Have you seen the world class athletes hanging around Flagstaff and wondered who helps them to be dialed psychologically? Join Kid N' Play (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with Shannon Thompson, MAPP, NCCP. Shannon is a sport psychology and mental performance consultant with Hypo2 which is a sport management organization centered around a world-renowned altitude training in Flagstaff, AZ. Shannon, a Canadien transplant, had a career in three-day eventing, which is an equestrian sport that involves dressage, cross country, and show jumping. Following her athletic career in three day eventing, Shannon earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Thompson Rivers University located in Kamloops BC, Canadia. #GoWolfPack. She then found herself taking a great interest in positive psychology and ended up at UPenn. #GoQuakers. While at UPenn, she studied under Angela Duckworth, the famous author of Grit and earned her Master’s Degree in Applied Positive Psychology, which is the science of human flourishing and high achievement.
Thankfully, Shannon chose to bring her talents to FLG where she trains elite athletes in mental performance. In addition to her consulting work, she conducts psychological research on the critical challenge and teaches university classes at NAU on sport science and emotional wellness. Thank you for joining us as we go #beyondFLG with Shannon Thompson.
Resources:
How Emotions are Made: https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/how-emotions-are-made/
Flow: https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_flow_the_secret_to_happiness
Flourish: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Flourish/Martin-E-P-Seligman/9781439190760
Grit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8
https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-book/
Flagstaff is a remarkable place full or remarkable people. Some may even say that Flagstaff is the best place on Earth and some may say that such a statement is hyperbolic. Either way, there is no other place exactly like it, and that includes the people that contribute to it. Flagstaff is full of people with diverse backgrounds that possess a wide range of interests, skills, and stories. This variety of interests, skills, and stories contributes to the textured and unique feel of the area.
#BeyondFLG is a podcast aimed at highlighting the natural beauty of this region and the peoples that contribute to it. Some may describe this podcast as award winning based on the badges given to it through the podcast platform while others may say that the show is underproduced and overstated. #beyondFLG is hosted by two local psychologists and founders of Beyond the Pines, A Flagstaff Wellness Collective; Cody Bayles and Dan Phillips. Their values lie in promoting connection to self, others, and the natural world and their efforts occasionally hit somewhere near that mark, let’s say adjacent to it. Join them as they go #beyondFLG with members of the Flagstaff community and explore the overall connection to the area, their craft, and others.