Train Your Mind with Vanessa Faye Foerster
Your mind is your best performance tool. Train Your Mind is the podcast that teaches endurance athletes how to train their minds like they train their bodies. Certified Life Coach and Mindset Expert, Vanessa Faye Foerster went from middle of the pack finisher to Kona qualifier in one year and now teaches athletes how to build mental endurance to achieve their next level performance. To learn more, head over to www.vanessafayefoerster.com. Follow on Instagram: @vanessafayefoerster
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
56. Emotional Discomfort Threshold
Listen in for a story about how one of my athletes used her recent run test to increase her emotional discomfort threshold and how you can too.
55. Mental Noting
Mindfulness is a foundation of training your mind with mental endurance, but so often we think we have to sit on a cushion and meditate to be mindful. That's just not true.
Today, I'm sharing the tac…
54. High and Low Value Mental Phases
Today's episode is all about the difference between high value mental phases and low value mental phases. I share the actions that indicate a low value phase and why you may be experiencing it. We al…
53. 5 Emotional Skills to Improve Performance
Listen in for the 5 emotional skills that you can put into practice today to drastically improve your performance.
52. The Difference between Overconfident and Self-Confident
"Don't you think you're a bit overconfident?" I was asked a few months ago. There is a distinct difference between being overconfident and being self confident. And in today's episode, I share how t…
51. 3 Months to Your Next Level Performance
3 Months to your Next Level Performance is the program you've been looking for. There's no other container for performance like this. Let's train your mind with Mental Endurance.
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50. Ending the Self-Sabotage Cycle and a 52min PR with Kecia Place-Fencl
Tune into this episode to hear about one athlete's experience ending her self-sabotage cycle and creating a 52 minute Ironman PR as a result. Kecia shares what training and racing was like as the "Q…
49. Orienting your Nervous System
On the episode today, I share a guided orientation experience for nervous system settling.
48. Confidence Dependent
Today we're talking what it means to be confidence dependent. Listen in to find out what's really missing.
47. Performance Self-Judgement
Today you're in for a treat! A short and sweet emotional math lesson. I break down what actually creates your self-judgement.
(Expectation + Circumstance) x Resistance = Self-Judgement
46. The Wager
Listen in to find out how I'm adding a side of fun to my first big race of the year! Because competitiveness and fun mix well together.
45. Beat yourself up or Build yourself up
After an unsuccessful training session (or race!), you have two options: to beat yourself up or to build yourself up. In the episode I share about both and why it's important to intentionally focus o…
44. Goal Shame
Is goal shame keeping you from your next level? Listen in to find out what it is, what to do about it, and bonus: how I'm handling my own goal shame (as I work towards my own next level goal that I …
43. Comparison
Today is all about about comparison and community. I hear so many athletes talk about being in compare and despair so today I'm sharing what's actually happening when you find yourself there. And wh…
42. A misconception about believing in yourself
Today, let's talk about believing in yourself through failure. There's one big misconception that needs cleared up for massive future performance success.
41. 2022, this is the year of ________
Let's create your 2022 performance with intention. Happy New Year!
40. My Self Concept Upgrade - Ironman Arizona
Listen in for the inside scoop on my recent race at Ironman Arizona where I finished 3rd AG and 7th Overall in a stacked field. In this episode, I share my own mental endurance through my race plan …
39. Adversity Training
If you're only training what's already familiar and comfortable, you're missing an important piece of your performance capability. What's familiar might be keeping you from your next level. Listen i…
38. Not Giving Up on Yourself with Seeley Gutierrez - 70.3 Worlds
You don't want to miss this interview with my athlete Seeley Gutierrez! We talk about her race at 70.3 Worlds in St. George UT last weekend and what it really means to not give up on yourself. She …
37. Stop looking at race participant lists
Yes, you read that right: it's time to stop looking at race participant lists. It's doing more harm than good to your emotional and mental state while racing. In this episode I share why you need t…