Amy Morin is a psychotherapist and bestselling author known for her work on mental strength and resilience. Drawing from both clinical experience and personal loss, she shares powerful insights on grief, adversity, and how mentally strong people navigate life’s toughest moments.

1:12 Why Mental Toughness Matters More Than Motivation

3:18 Early Losses That Shaped Resilience

4:03 Faith and the C.S. Lewis Book on Grief

8:41 The Hidden Cost of Avoiding Pain

13:56 What Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

18:42 Managing Self-Doubt Without Needing Confidence

23:35 Reframing Failure as Data, Not Identity

28:19 Staying Grounded When Success Accelerates

33:44 Controlling the Controllables Under Stress

38:52 Mental Toughness Is a Daily Practice

43:06 The Skill Most People Overlook

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Maureen Shea is a former world champion boxer and elite competitor known for her toughness, discipline, and resilience. Her experiences inside and outside the ring offer powerful lessons on mindset, perseverance, and peak performance.

0:42 Growing Up Competitive: How Mental Toughness Starts Early

3:05 Family, Discipline, and Building Resilience as a Kid

6:32 Living in Mexico: Adaptability, Culture, and Confidence

9:22 Learning Spanish and Thriving Outside Your Comfort Zone

12:05 How Maureen Shea Discovered Boxing

15:30 First Fights: When Boxing Became a Serious Calling

18:40 Developing Mental Toughness Inside the Ring

22:20 Managing Fear, Pressure, and Performance Anxiety

26:00 Losing, Setbacks, and Redefining Success in Sports

29:50 Championship Mindset: What Separates Elite Athletes

34:25 “Million Dollar Baby” Fame, Mark Wahlberg, and the Cost of Success

38:10 Self-Belief When No One Else Believes in You

41:55 Confidence, Preparation, and Emotional Control

46:20 Boxing Life Lessons That Apply Beyond Sports

50:10 Advice for Young Athletes Pursuing Big Goals

54:00 Mental Toughness Outside the Ring: Life and Identity

57:50 Life After Championships: Growth Beyond Winning

1:01:10 Final Thoughts on Resilience, Purpose, and Identity

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Scarlett Schremmer is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American. Scarlett joins the Mental Toughness Podcast to share how surfing, faith, family, and competitiveness shaped her path to elite junior golf.

0:02 From Hawaii to Augusta National & The U

1:08 Every-weekend surf contests & early pressure

2:39 Surfing danger and life-on-the-line mental toughness

4:01 Shark encounter at Snapper Rocks

7:03 How surfing mechanics transfer to golf

8:51 “Competing is competing” in solo sports

10:31 LPGA mom lessons on stacking days

12:04 Productive training vs. burnout

13:19 Leaving golf at the course & mental recovery

15:16 Box jumps, speed, and gym growth

16:05 Chipping battles with Mom

17:06 Learning from the U.S. National Junior Team

19:49 Coach Zambri and damage-control golf

21:09 Decade Golf and knowing your misses

28:11 Gratitude learned through separation

30:33 Recruiting chaos and following intuition

33:59 Environment and belief at Texas A&M

40:37 Faith as a resiliency anchor

45:24 Message to young golfers: chances are never zero

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