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Listen in as Miranda Ayim, a three-time Olympian with Team Canada, shares strategies and tools to develop and optimize key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence and team dynamics. She‘s joined each episode by experts in business, sport and psychology.
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Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
“If you leave your growth to randomness, you’ll always live in the land of mediocrity.” — Brendon Burchard
On today's episode of Mindset Monday, Miranda explores how to envision your ideal self so that you're bringing your best on a consistent basis.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence and team dynamics.
For more information: www.MirandaAyim.com
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
"Eighty percent of the time we're not plugging in to the power of teams" - Jason Sealy
In this episode of The Miranda Ayim Podcast, Jason Sealy and I discuss leveraging mindfulness to improve performance, the key areas and issues leaders need to lean into, and the power of teams.
Jason Sealy is a Performance Coaching Consultant and director of Sealy Coaching & Performance Inc. who consults with a wide variety of organizations such as the Smith School of Business, Queens University, the Reach Alliance at University of Toronto, Loblaw, NAV Canada and many more. He also teaches Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at Humber College.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics.
Find out more at: www.MirandaAyim.com
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Today is MINDSET MONDAY on The Miranda Ayim Podcast and we're talking about Miranda's recent French championship title, an alternative championship mindset and the capricious nature of results.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence and team dynamics.
For more content like this: www.MirandaAyim.com
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
In this episode of The Miranda Ayim Podcast, Amie Latta and I discuss moving through emotional storms, techniques to increase self-awareness, and how to make an immediate impact in your community.
Amie Latta is a registered psychotherapist and a specialist in relationship and sex therapy. She is also the Director of Programs at a local not-for-profit organization and a dynamic community leader.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics.
Find out more at: www.MirandaAyim.com
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Sometimes the simplest things make all the difference. Let's talk about 3 things we can remove from our life that steal our time, energy, and attention—three culprits that sabotage progress towards our goals, priorities, and peace.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence and team dynamics.
For more information: www.MirandaAyim.com
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
"Everything must start with self-awareness. We have to be self-reflective or we cannot change." – Stu Singer
In this episode of The Miranda Ayim Podcast, Stu and I discuss the main mental stumbling blocks of high performers, the similarities between sport performance coaching and executive coaching, the role of awareness and acceptance (ie. Mindfulness) in being a better performer and person and much more.
Stu Singer is a sport psychologist (PsyD, ABD), performance consultant and founder of WellPerformance (www.WellPerformanceCoach.com), who has worked with teams in the NBA, WNBA, and NCAA, MLS, NWSL. He's passionate about helping people sharpen their high performance skills in a healthy, sustainable way.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics.
Find out more at: www.MirandaAyim.com
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Today is MINDSET MONDAY on The Miranda Ayim Podcast and we're talking about why "Just calm down" is crappy life advice. I'm sharing three techniques to cultivate stillness in your daily life so that you can rise to the challenge and be the person you envision yourself to be in high pressure situations.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence and team dynamics.
For more information: www.MirandaAyim.com
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
In this episode of The Miranda Ayim Podcast, Susan Cockle and I discuss what holistic high performance looks like, creating an ideal flow state, and empowering women and marginalized communities through sport.
Susan Cockle is a registered psychologist, mental performance consultant with the Canadian Sport Psychology Association, and service provider for the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport, as well as the Mental Health Lead for the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games. She has been working in high performance sport since 2008 and works in both mental performance and mental health.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics.
For more information: www.MirandaAyim.com
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
In this episode of The Miranda Ayim Podcast, Sefu Bernard and I discuss the "ideal character" of a high performance athlete, the grit necessary to succeed at a high level, and the difference in perspectives between coaches and players. We explore how to build a commitment-based culture, as well as how to develop a culture of error.
Sefu is the Director of Player Development with the Washington Mystics (WNBA) and is the founder of the youth sport initiative Athlete Centred Experience, or ACX. He has 20 years of experience impacting performance objectives in the NBA, WNBA, NHL and Canada Basketball.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics.
For more information: www.MirandaAyim.com
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
In this episode of The Miranda Ayim Podcast, Bryce and I discuss the role of personal traits, skills and values on a team, the importance of "buy-in" (ie. trust and connection), the distinction between personal motivators and team purpose, and creating an ideal "lab" environment to encourage growth.
Bryce is the co-founder and CEO of innerlogic, a platform devoted to helping organizations optimize their culture, leadership, and emotional intelligence. He’s also a Mental Performance Coach with the Canadian Olympic Team, specializing in team dynamics, self-regulation, and environmental design. Bryce is regarded as one of Canada’s top up and coming mindset and culture experts, as well as a key innovator in the space of the social-emotional measurement.
Miranda Ayim is a two-time Olympian with Team Canada specializing in the development and optimization of key high performance skills: focus, high-level habits, emotional intelligence and team dynamics.
For more information: www.MirandaAyim.com