#39 - Lara Milward - With Practice You Can

In this episode, I’m talking to Lara Milward, a NeuroLeadership Coach and athlete who has co-founded businesses in Leadership and Fitness.  She has worked in gender equality with Shine for Women and is a mentor for Resurgo. The official coach of Virgin’s Strive Challenge, Lara practises what she preaches - moving every day to challenge both mental and physical muscle and believes we all need to treat our mental muscle just like our physical muscle; giving it challenge, fuel, rest and recovery.

In our conversation, Lara shares...

• The power of a starting gun,
• What happened when she tried her first mountain climb up the Matterhorn
• And what she learnt about herself from witnessing her child in intensive care
  

Outline📍
00:00 Intro
02:43 What does Pressure mean to you now?
06:41 At Six: Your First Taste of Deliberate Performance?
07:45 Childhood Performance Blend: Skill Transfer & Curiosity
09:02 Balancing Pressure and Confidence: Coaching Dynamics
15:28 Endurance Athlete's Recipe for Success: Ingredients and Practice
20:50 Not good enough? - “Get better!”
26:46 Insight 1: Lessons learned
28:14 What was the worst Pressure you’ve ever been under?
33:39 What are the signs when you feel it’s heading towards too much?
37:33 Pressure: Shifting Perspectives on Control and Heartfelt Concern
42:52 Insight 2: Lessons learned
44:36 Recency,  Frequency = Fluency
47:02 What would be two things you would pass forward to people to better manage that pressure?
53:53 Outro