Optimize Athletic Performance; Kerri Bicskei

<p>Kerri Bicskei uses mindfulness and meditation to optimize athletic performance in her ‘Ready Set Mindful’ coaching business where she trains top national and international professional athletes. Kerri has first-hand experience after enjoying a decade-long career as a professional volleyball player who developed skills to successfully manage sport-related stressors. She navigated multiple challenges, including health issues and surgeries that forced her to develop powerful strategies to enhance her athletic performance and supercharge her well-being.</p> Listen & Subscribe on: <a href='http://www.mindfulnessmode.com/ApplePodcast'>iTunes</a> / <a href='https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mindfulness-mode'>Stitcher</a> / <a href='http://feed.mindfulnessmode.com/'>Podbean</a> / <a href='https://overcast.fm/itunes1032063236/mindfulness-mode-interviews-mindful-tips-with-bruce-langford'>Overcast</a> / <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5gwe3XCsyPLcLmCIkF2iS9'>Spotify</a> Contact Info <ul><li>Website: <a href='http://www.readysetmindful.com/'>www.ReadySetMindful.com</a></li> <li>Podcast: <a href='https://www.readysetmindful.com/podcast'>www.ReadySetMindful.com/podcast</a></li> </ul> Most Influential Person <ul><li>Mike Socko, one of my mentors, a former volleyball coach of mine. He was someone who first introduced meditation to me and who got me into meditating. He's an amazing person.</li> </ul> Effect on Emotions <ul><li>I think when you have a mindfulness routine, [it can help] change how I respond to things like maybe I have a quick, quick fuse, and I get angry easily, or I'm really impatient.</li> <li>So I think having a mindfulness routine, a little bit of breath, work, some meditation, can work to recondition our neural pathways.</li> <li>We're so entrenched in some of these behaviors, and patterns that it takes a good chunk of time for our mindfulness practice to really seep in and start to rewire some of those pathways so that we can start to react in a different way.</li> <li>These mindful p