The Physical Performance Show: Dr Jo Lukins – Psychologist, Author ‘The Elite’
In episode 173 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Dr Jo Lukins – Psychologist, Author ‘The Elite’ in this expert edition.
Dr Jo Lukins has a PhD as well as 25 years of Clinical Psychology experience. Dr Jo is the founding Sports Psychologist for the Australian Rugby League Team North Queensland Cowboys and the Townsville Fire Basketball Team. Dr Jo regularly delivers programs in resilience and expert performance for the Australian Defence Force and has just recently released her first book titled “The Elite: Think like an Athlete, Succeed like a Champion – 10 Things the Elite do Differently”. The book includes chapter titles such as Take your Mark, Mindset Master Plan, the Bannister Effect, Systems in Place, Tell it Straight, In your Corner, The Gratitude Attitude, Enjoy the Ride plus two Chapters that we touch on during this episode, The Concepts Embracing the Suck, Being comfortable with the uncomfortable and from The Elite; Chapter 8, Life Balance BS in which Jo shares around the concept that chasing balance is a myth and why in fact it may cause stress when seeking to pursue your own Physical Best or your best in any area in life.
In addition to touching on two of the chapters in Jo’s recently released book, Jo also shares around the role of psychology in injury rehabilitation, why people who are optimistic tend to do better in life but in what situations optimism may in fact not be favourable. Dr Jo challenges us to evaluate success, we also touch on the concept of effort and why enhancing self-esteem through the right coaching queues is so paramount. This is a terrific psychological deep dive so jump in, take notes with Dr Jo Lukins on this expert edition.
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Listen in as we delve into the following:
- Jo’s learnings
- Jo’s Career Journey
- Effects of her role on Athletes and the Team
- How to maximise children’s potential
- Advice to parents raising children
- All about Negativity Bias
- Advice to a person with an injury
- How to deal with Anxiety
- Tips on being comfortable (Chapter 7 of her book)
- Explanation of Chapter 8
- Attributes of athletes who are successful in sporting life
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Quotes:
“Bring focus and mindfulness to your training session.” – Physical Challenge
“Be grateful for who you are, for the people around you and for what you can do.” – Best Advice
“When we set ourselves goals, there are risks with that”
“Children with high self esteem tend to attribute their successes to characteristics about them.”
“Acknowledge that Effort comes from within and failure is ok.” – Advice to parents
“To flourish, you need to seek out the positive”
“Thinking the way that is more helpful is more beneficial for you in terms of your performance.”
“If you’re in a high level of risk, you need to pull up your optimism a little bit.”
“It’s normal to go through a grief response.”
“Past thinking and Future thinking has it’s own place.”
“Achieving requires time and effort.”
“Acceptance is the key thing people needs to do.”
To follow Dr Jo Lukins
Instagram: @dr_jo_lukins
Twitter: @Dr_Jo_Lukins
Facebook: @DrJoLukins
Website: Dr Jo Lukins
Youtube: Dr Jo Lukins
Timeline
00:00 Start
01:41 Introduction to Dr Jo Lukins
04:45 Jo’s learnings at the moment
06:30 Journey of her Career
10:45 Effects of her role on Athletes and the Team
14:05 How to maximise children’s potential
22:00 Advice to parents raising children
27:00 All about Negativity Bias
35:50 Advice to a person with an injury
41:26 How to deal with Anxiety
51:00 Tips on being comfortable (Chapter 7 of her book)
56:30 Explanation of Chapter 8
59:30 Attributes of athletes who are successful in sporting life
1:01:05 Books, Consulting and Social Media Handles
1:03:10 Physical Challenge for the Week
1:04:06 Advice in performing at physical best
1:08:14 Finish
People Mentioned:
Jonathan Thurston – Australian former professional rugby league footballer
For questions and comments about this Episode
Send to the show host @Brad_Beer (Twitter) or @brad_beer (Instagram)
