[ 💭 ] From Oblivion to Awareness, w/ Chris Irwin
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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We're exploring how to train our minds like we train our bodies with Chris Irwin, creator of Rare Sense.
You’ll gain insights into the seven mind-killers that sabotage mental health, and we’ll dive into the first mind-killer: Oblivion.
Understanding these concepts will cultivate awareness and resilience, empowering you to navigate life's challenges more effectively.
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📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to Chasing Excellence, a show about chasing what truly matters. |
| 0:04.0 | My name is Patrick Cummings. As always, I'm here with Ben Bergeron. We are also joined by a special |
| 0:08.5 | guest friend of the show. Chris Irwin is here. Chris, you are a retired Navy SEAL. You are the Navy SEAL |
| 0:13.5 | Foundation's communication director. And what we're going to talk about today, you're the creator of |
| 0:17.7 | something called Rare Sense, which is a project dedicated to the power of the mind and teaching others how to train the mind just like we do our body. |
| 0:25.6 | Thank you, Chris, for being here. We appreciate it. Yeah, good to see you guys again. |
| 0:29.5 | Yeah, the timing of this is great. Chris, you were just down in Natick. You and Ben, we had mentioned |
| 0:33.9 | it a couple times on the podcast a week or two ago. You guys put together a one-day seminar called The Mindful Athlete that I was fortunate enough to be at, |
| 0:41.1 | really enjoyed it. |
| 0:41.9 | I thought you guys did a great job. |
| 0:42.9 | So I'm excited to begin to bring some of those things into our world, our happy little world here, |
| 0:48.7 | chasing excellence. |
| 0:49.3 | So I'm excited to have you. |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah, cool. |
| 0:52.1 | The thing that just threw me, as Patrick said, down in Natick. |
| 0:54.9 | There's only like 150 people in the United States that can say down in Natick. |
| 0:58.8 | He lives in Maine. |
| 0:59.5 | That's a fair point. |
| 1:00.6 | I'm one of them who gets to say that. |
| 1:03.3 | Yeah, down in Natick. |
| 1:04.3 | Down in Natick. |
| 1:06.1 | All right. |
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