The Power of a Word | RELATIONSHIPS

Episode Summary

In this episode, Dr. Amber Selking speaks with Kaelene Curry, a mental performance coach with Selkin Performance Group. Kaelene talks about how she’s applying her word for 2021 - relationships - through her work as the Director of Mental Performance for the Vanderbilt football team. She talks about the importance of relationships in our lives and how the football program is learning to lean on each other to build a true brotherhood.

 

About Building Championship Mindsets

Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence. 

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturing company whose corporate vision is to change the model of work, demonstrating that business can and should Be a Force for Good in our world.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before injury ended her career, after which she founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA) in the ND Athletic Department. She currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband, Aaron, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne.

 

Championship Mindset Training | MidWeek Mental Rep

 

• Reach out to somebody that maybe you haven’t talked to or say hi to that person on the street. Give a compliment here and there. Don’t let your fear of perception get in your way.

 

 

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “It’s a top/down, bottom/up approach. So we’re hitting both angles of it, so that we can be as comprehensive and integrated as we possibly can.” -Kaelene Curry [04:08]
• “The brain is not a muscle in a scientific sense, but it functions like a muscle in the extent that the parts of it that we use grow and get stronger. The parts of it that we don’t get weaker. And we can actually train our brains to show up more consistently as the best versions of ourselves amid pressure, amid adversity, when things go wrong and when things are going right.” -Dr. Amber Selking [12:27]
• “Building relationships is what it’s all about. If we don’t have those strong connections throughout our lifetime, in a way, not to be cynical about it, it’s kinda like what are we doing?” -Kaelene Curry [15:34]
• “It’s hard to fight for somebody and something if you don’t care about them.” -Dr. Amber Selking [17:37]

 

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TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[01:03] Today’s guest: Kaelene Curry

[03:16] Being the Director of Mental Performance

[11:21] Applied sports psychology vs clinical sports psychology

[14:02] Kaelene’s word for 2021: relationships

[18:59] Some critical relationships

[26:00] Relationships in Kaelene’s life

[28:39] This week’s Championship Mindset Training

[32:38] Outro