

The Mental Golf Show
Josh Nichols
Host Josh Nichols shares from his own 20 years of competitive and golf psychology coaching experiences, along with years of learning psychology, as well as interviews with players, coaches, and experts in the golf industry, all with the goal of helping you think better on and off the golf course.
*This podcast is not meant to apply to every individuals’ mental health. And not all opinions expressed by guests reflect Josh’s opinions and experiences.
*This podcast is not meant to apply to every individuals’ mental health. And not all opinions expressed by guests reflect Josh’s opinions and experiences.
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Dec 26, 2019 • 32min
Special Guest Auburn Head Coach Nick Clinard on Acceptance and much more
Hope everyone had a great Christmas! On this episode I talk with Auburn Head Men's Coach Nick Clinard. Coach Clinard's experience is extensive, and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation. So I hope you get a lot of value and learn a lot.
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Dec 23, 2019 • 21min
Forget Your Goal
Merry Christmas everybody! On this episode, I go through an excerpt of "Better Than I Found It" by Baylor Head Coach Mike McGraw. This particular passage struck me as so important for everyone to hear. If we can all on some level focus more on the process and less on the result then we can be more free and have more fun along the journey.
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Dec 19, 2019 • 32min
Special Guest Arizona Head Coach Jim Anderson on Re-Instilling Confidence
Welcome back! On today's episode I talk with University of Arizona Men's Head Coach Jim Anderson. Coach Anderson has been head coach at Arizona since 2012, and is one of the top young college coaches in America. He plays humble pie a little bit, but he has so much wisdom to share in this podcast.
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Dec 15, 2019 • 18min
Removing Nerves
Taking this one to dive into some thoughts about removing nerves and anxiety. It's not an easy process or a fast one, but I believe there is a way.
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Dec 7, 2019 • 25min
Special Guest Auburn Women’s Head Coach Melissa Luellen
Back with another interview with a high-level college coach! This time we have Auburn Women's Head Coach Melissa Luellen. Coach Luellen has coached at Tulsa, 13 years at Arizona State, and now in her fifth year at Auburn. She has made 16 NCAA appearances, 12 NCAA top-10s, coached 15 players to All-American status, and won an NCAA Title in 2009. So take what Coach Luellen says to heart.
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Nov 27, 2019 • 4min
Update Pod
Hey everybody! Been busy lately. But here’s a quick update with how things have been going and how excited I am for the future.
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Nov 18, 2019 • 30min
Special Guest Boston Univ Coach Bruce Chalas on Perspective and Counterintuitive Thinking
I talk with Boston University Head Women's Golf Coach Bruce Chalas to talk about his philosophies on the mental game and how individuals improve differently from each other. Coach Chalas is a counterintuitive thinker, something that a lot of golf coaches aren't because they're afraid they might say something wrong. Coach Chalas is more interested in the long-term improvement of the person rather than the short-term good scores, yet his coaching has produced some awesome results!
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Nov 13, 2019 • 36min
Special Guest Baylor Coach Mike McGraw on Emotional Maturity and Impacting Lives
A guest! For the first time ever on the show I have a guest, and this one is very special. Coach Mike McGraw spent 16 years coaching at Oklahoma State, a handful of years under Jay Seawell at Alabama, and is now the head coach at Baylor. Coach McGraw has won 3 NCAA championships, coached players such as Hunter Mahan, Charles Howell III, and Rickie Fowler, and his list of accomplishments goes on and on. Try to ignore me and pay attention to what Coach McGraw says because he is so wise.
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Oct 25, 2019 • 31min
How to Stop the Vicious Circle
You know the feeling. You're playing a round of golf. You're playing well for several holes. But inevitably you encounter some kind of difficulty, whether you hit a bad shot or you drew a bad lie in the rough or you have a long par 3 with a tucked pin or you're coming down to the wire at the end of a tournament. This happens pretty much every round. It's very rare that a round of golf goes perfectly smoothly from start to finish without any hiccups.
But that event happening doesn't define you. It's how you react to it that defines you.
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Sep 29, 2019 • 24min
Stop and Smell the Roses
This one is about learning to have a good time even when you don't feel like it. To enjoy where you're at even if you don't really wanna be there. To realize you (and I) probably have it really good actually. To let what you expect to happen or want to happen or need to happen go.
Stop and smell the roses. They're all around you.
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