On this week's episode of the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Amber Selking shares why recovery is not a sign of weakness but an essential part of the performance process, enabling individuals to recharge physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. She discusses how misconceptions surrounding recovery can lead to burnout and poor decision-making, urging listeners to prioritize their well-being. Drawing from her experiences as a mental performance coach, she shares insights on integrating recovery modalities into daily routines. Through the lens of scripture, particularly Mark 6:31, Dr. Selking highlights the necessity of solitude and rest in maintaining high performance and fulfilling one’s purpose in life.

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Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence. 

As a leader in the field of sport and performance psychology, Dr. Amber Selking has been fiercely devoted to optimizing human performance in people and systems throughout her entire career.

Dr. Selking is the founder of Selking Performance Group, a leading performance consulting practice that helps individuals, companies, and sports teams achieve sustainable results. She has served as the Mental Performance Coach for professional & collegiate sport programs across the country including the Denver Broncos, LSU Football, ND Softball, and Notre Dame Football during the winningest five years in program history! She is the Chief Culture & Leadership Development Officer for Lippert, a global, publicly traded manufacturing company whose corporate vision is to change the model of work, demonstrating that business can and should Be a Force for Good in our World. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame. Dr. Selking holds a Ph.D. in Educational and Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and an undergraduate degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before an injury ended her career, after which she founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA) in the ND Athletic Department. She currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband, Aaron, daughter Elleeanna Belle, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne.

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Welcome back to Building Championship Mindsets, the podcast.

This is your host, Dr.

Amber Selking, where we are in season 15 entitled Sports Psych in Scripture.

This has been one of my favorite seasons, really exploring the intersection of what sports psychology has to say and what scripture has to say.

At the Stalking Performance Group, we focus on keynotes, one on one performance coaching, and really helping individuals, teams and business organizations understand and leverage the power of mindset and leadership to unleash performance excellence.

Because, listen, I believe the world needs greatness now more than ever.

And I also believe that the way we accomplish greatness is learning how to think, right?

That is, build mindsets that are conducive to human high performance and leadership, which is building systems that help people live freely and perform their absolute best on a consistent basis.

And so, to me, this season is really special because when.

When I first got into the field of sports psychology, it struck me, holy smokes.

Everything that I'm learning is in the Bible.

Because my faith has been really important to me since I've been a little girl.

And it's been something that's guided me, grounded me, challenged me, helped correct me, keep me focused and disciplined in various aspects of my life.

My mom always jokes that, I'm so glad you've had Jesus since a very young age, because otherwise I feel like you'd be in jail.

And I was like, wow, thanks, mom.

That's aggressive.

And she's like, well, you're aggressive.

So there's that.

And so listen, I love life and I love attacking life.

I love winning.

I love passion and being on the edge.

And listen, being on the edge can be scary because the edge requires balance and strong tethers to what is right, because the line to what is wrong can get really, really close in so many ways.

And so what I've found is that my faith has just been this incredible, exhilarating force to be able to live a life so fully and so engaged and so on edge that it's.

It's allowed me to connect with so many different people and yet remain true to who I am and.

And who I know that I am.

And so it's been so fun being able to share with people on either side of the spectrum.

Right?

Because some people listening to this podcast, their faith is important to them, but they've never thought about how science can support their faith.

And then there's other people who are, like, very analytical and think their faith isn't relevant to them that listen to this and.

Or just kind of wild and doesn't think that faith is important to them.

And listen, I'm kind of wild.

So we're there together, but.

But to be able to see that man, man.

Science is supported by scripture.

And if you want to find a new layer to how you operate in life, add some science to your life or add some scripture to your life.

And so my hope is that this is reaching the whole spectrum of our audience.

And if you don't want either side of that, then pick your side of what you do want, because I believe it can help you be even better than where you are right now.

So in this week, we are in season or episode 11 of season 15, and we're looking at this idea of recovery.

And in sports psychology, it's just critically important.

And most important, often from what I found when learning about and thinking about and teaching about recovery to high performers is really helping high performers think right about recovery.

So more than anything today, we're not going to do a ton of science on various specific aspects of recovery, but I want you to just understand and think right about recovery in general.

Because a lot of times with high performers, I think they think recovery is something that you have to do when you get weak, right?

It's like, oh, I got injured, now I have to recover.

Or oh, I burnt myself out because I've been going too hard in the paint.

So now I have to recover.

And this is an indication of weakness.

Like, we gotta get off of that.

Because if you push yourself too hard to where you have a mental or emotional breakdown or you burn yourself out or all of a sudden you just get depressed because you've literally burned your nerves at the endings because you haven't been able to recover, that's not helpful and that's not high performance.

And so what we challenge our athletes and our and the business professionals that I work with is listen, you have to understand that recovery is part of the performance process.

And if, you know, we've, if you've listened to previous episodes, you might have heard me say that before.

You might have also heard us talk about four different energy systems that we really need to focus on recovery in.

So what we know is that humans have four energy systems, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

And we get depleted in all four of those on a day to day basis.

And so if we are not recovering on a day to day basis in those four energy systems, then we're not able to deliver our best on a consistent basis.

It's really awesome.

Down at lsu, I have the opportunity to serve as the mental performance coach.

And high performance consultant to coach Kelly down there for LSU football.

We've actually integrated recovery days into our weekly performance process.

We have this beautiful new recovery center that has basically every recovery modality you can think of, from float tanks to hot and cold tubs, to laser therapy, to yoga studios, to different stretching modalities to massage and all the different elements within our training room as well.

So anyways, literally everything you could think of.

But our guys are learning that, wow, these things help me bounce back better and get back on the field faster and feel back closer to my optimal body state.

Because, listen, when you're in high performance, when you are in football season, your body is banged up.

That's just the reality of it.

And so every element of recovery that you can integrate into your life helps you get a little bit closer to your body, feeling its best self when you get back into the week in preparation for another go at it on Saturday.

And life is no different, guys.

Life is a contact sport and we get beat up.

And so we have to understand that recovery is important.

So what are you doing physically to recover?

Sleep, hydration, nutrition, exercise, yoga, stretching, what, massage, chiropractic work.

I'm a big believer in chiropractic and massage therapy to help keep your body at its best state.

What are you doing emotionally to recover?

Whether that's spending time with loved ones, with mentors, by yourself.

What are you doing mentally to recover?

Whether that's prayer, meditation, scripture.

Yoga is also, you know, breathing right in that all of those elements are mental recovery.

What are you doing for spiritual recovery?

Again, you could name all of those things in spiritual recovery as well.

Reading a book, taking a bath, being in nature.

All of these aspects help us recover in various ways, and we need to be intentional about that.

Or then we reflect on what we talked about last week as it relates to priority priorities.

If you're not recovered, you start putting the sand and the little in the unimportant stuff in your life first, trying to placate whatever pain you have that you're experiencing.

And then all of a sudden, the big rocks, the most important things in your life get shafted.

Your family, your spouse, your kids.

And you start making poor life decisions that distract you from who you've been created and called to be.

Because that's how it works.

Listen, the last thing Satan wants is for men and women to understand who they've been created to be and to live into that identity freely.

And so he's going to do anything that he can do to distract you from it.

From a priority standpoint.

And how he often gets to you is through depletion of your being.

And that's why recovery is so important.

And we look at this at the intersection of Scripture.

Mark 6:31 simply says, Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.

Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.

I think.

I think that element of by yourselves is really important.

I catch myself sometimes, you know, when I'm struggling and I'm trying to process things, or I know I'm depleted, I'll get in my car and I'll be driving, you know, to wherever and.

And I'll want to turn on the radio, right?

And I'm like, no, just be by yourself.

Be in a quiet place.

Listen to your heart, to your mind, to what God's saying to you.

And then.

And then I'll do that for, like, literally 37 seconds.

And all of a sudden, like, one of my important mentors or someone that has been in my life that can help speak truth comes to my mind.

I'm like, oh, I want to call Liz.

Or, oh, I want to call my mom, right?

Or, oh, I want to call so and so.

And.

And.

And then I literally pick up the phone and I'm like, oh, my gosh, stop.

Be by yourself.

Be quiet for just a minute.

And again, doing research for this episode, it's like, I love this verse.

Just come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.

Jesus was saying that to his disciples in the moment because he knew, you're going to need rest to go through what you're about to go through, and you're going to need time by yourselves with me in a quiet place to be ready for what's ahead of you.

Because, like, we started.

Life is a contact sport.

Living on the edge is hard, man.

And if you want a life of high performance, you better be ready to rest.

You better be ready to be quiet and to listen.

Because if you're not connected to the right source, if you're not thinking right, you're going to get distracted, Your priorities are going to get out of whack, and before you know it, you're going to turn around and you're going to be like, what in the hell am I doing?

And where in the hell am I going?

And who in the hell am I hurting in the process of this?

And so, as you think about this week, recovery, what do you need to do to pour into your life and to recover?

So that's your championship mindset training for this week, what is it?

Do you need to focus on physical, mental, emotional or spiritual recovery?

And then I want you to go away by yourself to a quiet place that could be a car drive for 15 minutes.

That could be a half day little retreat that you take by yourself that could be a day away.

Whatever it needs, whatever you need.

Go away by yourself to a quiet place and focus on an element of recovery so that you can reconnect with who you've been created and called to be and continue to show up to this world because the world needs you and it needs your best you.

Your spouse needs you.

Your kids need you.

Your athletes need you.

Your team members at work needs you.

The world needs you.

So don't be afraid of recovery.

Recovery is part of the performance process.

Don't let Satan distract you on what recovery truly is.

It's an opportunity to reconnect, to reengage, to get fueled up so that you can live on the edge of high performance as a parent, as a spouse, as a leader, as a coach, as a teacher, as a human being in this world.

Thank you so much for tuning into this episode.

As always, let us know what you think.

Hit us up on social media.

Tweet out the key takeaway that you had.

I keep saying tweet, man, this is X.

And I love.

Hey, if you don't know the story of X too.

So Elon Musk bought Twitter and he changed the name to X.

And do you know why he did that?

Because he lost his son Xavier to what he would call the woke mind virus.

And he believed social media platforms contributed to his son thinking wrongly in life and taking action on his life, that it means he's no longer here.

And so he renamed Twitter X in honor of him as a reminder of the importance of thinking right.

Now, he doesn't say it like that, but that's how I say it, right?

And so I want to honor, I want to honor Xavier, I want to honor Elon, and I certainly want to honor what X really stands for.

And so put out on X.

Post on X.

What, what really resonates with you?

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And then shoot me an email directly drselkelkingperformance.com and let me know how this is impacting you or how we can help you either through a keynote address with your organization or one on one performance coaching.

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Thank you so much for tuning in.

You've been listening to Building Championship Mindsets, the podcast.

This is your host, Dr.

Amber Selking.

And from the locker room to the boardroom, I just want to challenge you to continue building your championship mindset.