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232: Debbie O'Connell - Self-Talk, Flow State, and Keeping a Good Round Going

232: Debbie O'Connell - Self-Talk, Flow State, and Keeping a Good Round Going

The Mental Golf Show

April 8, 20251h 5m

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Show Notes

Debbie O'Connell joins The Mental Golf Show.

Topics and timestamps:

00:00 Debbie O'Connell's Journey in Sports
04:19 Overcoming Nerves and Achieving Flow State
09:11 "The Grass Floor"
10:32 Taking the Leap: From College to Professional Golf
15:14 The Value of Nerves to Being in Flow
19:17 Techniques to Be in Flow
22:59 How to Keep a Good Round Going
29:48 What if Positive Self-Talk is Fake?
35:53 How You Interpret the Situation is Vital
38:51 Shifting Limiting Beliefs
47:15 How to Change Negative Beliefs
57:27 Debbie O'Connell

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