Mindset & Mindfulness | Fraser Carson

Healing Grumpy Athletes

Fraser is a lecturer in sport coaching, while also running Melbourne Endurance Sport Hypnosis. He has over fifteen years delivering coach education and psychological skills training to high performance athletes and coaches. He currently provides psychological support for the Deakin Melbourne Boomers. He has previously been employed as performance psychologist, providing mental skills training, with a number of professional teams, coaches and athletes. He has a strong research background with a number of publications in performance psychology, mental toughness, wellbeing, stress and coping, and coach education. In todays conversation we talk about an integral element of performance, mindfulness. We talk about how to integrate mindfulness into an athletes daily training environment with very simply strategies to create calm, focus, manage pain or difficult sensations. We discuss: What is mindfulness? Mindfulness vs Meditation Mindfulness for athletes Mental skills and focus Managing pain or discomfort Using mindfulness to reach your maximal potential Using lyrics and music during a race or training Using the 5 senses to design your own mindfulness practise that works for you Show note links: Website: www.meshhypno.com Audio Packges for Mental skills and performance: https://www.meshhypno.com/audio-packages Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meshhypno/ @meshhypno TED talk - Being brilliant everyday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRItG9G1rb4