The Secrets to Winning with Dr. Bhrett McCabe

Today, we launch a new chapter of The MindSide Podcast, MindSide Insights. 2 extra episodes a month from Dr. Bhrett McCabe where he explores topics and considerations related to the mental side of the game. We will still keep our exciting guests each week. We are just adding a little something extra for our listeners. What better time to start something new than in the New Year? What are you starting new this year? Are you afraid of making changes, then not being successful and finding yourself frustrated in February? Dr. Bhrett McCabe looks at the best approach for a successful new year and explains why having a Manifesto could be the answer.

Meighan Julbert, MS joins Dr. Bhrett McCabe to discuss new starts. Many look at a new year as a fresh start and a chance to close the door on the past. But is that the answer? Should we leave those doors cracked to learn from the past and use that to build a successful future? Julbert and McCabe discuss that in today's podcast.

In 2001, Steve Ehretsman was walking into a fast-food establishment when he was crushed between two cars. After 13 surgeries, doctors decided to amputate his leg below the knee. Ehretsman is a former D1 athlete where he was captain of the Boston University basketball team. This was not according to plan. Up until the accident, Steve was a high producing and quickly emerging leader in the business development scene. Immediately following the accident, he struggled with adjusting to life and that struggle sparked his next step – to found Shamrock Prosthetics, Inc. Through his own struggles, Steve identified a way to bring peace and healing to others suffering from similar circumstances by focusing on the mental, physical, and functional healing of the clients.

31 year old Deontay Wilder will tell you since becoming the WBC Heavyweight title holder in 2015 he has learned to be thankful for the little things in life. Wilder became the first American World Heavyweight Champion in 9 years, which was the longest period of time in boxing history without an American heavyweight champion. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 2008 Olympics. This led to his nickname of "The Bronze Bomber", which Wilder coined after Joe Louis, who was also from Alabama and was known by the nickname of "The Brown Bomber". Wilder is undefeated as a professional with a 97.2% knockout-to-win ratio, with 18 knockouts in the first round. As of July 2016, Wilder is ranked the world's third best heavyweight by The Ring magazine and BoxRec, and fourth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Wilder's boxing career started when his now 12 year old daughter was born with Spina Bifida. Wilder decided to drop out of college and look for a way to raise money to take care of his daughter. That drive led to his undefeated career.

On this week's podcast, Dr. Bhrett McCabe takes a personal look at his upcoming hip surgery and candidly explores the anxiety and apprehension that he is experiencing in the days leading up to it. What are his anxieties and how is he dealing with them? What are the parallels that you can apply to your own fear and anxiety? This week, Dr. McCabe is the patient and he couldn't feel more strange about it.

On this week's MindSide Podcast, we explore the challenges women commonly face in sports. The challenges are not just the ones in the open, like blatant discrimination and sexism, but the understated biases that are pervasive throughout sports. For instance, does an athlete that cries on the sidelines get viewed differently if they are a male or female? Who would transfer to coaching men's basketball better - Pat Summit or Geno Auremmia? Does the gender of the coach shift your judgment of their impact? The challenges are deeper than gender but about roles, experience, and perceived value in different settings. Open your mind and explore this topic this week.

Dr. Sloan Beard attend Ball State University where she was a member of the gymnastics team. 17 years in the demanding sport led to numerous injuries. In her professional career she began working with several gymnasts for injury-related care. Beard realized the need for interventions within a gymnast's program before injuries were to occur. With her background in TPI, Titleist Performance Institute, Dr. Sloan wanted something that could assist in gymnastics in the same manner that TPI works within golf. She designed a way to assess a gymnast on the front end, prescribe correctives that coordinated with the assessments and ultimately remove more variability in the injury process. She founded GymnastFix in the early months of 2016 and now assesses and teaches for different gymnastics programs implementing prehab protocols specific for their individual athletes. Dr. Sloan practices with her husband, Dr. Beau Beard, in Birmingham, Alabama at their clinic, The FARM: Functional Athletic Rehabilitation & Movement. She utilizes a very hands-on adjusting technique, and is well versed in myofascial release, kinesio taping, exercise prescription and sports rehabilitation.

Dr. Bhrett Mccabe is preparing for the release of his first book, The MindSide Manifesto. In this week's podcast, he previews one chapter about the 5 people who should be in your life. Each of these people play a role that could help you grow, but don't get these 5 confused with those who bring ignorance into your life. Dr. Bhrett McCabe explains the difference in this week's podcast.

In life many of us feel we are called for something. For some, it is to be a professional athlete, for others it might be leading a corporation. No matter what your calling is there are steps and sacrifices you must make to reach it. Chad Metcalf has learned that on his journey to reach two different callings. First becoming a Navy SEAL through the sacrifices it took in training and life to make that happen, and now becoming a professional golfer. On this journey Chad says "the best trait I have learned is being an overcomer." Listen to how he's overcome the challenges along the way and about the lessons he has for those following a similar path.

Jeff Swarr became emerged into the goal to win with every team he coached. But what he learned was he was missing one thing, the heart of the game and the heart of challenges. After taking a step back and looking at how he was competing he learned to compete from the heart, something he says is a long process. Learning this led him to write, A Competitor's Heart: 369 Days of Development.