
Olympic Mindset Post Brain Injury With Vince Holland
07/27/21 • 50 min
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Summary:
The overdue Tokyo Olympics have finally arrived! In this episode Vince Holland, former Olympic level weight lifter and stroke survivor, joins our host Joe to share stories about their athletic experiences and how being an athlete influences the way they work through their brain injury recovery. Vince also shares his favorite mindset technique - meditation, which helped him both in his athletic performance and also in his brain injury recovery. If you’re an athlete, how do you think being that shapes your mindset? Share your experience in our socials!
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Plus get a free Audible trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/theneuronerds! Currently, The NeuroNerds are reading our fellow stroke survivor, Kavita Basi’s book ‘Room 23.’ Join us!
Credits
Support The NeuroNerds podcast on Patreon and join our NeuroJedi High Council at www.Patreon.com/TheNeuroNerds
Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano
Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story
Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter
Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram
Edited by D'Var Baggett
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Sponsored by Avid Technology and our Patreon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All episodes are available at https://TheNeuroNerds.com. Follow @TheNeuroNerds on Twitter/Instagram and Like us at Facebook.com/TheNeuroNerds.
Summary:
The overdue Tokyo Olympics have finally arrived! In this episode Vince Holland, former Olympic level weight lifter and stroke survivor, joins our host Joe to share stories about their athletic experiences and how being an athlete influences the way they work through their brain injury recovery. Vince also shares his favorite mindset technique - meditation, which helped him both in his athletic performance and also in his brain injury recovery. If you’re an athlete, how do you think being that shapes your mindset? Share your experience in our socials!
Check out The NeuroNerds Amazon Shop at amazon.com/shop/theneuronerds
Plus get a free Audible trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/theneuronerds! Currently, The NeuroNerds are reading our fellow stroke survivor, Kavita Basi’s book ‘Room 23.’ Join us!
Credits
Support The NeuroNerds podcast on Patreon and join our NeuroJedi High Council at www.Patreon.com/TheNeuroNerds
Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano
Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story
Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter
Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram
Edited by D'Var Baggett
Supporters
Sponsored by Avid Technology and our Patreon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Check out The NeuroNerds Amazon Shop at amazon.com/shop/theneuronerds
Plus get a free Audible trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/theneuronerds! Currently, The NeuroNerds are reading our fellow stroke survivor, Kavita Basi’s book ‘Room 23.’ Join us!
Credits
Support The NeuroNerds podcast on Patreon and join our NeuroJedi High Council at www.Patreon.com/TheNeuroNerds
Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano
Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story
Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter
Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram
Edited by D'Var Baggett
Supporters
Sponsored by Avid Technology and our Patreon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode, our host Joe is reflecting on his 5-year anniversary of the stroke that changed his life in 2016. During this special 'stroke-iversary' episode Joe talks about how his stroke transformed his life and gave him a new purpose to support and help fellow survivors through this podcast, his blog and his constant outreach efforts. He also talks about the future and how he plans to deepen his support for the brain injury survivor community through his new coaching program 'YouSoRock: Survivor To Thriver.' If you are a brain injury or stroke survivor, please reach out to us through our socials and let's connect. We're in this together. The NeuroNerds are here to help!Check out The NeuroNerds Amazon Shop at amazon.com/shop/theneuronerds
Links Mentioned -
- If you're a stroke or brain injury survivor and would like to learn more about Joe's new YouSoRock: Survivor To Thriver Program, take his survey here - https://forms.gle/UrfNc5hNpeSuqt888
Plus get a free Audible trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/theneuronerds! Currently, The NeuroNerds are reading our fellow stroke survivor, Kavita Basi’s book ‘Room 23.’ Join us!
Credits
Support The NeuroNerds podcast on Patreon and join our NeuroJedi High Council at www.Patreon.com/TheNeuroNerds
Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano
Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story
Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter
Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram
Edited by Felice LaZae
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Sponsored by Motus Nova, Avid Technology and our Patreon Supporters
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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