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Ep.137 | Greg Warburton | Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Body

“Trying to think your way to a good place when you’re nervous is remarkably inefficient.”

That right there is TRUTH spoken by one of my mentors, Greg Warburton…my Guest on today’s episode of the Coming Up Clutch with J.R.™ show.

It drives me CRAAAAAAAZYYY how incomplete mental and emotional health interventions are in today’s sports and business world. 

Time to wake the heck up! 

Bottom line, if you’re not leveraging the POWER of your body to overcome the shortcomings of your mind, you’re missing the opportunity to create sustainable change and unlock your best capabilities.

Greg shares the real truth about how you can improve your mental and emotional health and overcome your biggest challenges on-and-off your respective Fields of Play. 

Greg is an author, award-winning instructor, professional counselor, lifelong athlete, and a dedicated innovator in the fields of mental health and sport performance with over five decades of experience.

In this latest episode, Greg and I talk about…

  • Why asking quality questions is crucial for our mental and emotional fitness
  • The basics of energy psychology and what most people are missing when it comes to human performance
  • What we need to be looking for when it comes to getting help with our mental and emotional fitness
  • BONUS FOR PARENTS: The best thing parents can do for their kids today

…and so much more.

If you want a more reliable way to overcome tough moments, challenges, and mental breakdowns, then don’t miss today’s episode.

[00:01 – 12:21] Introducing Greg to the show

  • Greg’s most embarrassing moment
  • Greg’s background, story and professional journey

[12:22 – 13:39] What kept Greg going after having his leg amputated at 27 years old

  • Kept a mental focus on: What do I have to do NOW to live a productive life?
  • Lived by “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

[13:40 – 19:08] Why asking quality questions is crucial for our mental and emotional fitness

  • KNOW ONE THING: The moment we ask ourselves a question, our mind will go to work to answer it, so we must become aware of what questions we’re asking ourselves
  • Self-honest, self observation is the key – Must spend time looking inside to see what you could change instead of looking outside to see who you could blame (key premise:  “Who is the most important person to start telling the truth to?”). Examples of great questions to ask:
    • What’s one thing I can do right now?
    • How much longer do I plan to practice feeling sorry for myself? Or When i stop feeling sorry for myself, what’s one thing I do right away?
  • When you get hit with a negative experience, the first step is to practice the courage of self-honesty by asking, “When I tell myself the truth, what am I thinking or feeling about what’s happening?” (i.e. this creates awareness to both the mind and body)

[19:09 – 41:04] The basics of energy psychology and what most people are missing when it comes to human performance

  • There’s a lot of Incompleteness happening – there’s not a lot of practical teaching going on around mental and emotional fitness (there’s big gap between advice and methods)
  • Energy psychology – basic science tells us we have electromagnetic energy. We have an energy circulation system in our bodies with 14 lines of energy (i.e. garden hose analogy) going through our bodies (e.g. get shocked, EEGs, EKGs, etc.) 
  • When we’re not performing our best, it may have more to do with blocked energy in our body-mind system than it has to do with things like lack of willpower, determination, or attitude
  • Emotional Freedom Technique – it’s a dependable way to relax their body and calm their mind
    • We have to have a body intervention whenever we’re feeling stuck – trying to think your way to a good place when you know you’re already nervous and upset is remarkably inefficient
  • Once we get rid of a negative thought, we have to replace it with a positive thought, behavior, or action

[41:05 – 43:03] What we need to be looking for when it comes to getting help with our mental and emotional fitness

  • Look for a teaching component behind every concept (ask: are methods being taught to accomplish what I want?)

[43:04 – 46:40] The best thing parents can do for their kids today

  • Catch your kids handing well the things that are going on in their life
  • Move out of the complement desert and enter into the oasis of praise – DECIDE to catch, notice, and admit (e.g. have a chart that if someone catches someone doing something great, it goes on the chart)

[46:41 – 50:03] Wrapping Up

  • Greg’s BIG domino
  • How to connect with Greg

KEY QUOTES

“Spend time looking inside to see what you could change instead of looking outside to see who you could blame.” – Greg Warburton

“Unless you seek out the information, you’ll be stuck in the same paradigms.”  – Greg Warburton

“Trying to think your way to a good place when you know you’re already nervous and upset is remarkably inefficient.” – Greg Warburton

“Feel your feelings. Don’t fight them.” – Greg Warburton

“Get out of your head and into your body.” – Greg Warburton

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