S2E13: When Injury Strikes: Training Mental Strength & Overcoming Negativity

Today, I am going to give you the tools you need to (a) not allow injury to destroy your mental health, and (b) use the setback of injury to move toward mindset mastery.

If you’re teetering on the edge of (a), with negativity and despair setting in, (b) will seem impossible. I hear you, and I get the magnitude of the task ahead of you.

Without a strong mental foundation, your rehab will be slower, be more emotionally and physically painful, and have a higher likelihood of setbacks.

Mindset is as important as physio, rest, or sleep in overcoming injuries.

I would go so far as to say, the biggest reason athletes fall off their rehab plans, or rush the recovery and therefore reinjure themselves is the mindset they hold.

Fear or frustration get the better of them and they never regain the same level of performance they once had.

Don’t be that person.

Conquer the fear injury can create, and use it to become a better version of yourself.

The alternative isn’t worth thinking about.

Today you’ll learn:

• How to maintain positivity in the face of a long and boring rehab process
• What to do when you are confused about what to do next
• How to come out of injury better than you went in
• How to prepare yourself for getting back into training