Cowgirl UP

Today's Confidence Summit takeaway comes from Olympic medalist Paul Juda, who says real confidence isn't loud — it's prepared. Laurie breaks down why he competed 16 years before ever training his mental game, and the simple nightly habit that changed everything once he did.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

This week, Laurie is recapping her biggest takeaways from the Confidence Summit — one speaker a day, tied back to everything we've built together on Cowgirl Up. First up: YouTuber and speaker Evan Carmichael, who took 300 videos before he could watch himself without cringing. Today's episode is about why scary, difficult, and hard are never reasons to stop — and what's waiting for you on the other side of them.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie closes Imposter Syndrome Week with the final step from The Imposter Solution — self-compassion, a simple three-step practice for the hardest moments, and an exercise to help us take action despite the doubt. Plus a full week recap and the power statement sendoff, said twice: I trust that I am enough, exactly as I am.  Get your FREE Imposter Buster Worksheet here: https://mentalgame101.com/imposter Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie reminds us that imposter syndrome is really about belonging — and that nobody else occupies our exact spot, with our exact experience and connections. Plus, why believable affirmations work better than absolute ones, straight from The Imposter Solution.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie explains why we can't think clearly when imposter syndrome activates our nervous system's threat response — and three tools already in our toolkit to calm it down before trying to think our way through anything.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie shares her own imposter syndrome trap — always chasing one more certification — and walks through Cassandra Dunn's five imposter archetypes from The Imposter Solution: the perfectionist, the expert, the natural genius, the soloist, and the superhuman.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie opens Imposter Syndrome Week with the questions that reveal whether it's been quietly running the show — and step one from Cassandra Dunn's The Imposter Solution: recognizing what's actually happening in our own minds.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie closes Making an Impact Week with the story of the Good Samaritan — and Jesus's four-word instruction at the end of it. A look at what Scripture says about who deserves our kindness, and this week's power statement sendoff: I look for opportunities to spread kindness.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie shares a story from Joe Schmit's book Silent Impact — a blind boy named Mike, new to school and sitting alone at lunch, and the popular athlete (future MLB Hall of Famer Joe Mauer) who simply decided to notice him. Plus, Joe's challenge to make one more intentional impact every day, and why Laurie's taking him up on it. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Laurie shares a story from Steve Hartman's Kindness 101 series on CBS News — a boy named Robbie who survived horrific abuse and now dedicates himself to adopting the most overlooked shelter dogs. This one will stay with you.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie shares a story she heard from Marilyn Sherman, author of Front-Row Success, about a boy who drew his favorite team's logo and pinned it on his tshirt for spirit day — and the teacher whose one small act of noticing changed his entire future.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie opens Making an Impact Week with the real science behind the "helper's high" — why doing something kind for someone else lowers our stress and lifts our own mood, not just theirs.    Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

You didn't choose most of the beliefs currently running your mind. But you get to choose what runs from here forward. In this wrap-up episode, Laurie recaps Week 30 and teases next week's theme: improve your own mindset by making an impact in someone else's life.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Acknowledge. Check. Trade. In today's episode, Laurie walks through the ACT strategy applied directly to limiting beliefs, so you know exactly what to do the next time an old program tries to run the show.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Your brain is not finished being built — not at 25, not at 50, not ever. In today's episode, Laurie breaks down neuroplasticity and why every rep of a power statement is physically building something new.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Cell biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton says we're not victims of our genes — we're running on programs, and those programs can be rewritten. In today's episode, Laurie dives into Lipton's research on the subconscious mind and how it connects to the limiting beliefs we started unpacking Monday.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

That belief that you fall apart under pressure isn't a fact — it's an old program running in the background. In today's episode, Laurie introduces Week 30's theme, Limiting Beliefs, and this week's power statement: "I am not my old programming, I am who I choose to become."   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie closes Mindset Book Review Week with Jim Murphy's Inner Excellence and a chapter on the three opponents every competitor faces — the critic, the monkey mind, and the trickster. Plus a full week recap and this week's power statement, said twice: I think about what I am thinking about.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Today's mindset book is The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade researching happiness at Harvard. His finding: happiness isn't the reward waiting at the finish line — it's the fuel that gets us there. Laurie unpacks the "Tetris effect" and what it reveals about the mental patterns we've been training without ever deciding to.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Joyce Meyer opens Battlefield of the Mind with Ephesians 6:12 — our struggle is not against flesh and blood. In this episode Laurie unpacks why the real fight is happening in our thought life, why the enemy's whole method is strategy and deception, and what it actually means to take every thought captive. Plus the wilderness mentalities and conditions of the mind that keep us wandering in circles.    Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Today Laurie opens Dr. Cindra Kamphoff's Beyond Grit and reads a passage on the power of our thoughts. The takeaway: we can't leave our mindset to chance any more than we'd leave our physical skills to chance. Plus, Laurie shares details on a free virtual book club for Cindra's new release, The Confidence Habit. CLICK HERE FOR BOOK CLUB DETAILS!  Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

In this episode Laurie opens Mindset Book Review Week with Self 1 and Self 2, and author Tim Gallwey's discovery that the mistake is almost never the problem. The label we put on it is. Week 29: five mindset books, five lessons, Monday through Friday.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life.   🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected]   Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Pressure is a privilege. We were not made to eliminate it — we were made to rise to meet it. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie recaps the full week and closes with the power statement and a teaser for Week 29 on top five mindset book reviews.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Laurie shares Dr. Cindra Kamphoff's POP strategy to give us a simple three-step plan for any moment pressure arrives — power breaths to return to the present, opportunity to reframe the meaning, and process to redirect focus onto what we can control. In this episode Laurie walks through each step and shows how it works in any high stakes situation.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

How do we hold the truth that pressure is self-created alongside the reality that it shows up no matter what? In this episode Laurie wrestles honestly with that tension and builds the bridge — pressure is a privilege, and elite performers don't eliminate it, they develop a relationship with it.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Pressure almost always has an expectation underneath it. In this episode Laurie explores the role of expectations — our own and everyone else's — as the engine behind most of the pressure we feel, with examples from work, parenting, relationships, and finances that go far beyond sport.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Pressure is not happening to us — it's being created by us through the meaning we assign to a moment. In this episode Laurie unpacks the science of the stress response and lands on the most empowering insight of the week: we have far more influence over our experience of pressure than we think.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Full Swing Season 2 Episode 3 follows Wyndham Clark's transformation from anger and negativity on the course to US Open champion — five months of working with a sports psychologist and two quotes that connect directly to the fear cycle and the 95/5 rule. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie draws the thread through the entire week and closes with the power statement said twice with full intention.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Why would I think about missing a shot I haven't even taken yet? In this episode Laurie digs into The Last Dance and pulls out the mental performance lesson that connects Jordan's complete presence to the WIN strategy, the 95/5 rule, and the truth that greatness is built one mental rep at a time.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Life will be measured by significance — not by a score. In this episode Laurie goes deeper into the book Seven Days in Utopia and the question that stopped her cold: what do you want written on your epitaph? She shares honestly about her own tendency to make competition bigger than it needed to be, and delivers a perspective shift every competitor needs to hear.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Simone Biles said her World Championship comeback was the most nervous she had ever been for a competition. Then she won the all-around title. In this episode Laurie unpacks what that tells us about nerves, preparation, support, and what champions actually do when the stakes are highest.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Rory McIlroy collapsed at the Masters at 21. He won it at 41. In this episode Laurie unpacks the mindset lessons from his extraordinary journey — including the decision to finally work with a sports psychologist that helped him keep believing in a way that translated into performance.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

We don't need a perfect plan. We just need one goal worth pursuing, one plan to break it down, and one step to take this week. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie recaps the full Goal Setting week and closes with the power statement said twice with full intention and a teaser for Week 27 on performance movies.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Setting clear goals with a plan was rated the number one confidence driver in Dr. Cindra Kamphoff's 2025 national study. In this episode Laurie connects goal setting to the confidence bank account — and shows how every daily process step is a deposit that accumulates into genuine earned confidence.  Join me for The Confidence Summit on August 7 for only $39 and receive a free copy of Dr. Kamphoff's new book, The Confidence Habit.  Sign up HERE. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

When we reverse engineer a big goal into yearly milestones, monthly targets, and weekly actions, it stops living in the abstract and starts showing up in our daily life. In this episode Laurie walks through exactly how to do it — and shows how this tool connects directly to the confidence bank account.   Join the inner circle at mentalgame101.com/innercircle 🤠 and get your free reverse engineering goal setting worksheet!   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Performance psychology tells us we should only focus on our big outcome goals 5% of the time — and spend the other 95% on daily process goals. In this episode Laurie introduces this powerful concept, shares real examples from competition, and explains why process focus becomes most critical the closer we get to a big event.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

When we set a clear specific goal, we program our reticular activing system (RAS) to start filtering in everything that moves us toward it. In this episode Laurie unpacks the neuroscience of goal setting, connects it to the Week 14 work on the subconscious, and makes the case that goal setting is one of the most powerful mindset tools we have.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

The final four confidence drivers from the 2025 national study — celebrating accomplishments, being your own inner coach, regulating emotional responses to setbacks, and getting support. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie recaps the full week, reminds listeners about The Confidence Summit, and closes with the power statement said twice with full intention.   Join me for The Confidence Summit on August 7 for only $39 and receive a free copy of Dr. Kamphoff's new book, The Confidence Habit.  Sign up HERE.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

The 2025 national confidence study didn't just identify the problem — it identified eight specific solutions. In this episode Laurie walks through the first four confidence drivers: setting clear goals, preparation, releasing judgment of past mistakes, and knowing who you want to be and acting accordingly — each one connecting back to concepts already covered on this podcast. Read Dr. Kamphoff's full study here: https://www.confidencetools.com/VIP Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Confidence is situational — and it doesn't automatically transfer across contexts. In this episode Laurie gets personal about her own experience moving into competitive roping as an already-confident adult, unpacks why each new arena requires its own deposits, and closes with her favorite scripture on steadfast confidence.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Women report significantly higher rates of harsh inner critic, feelings of not being enough, comparison, and fear than men. In this episode Laurie unpacks the gender-specific findings from the 2025 national confidence study — and the empowering truth that every barrier identified lives in our thought life, which means we have more power over it than we think.  Read Dr. Kamphoff's full study here: https://www.confidencetools.com/VIP Join me for The Confidence Summit on August 7 for only $39 and receive a free copy of Dr. Kamphoff's new book, The Confidence Habit.  Sign up HERE. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

A 2025 national study reveals 66% of Americans believe there's a genuine confidence crisis — and the numbers on Gen Z and women are even more striking. In this episode Laurie shares the headline findings from Dr. Cindra Kamphoff's groundbreaking research and introduces her brand new book The Confidence Habit.   Join me for The Confidence Summit on August 7 for only $39 and receive a free copy of Dr. Kamphoff's new book, The Confidence Habit.  Sign up HERE.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Perfectionism wears the costume of high standards — but underneath it is fear of judgment, fear of not being enough, fear of what a mistake says about your worth. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie tackles the trap that underlies almost every other one this week.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

All-or-nothing thinking sees everything in extremes — perfect or worthless, great or terrible, success or failure. In this episode Laurie unpacks this common high achiever trap and shares a powerful coaching story that illustrates exactly how much good gets missed when we only have two categories.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Catastrophizing disguises itself as preparation — but imagining worst-case scenarios before you compete is literally flooding your nervous system with cortisol before you've even started. In this episode Laurie unpacks the trap and gives two reframe questions that stop the spiral cold.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Comparison steals your focus, your confidence, and your ability to stay in your own lane. In this episode Laurie unpacks why we always compare our insides to everyone else's outsides — and gives three practical steps for redirecting that energy back where it belongs.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Victim mentality doesn't always look dramatic. Sometimes it's just a quiet belief that life is happening to you rather than for you — and that nothing you do will change it. In this episode Laurie unpacks this powerful mindset trap and introduces the Viktor Frankl insight that changes everything about how we respond to hard circumstances.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

You are not who you intend to be — you are who you show up as, consistently, over time, in the small moments nobody sees. In this Friday wrap-up Laurie recaps the full week and closes with the truth that ties it all together before sending listeners into the weekend with the power statement said twice and a teaser for Week 24 on mindset traps.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

When motivation disappears — and it will — what keeps you going? In this episode Laurie shares James Clear's identity-based approach to habit formation and explains why the most durable foundation for consistent behavior isn't how you feel but who you've decided to be.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!  

Willpower depletes. Smart design doesn't. In this episode Laurie shares practical strategies for building a daily routine that survive real life — and explains why the goal in the beginning is repetition, not results.   Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 [email protected] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!