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Mindful Sport Performance Podcast
Drs. Keith Kaufman and Tim Pineau (along with Dr. Carol Glass) developed the Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) mental training program and founded the MSPE Institute, which provides training and consultation to promote greater success, satisfaction, and well-being in sport and other realms of performance (e.g., performing arts, business). In this podcast, Keith and Tim discuss various topics related to mental training, mindfulness, peak performance, and optimal experience for a wide range of performers -- from recreational to elite, kids to adults. They offer practical tips and exercises from their own work, and interview other top-level experts to highlight effective approaches to performance enhancement. The Mindful Sport Performance Podcast will give listeners a full catalogue of fresh ideas on how to thrive in competitive environments and embrace a more mindful way of being. Get in touch with Keith and Tim at MSPEPodcast@gmail.com
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Mindful Sport Performance Podcast
Ep. 38: Véronique Prouhet Annerino - Manager at Headspace Inc. & Mindfulness Trainer
In this episode, Véronique Prouhet Annerino joins the conversation.
Véronique has practiced and studied mindfulness for 20 years and has taught mindfulness meditation for the past four years to tens of thousands of people across 44 countries. As a behavioral health and mindfulness trainer to global experts and executives in engineering, research, health care, and multinational corporations, she provides mindfulness and meditation tools and techniques for cultivating equanimity and building mental fortitude to enhance focus, performance, and well-being.
She has a master's in health and healthcare economics and a decade of experience in population health and wellness. While working in digital health at IBM, she was the North American leader in their global mindfulness program. Today, Véronique works with the meditation app Headspace and continues to teach regularly across a dynamic array of populations.
Véronique begins the episode with a brief arriving practice, and then talks with Keith and Tim about:
7:17 - Using the breath as an attentional "remote control"
8:55 - Getting buy-in to the idea of mindfulness
10:20 - A marvelous description of mindfulness
13:45 - Mindfulness as a new frontier in sports
15:56 - Her personal journey into sports
19:09 - How to teach the philosophy of mindfulness in sports
29:00 - The benefits of treating athletes as whole people, not machines
34:00 - Bridging the gap between performance and compassion
36:45 - Finding flow as an athlete by letting go
Podcasts Mentioned:
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Social Media Mentioned:
Twitter: @mindfulsportdoc
Instagram: @mindful_sport_podcast
YouTube: Mindful Sport Performance Podcast
Véronique's Linkedin
Websites Mentioned:
www.mindfulsportperformance.org
www.enduromind.com
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