The Fleeting Nature of Flow State | USWNT Captain, Becky Sauerbrunn

Becky Sauerbrunn (0:00)

Sometimes, I do feel inferior to the people around me, and I feel like I'm part of a special team, and I'm also kind of like, how did I get here?

And because I feel that way, my preparation and what I do behind the scenes with the people around me is to prove to them and to myself every single day that I do deserve to be here, and I'm not gonna let you down. I will try really hard not to let you down. Sometimes I will, but just know that I'm trying to do everything in my power to make sure I don't. Thank you for.

Michael Gervais (0:39)

Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais, and by trade and training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist, as well as the co-founder of Compete to Create. And I want to give a big thanks to everyone that recently purchased the Compete to Create Audible book that I just released with the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, Pete Carroll. Hope you tuned in to our first game as well. It was awesome that the NFL season is back and rolling. And if you haven't checked out the book, the Audible book, you can find that on our website, competetocreate.net. Now, the whole idea behind this podcast is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery, to better understand what they're searching for, their psychological framework, how they use their mind to understand their life, explain events, to consider their future.

And we also want to dig to be able to understand the mental skills that they use to build and refine their craft.

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Now this week's conversation is with Becky Sauerbrunn.