Ep5 Resilience & Positive Self-Talk

In this episode, Dr Amanda Potter our Chief Psychology Officer looks at resilience and positive self-talk. She also starts to look at the importance of attitude or paradigm shifts to understand and face up to the emotions that could be inhibiting you from being resilient. 

Amanda and Tim the podcast host in this episode are joined by Martin Hewitt to talk about his recent expedition to the South Pole. Martin was a Commissioned Officer in HM Parachute Regiment, but was medically discharged after career ending injuries sustained leading soldiers on operations in the Middle East. A former athlete on British Disabled ski team he represented GB in the International Paralympic Committee World Championships and in international races achieving numerous podium finishes. Martin is the founder of the Adaptive Grand Slam. https://www.adaptivegrandslam.com/

Adaptive Grand Slam is a Charitable organisation that facilitates world record attempts and physical challenges undertaken by members of the disabled community, supported by professional guides, expedition managers and members of the public.

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To contact Amanda via email:
TheCPO@zircon-mc.co.uk

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Timestamps 

Resilience & Positive Self-Talk 

• 00:00 – Introduction to Resilience & Positive Self-Talk 
• 00:36 – What is Resilience? 
• 01:08 – Why focus on this? 
• 01:33 – What to look out for to enable Resilience? 
• 01:43 – 3 Enablers

Enabling Resilience in our lives 

• 02:14 – What do you mean by “Enablers”? 
• 03:35 – Is a more emotional person more resilient? 
• 03:56 – Talking to ourselves 
• 04:48 – Positive Self-Talk 
• 05:17 – Undermining self-confidence 
• 05:47 – Characterization 
• 06:18 – Effects of Negative Self-Talk 
• 06:57 – Effects of Positive Self-Talk 
• 07:14 – Snap out of this negative funk! 
• 07:44 – Paradigm shift? 

It’s not Scott of the Antarctic… 

• 08:18 – Introduction to guest: Martin Hewitt 
• 08:43 – Martin’s career history 
• 10:03 – The push to starting the Adaptive Grand Slam 
• 11:31 – What Adaptive Grand Slam is all about 
• 13:01 – Confidence boost 
• 13:22 – Independence boost 
• 13:49 – Antarctic Expedition to the Pole and climbing Vincent Massive 
• 14:35 – Walking unassisted 1200km 
• 15:19 – The Cold & Wind; Psychological as well as Physiological 
• 16:02 – The monotony of snow & ice 
• 17:05 – No proper panorama 

Is it all doom and gloom? 

• 19:06 – The psychological perils of the expedition 
• 20:01 – The first few weeks were the worst 
• 21:32 – Go into your mind… 
• 22:32 – How much change took place? 
• 23:09 – This is my world now 
• 23:35 – Does persistence undermine Resilience? 
• 24:16 – It’s all

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