Performing Despite the Pandemic | Lean Into Social Support

Building Championship Mindsets

In this episode of Building Championship Mindsets, Dr. Amber Selking talks about leaning into social support, either by providing emotional support or through the willingness of others to offer time and other tangible assistance as you navigate through life.

About Building Championship Mindsets

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.

Selking Performance Group serves as the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development at Lippert Components, Inc., a 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.

Dr. Selking has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught Strategic Human Resource Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Selking received her PhD in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri under Dr. Rick McGuire, her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before 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, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne.

Championship Mindset Training | MidWeek Mental Rep

• Cultivate virtuous friendship connections. Allow yourself to be that kind of friend as well as receive that kind of friendship. How can you do that? How can you be that person to somebody else?

STANDOUT QUOTES

• “You’ll remember that. ‘When I is replaced with we, even illness becomes wellness.’” -Dr. Amber Selking [03:16]
• “Man, I remember when I lost my career. I was raised... Listen, we don’t tell people our problems, ok? We’re tough. We’re strong. You keep this stuff in the family. I still believe that, right? But you gotta find who your family is.” -Dr. Amber Selking [08:06]
• “Find the people that in those hard moments that you do trust and learn to lean into your social support.” -Dr. Amber Selking [08:49]
• “It’s those virtuous friendships that can cultivate a stronger sense of well-being as we continue to navigate the world around us.” -Dr. Amber Selking [12:18]

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TIMESTAMPS

[00:02] Intro

[01:41] Lean into social support

[05:50] An opportunity to build resilience

[10:10] Three types of friends

[11:30] This week’s Championship Mindset Training