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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

How Surfing's World Champ is Reinventing Herself | Carissa Moore

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with Carissa Moore, one of the most prolific surfers on the world stage.

At age 18, Carissa became the youngest person – male or female – to win a surfing world title and was the first woman to compete in the Triple Crown of Surfing, Hawaii’s most prestigious contest series featuring the world’s best male surfers. 

This year, Carissa became the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and Olympic Gold Medal in the same year. 

This was also the first time the Olympics included surfing as a competition so Carissa was the first woman to ever win Gold in this event.

I was fortunate enough to work with the U.S. Surfing Team in Tokyo – it was incredible – all of it.

The team dynamics, being able to play a part in representing the United States of America, and to support the four surfers in their competitive pursuits. 

In this conversation, we discuss some of the ingredients for Carissa to win Gold in Tokyo: the support system she had growing up, her approach to preparing for high stakes competition, and why her ideal competitive mindset has evolved over the years. 

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0:00.0

I think like you said, when I took my power back, when I created my boundaries, when I created space for myself, and in my mind, it was like, I'm doing this for me. I'm not doing it for anybody else. That's what it became like joyous and fun again.

0:14.0

Okay, welcome back. Or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast on Michael Jurve. By trade and training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist.

0:32.0

And unfortunate to work with some of the most extraordinary thinkers and doers across the planet. And the whole idea behind this podcast behind these conversations is to learn from people.

0:42.0

To pull back the curtain, to explore how they've committed to mastering both their craft and their minds. Our minds are our greatest asset. And if you want to learn more about how you can train your mind, this is just a quick reminder here, to check out our online psychological training course that we built where we've pulled together the best practices to meet the intersection of high performance and well-being.

1:06.0

We walk through 16 essential principles and skills for you to train your mind in the same way that we train world-class athletes. So you can find all of this at finding mastery.net forward slash course.

1:19.0

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4:43.0

Now this week's conversation is with charisma, one of the most dynamic surfers on the world stage.

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