Mental Wellness Connection to Performance

Welcome back to Dr. Jones’s Optimization Academy where I interview some of my favorite innovators in Medicine, Health, Fitness, and Beyond!   

Today’s guest is Darrina Bledsoe, M.A., L.A.C., N.T.F.-C.B.T.  Darrina is a local of Arizona and has family roots in Spain. She played basketball as a point guard for Simpson College and competed in the National Collegiate Athletics Association. She continued her academic career at the University of Northern Iowa where she earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology.   She returned to Arizona, her home state, where she practices counseling for clients suffering from various psychiatric disorders. She is a National Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist and EAGALA Certified. She specializes working with Spanish-speaking populations.   

Her coaching is a mixture of education regarding mental health, wellness, while focusing on performance mindset. Her career in coaching began working with behavioral health providers seeking a resilient mindset and has expanded to working with athletes and people in leadership. Darrina is a business owner, entrepreneur, mindset coach, behavioral health professional, motivational speaker, author, and former athlete.  

In today’s episode, we are discussing the connection between mental wellness, stress, anxiety and performance.  

• Mental Health vs. Mental Wellness
• How stress and anxiety affect mental and physical performance 
• Coping with stress and pressure in the moment (empowerment) 
• Coping with stress and pressure in the future (resiliency)  

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