The Fleeting Nature of Flow State | USWNT Captain, Becky Sauerbrunn

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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🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with Becky Sauerbrunn, an American soccer player, Olympic gold medalist and two time FIFA Women's World Cup champion.

A veteran defender for the United States women's national soccer team, she also plays for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, the highest division of women's soccer in the United States.

Becky is a 4-time NWSL Defender of the Year and 7-time NWSL First XI selection.

In this conversation, Becky shares what’s it’s like to be at her best… which she describes as fleeting.

It’s those moments where everything slows down and she can see the play happening before it actually happens… every decision she makes is the right … and she’s completely present.

Those moments are elusive though and so we unpack what gets in her way.

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0:00.0	Sometimes I do feel inferior to the people around me and I feel like I'm part of a special team and I'm also kind of like how did I get here and because I feel that way
0:12.1	My preparation and what I do behind the scenes with the people around me
0:16.6	is to like prove to them and to myself every single day that I do deserve to be here and
0:22.4	I'm not going to let you down. I will try really hard not to let you down. I do
0:25.0	here, and I'm not gonna let you down. I will try really hard not to let you down. Sometimes I will, but just know that I'm trying to do everything in my power to make sure I don't. Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervay and by Trade and Training, I'm a
0:48.1	sport and performance psychologist, as well as the co-founder of Compete to Create.
0:52.4	And I want to give a big thanks to everyone that as well as the co-founder of Compete to Create.
0:52.8	And I want to give a big thanks to everyone that recently purchased the Compete
0:56.2	to Create Audible Book that I just released with the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks
1:00.4	Pete Carroll. Hope you tuned into our first game as well.
1:04.0	It was awesome that the NFL season is back in Roland.
1:06.8	And if you haven't checked it out the book, the audible book, you can find that on our website,
1:10.6	Compete to Create.net.
1:12.4	Now the whole idea behind this podcast
1:16.7	is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery
1:19.4	to better understand what they're searching for,
1:21.9	their psychological framework, how they use their mind to understand their life, explain events, to consider their future.
1:31.0	And we also want to dig to be able to understand the mental skills that they use to build and refine their craft.
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