The Mind Coach Behind Team GB & Ronnie O'Sullivan on Mental Resilience | Prof. Steve Peters
The High Performance Podcast
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4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Prof. Steve Peters is one of the most influential minds in performance psychology, best known for The Chimp Paradox and his work with elite athletes, leaders, and organisations around the world. In this episode, Steve breaks down how the mind really works, and why understanding it is the key to unlocking your potential.
The conversation explores self-esteem, core values, and why we so often act against our better intentions, as well as what actually helps us regain control when pressure hits.
Steve also tackles the impact of social media on self-worth, the role of resilience, and how early childhood patterns shape adult habits.
This is a practical, eye-opening conversation about working with your mind rather than fighting it, and building a healthier, more resilient approach to life.
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| 0:00.0 | So it's never too late to start and I'm going to understand my mind, how it works, |
| 0:08.0 | and I'm going to learn these skills. Never forget, once you've got more than two problems, |
| 0:12.0 | you're not going to make it. Once we put things down and they say, right, there's six things we're going to address. |
| 0:17.3 | There's a sense of relief. You can't build resilience. Your mind is 100% resilient. |
| 0:22.3 | And maybe I should have put that. You're 100% resilience. How do we stop resilience from failing? |
| 0:31.7 | That is the voice of Professor Steve Peters and this is high performance. I'm Jay |
| 0:36.4 | Comfrey and as we head into |
| 0:37.7 | 2026 there is no better time for this conversation because today we sit down with Steve |
| 0:43.6 | Peters, the man behind some of the greatest sporting minds of our generation from Chris Hoy to |
| 0:48.0 | Stephen Gerard, Ronnie O'Sullivan, the Liverpool Football Club, British cycling, England rugby. |
| 0:53.3 | The list goes on. They've all worked |
| 0:55.1 | with Steve to unlock their potential. But here's what's extraordinary about this episode, because |
| 1:00.4 | Steve doesn't just work with elite athletes. The tools that he's developed, the Chimp Paradox, |
| 1:04.7 | is a model that's transformed millions of ordinary lives. And it's all based on hard neuroscience that applies to every single |
| 1:13.4 | one of us. So prepare for today's episode as we deep dive into how your mind actually works, |
| 1:19.3 | why difficult conversations feel impossible, why you sabotage yourself, and most importantly, |
| 1:25.3 | how to change it all. Steve is about to break down the three systems in your brain, |
| 1:29.9 | explain why your beliefs from childhood might be holding you back, |
| 1:33.6 | and he also offers us the stone of life, |
| 1:36.5 | what he calls the ultimate mind stabiliser. |
| 1:40.1 | So if you're heading into 2026, wanting to understand yourself a little better, |
| 1:44.0 | to finally crack those patterns that keep holding you back, this is essential listening. |
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