Overcome Your Greatest Obstacles - Lessons on Grit, Grace, and Mental Health | World Champion Obstacle Racer, Amelia Boone

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

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🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

How do you navigate the uncertain terrain of your life? Does uncertainty fuel your drive, or does it bring anxiety that hinders your progress?

Our guest today, Amelia Boone, is not only a four-time obstacle race world champion with three World’s Toughest Mudder wins and dubbed “The Queen of Pain” – she also excels as a full-time attorney for a multinational corporation.

And, she’s accomplished all this while grappling with not one, but two, lifelong mental health diagnoses -- OCD and an eating disorder. Amelia credits a hard-won ability to embrace uncertainty with helping her navigate the extreme mental and physical demands of her chosen life pursuits.

Her story is a testament to the resilience we all require for facing life's mental and emotional hurdles. Through her eyes, we see the interconnectedness of physical endurance and mental toughness, and how fostering self-awareness, leading with vulnerability, and relentlessly pursuing personal growth in every aspect of life builds a foundation for success.

This conversation is a powerful blend of grit, grace, and introspection that will resonate with anyone striving to level up – it serves as a reminder that we can shape our lives in any way we want, from the inside out. I can’t wait for you to learn from Amelia’s insights.

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0:00.0	The work is of making it a priority, putting aside time for self-reflection for mental health.
0:08.0	It is the breaking down of all of those walls and those barriers and saying I need help and I need to fix
0:17.3	this just being humble enough to know when you need to course correct. Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I am your host Dr Michael Jervay.
0:37.5	By trade and training a high-performance psychologist, we all face uncertainty every day, no matter how detailed our two-do lists are or how
0:46.1	specific our routines are, everything that we engage in has an unknown outcome.
0:52.4	So certainty is an illusion. as an
0:54.0	unknown outcome.
0:55.0	Each moment is unique, each moment is unfolding and wonderfully unknown.
1:00.0	So how do you work with uncertainty? What feelings does it provoke and is it
1:07.4	excitement or curiosity or is it mostly anxiety? With that in mind, I am stoked to introduce our guest today, Amelia Boone.
1:16.8	She is a four-time obstacle race world champion with over 30 victories, a three-time world's toughest mutter, and through her various
1:26.5	triumphs, she's earned the title The Queen of Pain. In addition to her honors in extreme sports, she also excels as a full-time attorney for
1:36.6	a multinational corporation. And she's accomplished all of this while grappling with not one, but
1:42.0	two lifelong mental health diagnoses,
1:45.2	OCD and an eating disorder. So Amelia credits a hard one ability to embrace
1:50.8	uncertainty with helping her navigate the extreme mental
1:55.5	and physical demands of her chosen life pursuits. She shares her insights on
2:00.0	how she works with anxiety and we get down underneath the surface about how she pursues
2:05.0	pursues mastery and how that is fundamentally different
2:09.0	from the pursuit of achievement and excellence.
2:11.8	Now her story is a testament to the resilience we all
2:15.1	require to face life's mental and emotional and physical challenges. Through her
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