Aug 22, 2022
Camille Charbonneau is a Mental Performance Consultant with a Master's degree in Performance and Sports psychology. Her mission is to teach high performers the critical role that Mental Skills Training has on performance. She helps athletes feel confident and focused when it matters the most through teaching tools and strategies based on sports psychology research.
Camille has worked with musicians, athletes, coaches, children, and business leaders. Her experience as an athlete, educator, and personal trainer, make her a consultant with a wide variety of skills to adapt to your individual needs. She completed the well-known Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program, which has helped her appreciate meditation, as she believes it is key in cultivating mindfulness and improving overall performance.
In this episode, Camille starts by sharing what inspired her to become a mental performance consultant. She then discusses the most common mental performance challenges in the profession.
The first mental performance skill that Camille speaks about is energy management. The best athletes use mental skills and strategies to manage and optimize their mental and physical energy. Camille discusses mindset strategies to help athletes avoid and deal with burnout.
The second mental performance skill that Camille speaks about is self-talk. Being aware of your self-talk during and after training and competition is essential for creating and maintaining optimal performance. Camille explains the different ways someone can use self-talk positively to regulate their thoughts and emotions to help reduce stress and anxiety.
The third mental performance skill that Camille speaks about is emotional control. It is essential to identify the mental breakdowns that cause you to lose emotional control during your athletic performance in order to learn how to gain emotional control and heighten your overall performance. Camille explains how athletes can overcome some of these mental breakdowns by learning how to identify, regroup, and refocus emotional control.
The fourth mental performance skill that Camille speaks about is visualization. It involves creating or re-creating an athletic experience in your mind using all five senses for the purpose of enhancing your athletic performance. Camille explains how and when in training and competition can an athlete mentally rehearse how they see themselves when performing the sport.
The last mental performance skill that Camille speaks about is emotional negative thinking. It is important for athletes to be aware of their thinking patterns during training and competition in order to maximize their overall athletic performance. Camille talks about the mental fitness tools that an athlete use to shift their mindset from negative to positive thinking.
Camille then talks about what separates a good athlete from a great athlete. Lastly, she provides his definition of greatness and what it means to her.
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Guest: Camille Charbonneau
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