Why You Canβt Think Your Way Out of a Performance Slump - Dr. Richard Oelberger
π§ Your brain isn't separate from your performance β it creates it.
Somatic psychologist Dr. Richard Oelberger spent years living "divorced" from himself: therapist by day, athlete by night, two different people. He's worked Skid Row crisis calls and now consults on sports performance tech. Here's what he's learned:
π₯ Under stress, your vision literally narrows β that's why you throw the easy pass at someone's foot
π€ Anger usually isn't the real emotion. It's a charge that ends in collapse, shutdown, stuck
π« Check the jaw. Check the breath. That's where the bracing lives
β±οΈ The difference at the top is hundredths of a second β but only if you can access your capacity when it counts
π "This is who we are" beats ego every time. The best teams didn't have the best coaches β they had a culture of loving everybody
π€ Four hours of sleep then CrossFit isn't toughness. It's disconnection
π± You don't have to be a pro. Play is the point β connection, health, staying free inside yourself This one's for every athletic, introverted leader who built a career on ambition and lost the thread of who they actually are.
π Find Richard:
β’ Instagram: @richardlistens (all podcast clips + his Zero Method course live here)
β’ LinkedIn: Richard Oelberger
β’ Facebook: Richard Listens
β’ New book dropping in the next 2β3 months β short chapters, big stories
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π Comment below: where do you carry your tension? Jaw, back, shoulders? Say it out loud β it loses power.