s3/03 "Mental Strength" & Performance Mindset with Shannon Mulcahy, MS (@mulcahyperformance)
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
How much of performance is mental vs physical? Is that something you can even quantify? Probably not, but the two are clearly inextricably linked. Mental Performance Coach Shannon Mulcahy (@mulcahyperformance) joins the show this week to talk about the role your MIND plays in your performance!
- What do we mean when we talk about the mental side of performance?
- The toxic side of telling someone anything is possible if they want it enough
- "Mental strength" vs "mental toughness"
- Setting goals & including mental performance skills
- Self-talk & skill-building
- Performance anxiety
- and more!
Shannon Mulcahy is the founder of Mulcahy Performance Consulting - a sport psychology practice helping athletes to train their minds like they train their bodies. Based in Columbia, Maryland, Shannon holds a Master’s in Sport and Exercise Psychology and has worked with hundreds of athletes and coaches worldwide in her 8+ years of industry experience. When she’s not working with athletes, she can be found on a trail or in a lake training for her races. Connect with Shannon on Instagram @mulcahyperformance or explore the current services and resources at mulcahyperformance.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:07.3 | When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. |
| 0:14.1 | And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:18.6 | If you're a new runner or you or even doing this for a long time, |
| 0:21.1 | there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. Hey everyone, |
| 0:27.5 | welcome to episode three of season three of the Running Explained podcast. My guest this week is |
| 0:32.5 | Shannon Mulcahy of Mulcahy Performance Consulting. What is she? She's right in the title of her company. |
| 0:40.8 | Shannon is a performance consult. She's a performance coach. So she helped athletes train their |
| 0:45.1 | minds just like they train their bodies. And anybody who spent any time playing any sort of |
| 0:51.4 | sport understands the inextricably linked role that are the mental |
| 0:56.1 | side of our sport plays in our physical performance as well. So if you've ever thought to yourself |
| 1:02.7 | in a workout or in a race, you're just on an everyday run, you know, why can't I do this? Why do I |
| 1:08.7 | seem to quit when the going gets tough? Why are, |
| 1:11.8 | why do my thoughts turn negative? How can I turn this around? How can I harness the power of my |
| 1:18.3 | mind to lift my performance? We are going to talk about all of that today and a really great |
| 1:23.3 | introduction to really performance of, you know, psychology and sport psychology and performance |
| 1:30.1 | mindset, kind of mental strength, all of those things. If you are curious about how this works |
| 1:35.9 | and where to start, this conversation is for you. Shannon, welcome to this show. I'm excited to have |
| 1:43.7 | you here. Thanks for having me. I'm very excited to be here. So before we get started, I want to know how did you become a runner? |
| 1:52.6 | Yeah. So I grew up swimming. So my background is very much in swimming. And when I was in college, I got very injured. And I, you know, went from |
| 2:04.1 | swimming 20 hours a week to basically being on bed rest. And I needed something to do once I was |
| 2:10.6 | kind of cleared to exercise after surgery. And I just, the only thing that I really could do was run. |
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