doctor, Mike works extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical medicine and combat sports medicine, he is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor. Now, as host of the Mind Of The Warrior podcast, Mike shares his knowledge, and that of his guests, in an effort to spread to warrior ethos to the general public.
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| 0:00.0 | The Since the dawn of time there has existed an elite warrior class those with the courage |
| 0:20.3 | and the will to achieve victory have always set themselves apart. |
| 0:24.1 | Today, these warriors can be found not only on the modern battlefield, but also in the |
| 0:28.7 | sports arena, in the boardroom, and in the classroom. |
| 0:32.3 | Now join our host Dr. Mike Simpson, |
| 0:35.0 | former Special Forces Operator and highly regarded |
| 0:37.5 | mixed martial arts fight doctor, |
| 0:39.0 | as he takes you inside the mind of the Warrior. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome to Mind of the Warrior, our guest today will be Dr. Jim Afframo, Sports Psychologist. |
| 0:56.0 | We will be getting to his interview shortly. But first, UFC Fight Night 77 in the books. I did pretty good on my predictions. I was 5 and 1 on my main card picks. |
| 1:07.0 | Got a lot of great feedback on that. So prior to our interview with Dr. Affirmo, I will be doing my breakdown of the main card of UFC |
| 1:16.5 | 193 out of Melbourne, Australia coming up this Saturday, November 15th. |
| 1:23.0 | First up on the main card, we have a heavyweight bout between Stephen Struve and |
| 1:28.0 | Jared Rochalt. |
| 1:29.0 | Seven foot tall Dutchman Stephen Struve is only 27 years old, but he's been competing in |
| 1:34.4 | MMA for 11 years and 10 of those have been professionally. He's 26 and 7 |
| 1:38.8 | with his most recent win being when he retired Big Nogg back in August. |
| 1:44.0 | Jared the Big Show Rashalt is a tough Texan and former Division I wrestler he's on a two-fight |
| 1:49.0 | winning streak. |
| 1:51.0 | Struve loves to go to war, which is evident by the fact that only two of his 33 |
| 1:54.8 | fights have gone to a decision and the fans are in luck on Saturday night |
| 1:58.6 | because the big show is usually more than willing to stand and bang. |
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