revvel CEO Jenn Heil sits down with Dr. Penny Werthner, Canadian Olympian and renown sports psychologist of 30+ years to explore how the mental skills that build Olympic champions can help women in their 40s and 50s ("the sandwich generation") perform in everyday life. Penny pioneered the applied use of biofeedback and neurofeedback in Canadian sport. She worked with Jenn through her final Olympic cycle, helping her train the mental and physiological control required to perform under immense pressure.

Key topics:

• Biofeedback and neurofeedback: training relaxation, focus, and recovery using real-time data on how your nervous system responds under pressure
• The difference between pressure (wanting an outcome you can't control) and stress (your body's physiological response) — and why women's pressure rarely has an endpoint
• Recovery as a learnable skill that happens in small moments throughout the day
• Why "mental toughness" is misunderstood, and what real resiliency looks like: honest self-assessment and permission to stop
• Gender differences in athlete-coach communication
• Penny's starting prescription: move your body, and bring someone with you

The support behind great performance should not be reserved for sport.

revvel gives women access to world-class experts — the kind of team most people never get.

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Three-time Olympian Phylicia George joins revvel CEO Jenn Heil to discuss the power of self-belief, the possibility of reinvention, and the team behind her elite performance. At an early age, Phylicia chose pursuing an athletic career over attending medical school, following her passion and intuition. She became a world-class sprint hurdler, then made the rare pivot to Olympic bobsled winning bronze in 2018.

In this episode, Jenn and Phylicia discuss:

• Why Phylicia bet on herself when coaches, recruiters, and even her parents said to quit
• Using sport as an outlet while grieving the loss of her mother
• Gaining 20 pounds of muscle in six months to switch from track to bobsled
• What an eight-month injury taught her about recovery and resilience
• Why the podium didn't feel the way she expected and how she redefined success
• The experts she still relies on today, and where to start if you have none

Phylicia shares how her elite team of trainers, nutritionists, and recovery experts contributed to her success.

The support behind great performance should not be reserved for sport.

revvel gives women access to world-class experts — the kind of team most people never get.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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