Maya Raichoora: Train Your Mind Like a Muscle—A Masterclass in Mental Fitness
SuperLife with Darin Olien
Darin Olien
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this inspiring conversation, Darin sits down with Maya Raichoora, one of the UK's leading experts in mental fitness, visualization, and high performance. From battling ulcerative colitis as a teenager to becoming Nike's first-ever mental fitness trainer, Maya's journey is proof that visualization isn't just a concept, it's a trainable skill that can transform health, resilience, and performance. Together, they dive into Maya's five visualization techniques, the neuroscience behind them, and how anyone can reprogram their brain to unlock their highest potential.
What You'll Learn
00:00 – Welcome to SuperLife and sponsor intro: Fatty15 and the science of C15
04:13 – Introducing Maya Raichoora: Nike's first mental fitness trainer and founder of Remap Mental Fitness
04:56 – Maya's story: battling ulcerative colitis at 15 and discovering visualization as a lifeline
06:38 – Why mental fitness is more than mindset — it's a skill you can train daily
09:04 – Learning to create space between stimulus and response in everyday life
11:27 – Maya on insecurity, high achievement, and the pain of chronic illness
15:17 – The hospital moment that sparked Maya's first visualization practice
16:49 – Why visualization works: rewiring the brain through imagery and repetition
18:15 – Life happens twice: how imagination shapes reality
22:19 – Building new "roads" in the brain: the neuroscience of visualization
25:55 – Common limiting beliefs and why responsibility matters
27:20 – Darin shares his own trauma, back pain, and rediscovering imprints
30:44 – Using visualization to transform trauma into growth
35:16 – Maya's five visualization techniques explained: outcome, process, creative, negative, explorative
38:17 – Lemon exercise: why the brain can't distinguish between real and imagined
41:23 – Negative visualization: Michael Phelps and the power of rehearsing worst-case scenarios
43:01 – Explorative visualization: how Einstein, Tesla, and Disney used imagination to innovate
46:42 – The role of mirror neurons: why what you watch and who you're around rewires your brain
50:01 – Visualization vs manifestation: key differences and overlaps
55:17 – Why outcome visualization alone isn't enough — and how to balance techniques
59:34 – Case study: helping a client quit smoking through negative visualization
01:01:03 – Maya's personal favorite visualizations and creating her "avatar" self-image
01:04:04 – Why you'll never outperform your self-image — and how to reshape it
01:07:29 – Healing through basics: whole foods, environment, boundaries, and mindset
01:12:00 – Final reflections: mental fitness as a daily practice of awareness and intention
Thank You to Our Sponsors
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Find More from Maya Raichoora:
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Instagram: @maya.raichoora
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Website: Remap Mental Fitness
Find More from Darin Olien:
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Instagram: @darinolien
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Podcast: SuperLife Podcast
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Website: superlife.com
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Book: Fatal Conveniences
Key Takeaway
"Visualization isn't magic — it's mental fitness. You're already an expert at visualizing, but if you learn to direct it, you can literally rewire your brain, reshape your self-image, and become the person you've always wanted to be."
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