Episodes

March 23, 2026

My Life’s Journey to Find Answers as a Performance Psychologist

In this deeply personal and insightful episode, performance psychologist Jim Loehr shares the story behind his life’s work—tracing his journey from traditional clinical psychology into the pioneering field of human performance. What began as a simple question from a legendary coach—how to help athletes perform better under pressure—evolved into a decades-long exploration of the connection between mind, body, energy, and purpose. Drawing from his experiences working with world-class athletes, in...
March 26, 2025

Energy Management Fundamentals

In this podcast, Dr. Loehr explores the foundational role energy plays in every aspect of our lives - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. He presents a powerful framework for understanding how energy - not time - is our most precious resource. Listeners will gain a deep understanding of how energy is created, stored, and directed within the human body. Dr. Loehr introduces the 4-dimensional energy model and the “Energy Quadrant Matrix,” revealing how different emotional states and intens...
Feb. 2, 2025

Getting Our Story Straight

Jim Loehr explores the profound impact of the stories we tell ourselves, how they shape our decisions, influence our perceptions, and sometimes distort reality. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and personal experience, Jim unpacks how our brains construct narratives that may be flawed or incomplete. Through thought-provoking insights and real-world examples, this podcast challenges listeners to engage in conscious awareness, question their own assumptions, and rewrite their stories in alig...
Dec. 30, 2024

The Gratitude Effect

This podcast is devoted to, (1) raising awareness of how much of our success in life can be traced to countless gifts that reside outside our ordinary awareness, (2) illuminating the remarkable science-based benefits of immersing oneself in the emotion of gratefulness, and (3) describing a select number of highly practical, research-supported methods for expanding one’s capacity for gratitude.
Dec. 13, 2024

Indoctrination: The Power to Shape Mind and Behavior

This podcast explores various mind control techniques that can significantly influence beliefs, thought patterns, and values—methods often categorized as forms of indoctrination. Through thoughtful exploration, we aim to: 1) uncover how these strategies can be harnessed for self-directed transformation (self-indoctrination), and 2) empower listeners with the tools and knowledge to recognize and resist unwanted indoctrination.
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Oct. 25, 2024

SAPIENS REINVENTED: An Urgent Call to Save Our Species | EPISODE 1

This two-part episode is an unvarnished confrontation with the harrowing realities of the darker aspects of human nature. It exposes the cruel ways Homo sapiens have historically treated their kin and serves as an impassioned plea for change to prevent further anguish, torment, and fatalities.
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Oct. 25, 2024

SAPIENS REINVENTED: An Urgent Call to Save Our Species | EPISODE 2

This two-part episode is an unvarnished confrontation with the harrowing realities of the darker aspects of human nature. It exposes the cruel ways Homo sapiens have historically treated their kin and serves as an impassioned plea for change to prevent further anguish, torment, and fatalities.
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July 18, 2024

My Biggest Career Insights

In this podcast, Jim Loehr will reveal 10 of his most important insights from a groundbreaking, 40-year career as a renowned performance psychologist.
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May 1, 2024

Avoiding Achievement Addiction: Understanding 7 Critical factors

In this podcast we will explore the key factors involved with extraordinary achievement. My hope is that by better understanding the key factors involved, the risk of achievement addiction will be significantly minimized.
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Feb. 1, 2024

Training the Powerhouse Coach Within You by Jim Loehr

Whether you are aware of it or not, every athlete possesses an inner coaching voice, an advisor that plays a central role in where they end up in life, in their competitive success, in their happiness and fulfillment in life, and in what kind of person they ultimately become. This podcast teaches you how to become acutely aware of the tone and content of your current inner voice, and explains how you can transform it into a wise, inner-coach, capable of successfully guiding you through trials of...