
The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast
The Official Long-Form Podcast of Brian Cain, MPM, #1 Best-Selling Author, Creator of The Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification and The 30 Days to Mental Performance for Athletes Course.
The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast is dedicated to helping you reach your maximum potential through mastering the 10 pillars (skills) of mental performance.
Brian Cain has worked with the top coaches and athletes in professional, collegiate and high school sports on building an elite mindset and the routines, habits and culture they need to win.
His client list includes 6 UFC mixed martial arts World Champions, 10 NCAA National Champions, 4 MLB Cy Young Award winners, a Heisman Trophy winner, Olympic gold medalists, and top performing school, corporations and law enforcement teams from around the globe.
Also be sure to check out Brian's daily podcast, The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
Latest episodes

Apr 22, 2024 • 15min
Reflect & Refocus 13 - The Four Fundamentals
Explore the importance of mastering the four fundamentals of optimal living: eating for performance, movement and sweat before screens, mindset and daily routines, and simplifying sleep science. Brian Cain provides practical tips, techniques, stories, and motivations to help you close the gap to your goals.

Apr 15, 2024 • 18min
Dorfman 01 - My Life Changed Forever By One Man
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast, Brian kicks off a tribute series to one of his mentors and a mental game of baseball coaching icon in Harvey Dorfman.
Conversations, Content and Careers - The Life and Legacy of Harvey Dorfman is a series in which Brian interviews former players and staff who had their careers positively impacted by Harvey.
Go inside the conversations, the content and the careers forever changed by one of the greatest mental performance coaches who ever lived.
Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips, techniques, stories strategies, meditations and motivations every day that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
Be sure to subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast, leave us a review and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Check out Harvey’s Books on Amazon
📕The Mental Game of Baseball
📕The Mental Keys to Hitting
📕The Mental ABCs of Pitching
📕Coaching The Mental Game
📕Copying It Down
📕Each Branch, Each Needle
📕Babbling Echoes
📕Persuasion of My Days
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⌚Lean More About Pison, The World’s First Cognitive Performance App and Wearable
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⚾ Take Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass

Apr 8, 2024 • 39min
Cognitive Performance Optimization With Pison - Marc Deschenes
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast brought to you by Fundraising University, Brian is joined by Marc Deschenes VP of Sport Operations with Pison the world's first cognitive performance tracker.
In this Podcast Brian and Marc discuss:
Marc’s journey through professional baseball and into performance analytics
The Pison story and the importance of cognitive performance tracking
What readiness is and why it’s important to your performance
The Big 12 and SEC Teams using this technology for a competitive advantage
Agility “Go-No-Go”, and why testing your agility before performance is critical to your success
Focus, the role it plays in performance and how to improve it.
Be sure to subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast, leave us a review and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
⌚Lean More About Pison, The World’s First Cognitive Performance App and Wearable
💰 Learn More About Fundraising University and How You Can Join The Team
⚾ Take Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
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Apr 7, 2024 • 16min
Reflect & Refocus 12 - Don't Let The Start Stop You
The podcast discusses Brian's daily routine, Dr. Rob Gilbert's resources, and mental game strategies. It emphasizes taking action, dominating the day, mastering visualization, and enhancing cognitive fitness.

Apr 5, 2024 • 29min
Eleat Sports Nutrition - Angie Asche
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast brought to you by Fundraising University, Brian is joined by Angie Asche MS, RD, CSSD of Eleat Sports Nutrition. Brian and Angie discuss fueling for elite performance.
You can engage with Angie on instagram @eleatnutrition, by email angie@eleatnutrition.com and at her website, you can also pick up her book Fuel Your Body on Amazon.
In this podcast, Ashley and Brian discuss:
How to take control of your personal nutrition performance.
The four different components on a winning plate
What are Macros and why are they important to your fueling as an athlete?
The difference between simple and complex carbohydrates through digestion
Fats and the difference good fats and bad fats
Why whole fruits are athletes best friends for hydration and micronutrients
The importance of 1G per protein per body weight and when to jack up the protein grams
The role of bloodwork when it comes to dialing in your nutrition plan and the frequency of testing
That and much, much more
Be sure to subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast, leave us a review and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
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Apr 1, 2024 • 15min
Reflect & Refocus 11 - The Power of Process
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast Reflect & Refocus brought to you Fundraising University , Brian discusses the importance and power of your process. This weeks topics include:
The 3 critical times during your day to get things done
The 3 area you must set behavior goals for fulfillment and optimal living
The one coaching lesson Brian learned from Marshall Goldsmith that changed his career
The correlation between process, preparation and production
What Brian has and suggest you have as a part of your personal checklist for success
Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips, techniques, stories strategies, meditations and motivations every day that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
Be sure to subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast, leave us a review and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
💰 Learn More About Fundraising University and How You Can Join The Team
⌚Lean More About Pison, The World’s First Cognitive Performance App and Wearable
🎤 Follow Brian’s Mental Performance Daily Podcast
💻 Join Brian’s MPM Coaches Certification Insiders List & Save $200
💻 Follow Brian on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube
📧 Sign up for Brian’s MPM email

Mar 29, 2024 • 20min
The What’s Next Mindset with Parker Byrd - The First College Baseball Player Ever To Play With A Prosthetic Leg
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast brought to you by Fundraising University, Brian is joined by Parker Byrd, the first college baseball player ever to play with a prosthetic leg. Byrd plays at East Carolina University, one of the top programs in the Nation and discusses:
How he survived a near death boating accident
The power of a “What’s Next” mindset
The importance of goal setting for motivation
How the “Inch By Inch” mindset served him well in the darkest hours
The need to simply stack wins when facing adversity in life
How he has benefited from the “Jocko GOOD” mindset
Seeing everything in life as a blessing
That and much, much more
You can connect with Parker Byrd on instagram here and also email him directly at info@parkerbyrd16.com
Be sure to subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast, leave us a review and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
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💪 Take Brian’s FREE 3 Day Athletes Mini-Course
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Mar 26, 2024 • 15min
Reflect & Refocus 10 - Get Out of Your Head
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast R&R brought to you Fundraising University , Brian does a Reflect and Refocus on what he’s learning, working on, reflecting on and focusing on to get better. This weeks topics include:
March Madness
Performance Journaling
Getting Out of Your Head & Onto Paper
Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips, techniques, stories strategies, meditations and motivations every day that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
Be sure to subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast, leave us a review and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
💰 Learn More About Fundraising University and How You Can Join The Team
⌚Lean More About Pison, The World’s First Cognitive Performance App and Wearable
📘Click here to learn more about performance journaling
📺Click here to see the video about Cubs Pitcher Jameson Taillon
🥊Click here to listen to UFC Fighter Sean Brady & Brian Cain full length episode
🥊Click here to listen to UFC Fighter Sean Brady on Joe Rogan talk about affirmations
📘Click here to see a visual example of The Daily Journaling format

5 snips
Mar 14, 2024 • 51min
How to Win The Mental Game of Baseball - Kurt Suzuki
Former MLB player Kurt Suzuki and Brian Cain discuss the importance of the mental game in baseball, focusing on mindset, handling failure, staying present, simplifying the game, and maintaining a routine. They also touch on topics like managing doubts, dealing with setbacks, and the impact of having children on a player's mindset.

Mar 3, 2024 • 15min
Reflect & Refocus 09 - Dominating The Depot
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast R&R, Brian does a Reflect and refocus on what he’s learning, working on, reflecting on and focusing on to get better. This weeks topics include:
What The Home Depot Doesn’t Want You To Know
Lighting Strikes Self Talk
Spring Training Updates
A Vision Coming To Fruition
Fundraising University
Someone Has to Be First
Looking For Help
Confidence… What Everyone Wants…
Confidence… What Nobody Understands
Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips, techniques, stories strategies, meditations and motivations every day that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
👂Listen to Brian and Jim Rome on The Reinvention Project
🎤 Follow Brian’s Mental Performance Daily Podcast
⚾ Take Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
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