Dr. Rob Bell Interviews experts as they share about mental toughness and their "Hinge" moment. Every one of us is getting ready for that one moment, person or event that will connect who we are with who we become! Will you be ready?
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01-30-2026
Amy Morin is a psychotherapist and bestselling author known for her work on mental strength and resilience. Drawing from both clinical experience and personal loss, she shares powerful insights on grief, adversity, and how mentally strong people navigate life’s toughest moments.
1:12 Why Mental Toughness Matters More Than Motivation
3:18 Early Losses That Shaped Resilience
4:03 Faith and the C.S. Lewis Book on Grief
8:41 The Hidden Cost of Avoiding Pain
13:56 What Mentally Strong People Don’t Do
18:42 Managing Self-Doubt Without Needing Confidence
23:35 Reframing Failure as Data, Not Identity
28:19 Staying Grounded When Success Accelerates
33:44 Controlling the Controllables Under Stress
38:52 Mental Toughness Is a Daily Practice
43:06 The Skill Most People Overlook
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01-16-2026
Maureen Shea is a former world champion boxer and elite competitor known for her toughness, discipline, and resilience. Her experiences inside and outside the ring offer powerful lessons on mindset, perseverance, and peak performance.
0:42 Growing Up Competitive: How Mental Toughness Starts Early
3:05 Family, Discipline, and Building Resilience as a Kid
6:32 Living in Mexico: Adaptability, Culture, and Confidence
9:22 Learning Spanish and Thriving Outside Your Comfort Zone
12:05 How Maureen Shea Discovered Boxing
15:30 First Fights: When Boxing Became a Serious Calling
18:40 Developing Mental Toughness Inside the Ring
22:20 Managing Fear, Pressure, and Performance Anxiety
26:00 Losing, Setbacks, and Redefining Success in Sports
29:50 Championship Mindset: What Separates Elite Athletes
34:25 “Million Dollar Baby” Fame, Mark Wahlberg, and the Cost of Success
38:10 Self-Belief When No One Else Believes in You
41:55 Confidence, Preparation, and Emotional Control
46:20 Boxing Life Lessons That Apply Beyond Sports
50:10 Advice for Young Athletes Pursuing Big Goals
54:00 Mental Toughness Outside the Ring: Life and Identity
57:50 Life After Championships: Growth Beyond Winning
1:01:10 Final Thoughts on Resilience, Purpose, and Identity
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01-02-2026
Scarlett Schremmer is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American. Scarlett joins the Mental Toughness Podcast to share how surfing, faith, family, and competitiveness shaped her path to elite junior golf.
0:02 From Hawaii to Augusta National & The U
1:08 Every-weekend surf contests & early pressure
2:39 Surfing danger and life-on-the-line mental toughness
4:01 Shark encounter at Snapper Rocks
7:03 How surfing mechanics transfer to golf
8:51 “Competing is competing” in solo sports
10:31 LPGA mom lessons on stacking days
12:04 Productive training vs. burnout
13:19 Leaving golf at the course & mental recovery
15:16 Box jumps, speed, and gym growth
16:05 Chipping battles with Mom
17:06 Learning from the U.S. National Junior Team
19:49 Coach Zambri and damage-control golf
21:09 Decade Golf and knowing your misses
28:11 Gratitude learned through separation
30:33 Recruiting chaos and following intuition
33:59 Environment and belief at Texas A&M
40:37 Faith as a resiliency anchor
45:24 Message to young golfers: chances are never zero
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12-19-2025
Bill Parisi is a globally recognized leader in sports performance, speed training, and youth athletic development. As the founder and CEO of the Parisi Speed School, Bill has built one of the world’s most successful sports performance training organizations—impacting more than one million athletes through over 100 locations nationwide. He is also a speaker and author.
2:15 Building Parisi Speed School
5:40 Speed as a Trainable Skill
9:05 Don’t Should on Your Kids Mindset
12:30 From One Gym to National Scale
16:45 Confidence Built Through Evidence
20:10 Linking Character to Speed Training
23:50 From Basement Setup to ESPN
27:30 Prioritizing Mechanics Over Talent
30:55 Mental Discipline of Sprinters
34:40 Selecting Coaches Who Can Connect
38:05 Moving From Training Athletes to Training Leaders
41:30 If Starting Today
45:20 Protecting Potential Rather Than Rushing It
50:10 Culture Before Curriculum
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12-05-2025
Destin Bell is the founder of Card.io, the platform transforming how athletes, creators, and everyday performers build consistency and accountability. Destin’s work centers on discipline, daily habits, and showing up with purpose. He has appeared on Shark Tank as well as Squid Game: The Challenge.
0:03 The Twin War That Built a Competitor
6:55 When Public Speaking Became a Combat Sport
7:52 The Graduation Speech They Tried to Cut
9:33 The Moment the Room Cried and He Arrived
12:25 Confidence Wasn’t Taught — It Was Engineered
17:50 When Words Became Weapons, Not Homework
20:00 The Childhood Game That Created a CEO
21:00 Why Discipline Alone Never Wins the Long Game
22:59 Seeing Someone Who Looks Like You Shifted the Ceiling
29:50 Rock Bottom on an Attic Floor Became a Launch Pad
30:36 COVID Didn’t Just End Plan B — It Forced Plan Only
35:55 Identity Rebuilt Under Pressure and No Exit
40:22 Shark Tank Came Calling (Literally)
41:34 From “Is This a Scam?” to “Pack Your Bags”
42:47 When the Pitch Stopped Feeling Like a Pitch
47:16 The Pause That Took Back Power
47:40 Silence as Strategy: Negotiation in Neutral
51:34 When TV Ended but the Relationships Didn’t
55:17 Inside Squid Game Dorm life, elimination pressure, and life on one of Netflix’s most watched shows.
1:02:31 The “now what?” gap Emotional and psychological drop after a major achievement.
1:03:10 Forward focus Shift toward investing, development, and new opportunities.
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