Jess St. John & Danielle: Conquering Mental Blocks In Sports & Unhealthy Relationships With Food

10.0 Podcast by Train Like A Gymnast

In this episode, Jess and I discuss the following:

• What is your background in gymnastics and cheer? (1:08)
• What was your experience with mental blocks? (3:20)
• How did mental blocks affect your career and life in general? (4:02)
• What do you think mental blocks have cost you and taught you? (5:56)
• As a gymnast, you were taught to hide your emotions and push through pain. How has that mentality influenced you? (7:56)
• Did mental blocks trigger your unhealthy relationship with food or did your unhealthy relationship with food trigger your mental blocks? (9:40)
• What were you doing that made you have an unhealthy relationship with food? (11:07)
• What made you realize that your relationship with food was unhealthy and how did you improve it? (12:08)
• What did you learn through experiencing mental blocks, struggles, and unhealthy relationships and how have you become a better person? (12:58)
• As a coach, what is your philosophy for helping athletes overcome their mental blocks? (16:33)
• What does it mean to train like a gymnast? (22:36)

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