For Those Who Are Ready to Go Deeper
The Mental Training Lab isn't about adding more tools to your toolkit. It's about understanding what's actually in the way of your best performance and your best life.
Every episode goes deeper than skills and strategies. We explore the patterns, beliefs, and ways of being that keep talented, capable people stuck inside their own potential, and what it actually takes to break free. We tether principles to practices so you leave each episode with something to think about and something to do.
If you've tried everything and something still isn't shifting, you're in the right place.
Start Here
New to the Lab? These Six Episodes Are A Great Place to Begin
Solo Sessions
Start With Your Own Mind
Ep. 45 - Find Your Laboratory
This episode reframes the pursuit of excellence as an experiment rather than a performance, and gives you permission to approach your own development with curiosity instead of pressure.
If fear, comparison, and never feeling like enough are fueling your performance, this is the most important conversation you'll have about why that approach has a ceiling. And what to do instead.
Ep. 60 - Not Good Enough, Need to Be better: A Broken Model of Motivation
Ep. 73 - The Illusion of Progress
You're putting in the work. You're doing everything right. And something still isn't shifting. This episode names exactly why. And it's not what you think.
Conversations Worth Having
Hear It From The People Doing The Work
Your body knows things your mind is still catching up to. Dr. Ashley Cranney breaks down the stress cycle and what it actually means to be biologically respectful, offering six concrete behaviors that will change how you relate to pressure.
Ep. 35 - Bodies Speak Body Language with Dr. Ashley Cranney
Dr. Ryan Hamilton, mental performance coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Hockey Canada, on why the most important thing a coach or leader can do is live the lessons they teach. This one will challenge you in the best possible way.
Ep. 63 - Practicing What We Preach with Dr. Ryan Hamilton
Ep. 69 - Turning the Mic Around
What happens when the interviewer becomes the interviewee? In this episode, Holly Rogers turns the mic on Pete, and the conversation goes places most episodes don't. If you want to understand who's behind the Lab and why this work matters, start here last.
The Podcast Is Where the Conversation Starts
If something you heard here landed in a way that nothing else has before, that's worth paying attention to.
The Lab is designed to go deeper than most mental performance content. But the deepest work doesn't happen through a speaker. It happens in a real conversation, with someone who can see your specific patterns clearly and help you do something about them.
If you're ready for that conversation, I'd like to hear from you.
All The Episodes. Go As Deep as You Want.
Ep. 75: Stop Fighting Nerves: The Real Way to Unlock Flow
Pete Kadushin explains why performance isn’t about eliminating nerves. Learn how to work with stress, access flow state, and perform at a higher level with practical mental tools.
Ep. 73: The Illusion of Progress
Pete Kadushin examines why effort doesn’t always equal growth, revealing how underlying beliefs create the illusion of progress in sport and life.
Ep. 69: Turning the Mic Around: Pete Kadushin on Meaning, Mindfulness, and Mental Performance
Holly Rogers interviews Pete Kadushin. They explore mindfulness, presence, and how contemplative practice reshapes performance, coaching, and the work itself.
Ep. 67: From Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion: How Mindfulness Changes Performance with Dr. Holly Rogers
Dr. Holly Rogers reveals that much of our suffering isn’t about the circumstances of our lives, but about the way we relate to those circumstances, the interpretations, beliefs, reactions, and habitual patterns that sit between us and what’s actually happening.
Ep. 65: Safety, Stress, and Performance: Megan Bartlett on Rethinking How We Coach Under Pressure
Learn how nervous system science can reshape coaching, reduce self-blame, and build environments where athletes feel safe, perform better, and grow with resilience.
Ep. 63: Practicing What We Preach: Dr. Ryan Hamilton on High Performance, Self-Awareness, and Pushing Limits
Explore the power of walking the talk, embracing discomfort, and growing through experience with Dr. Ryan Hamilton.
Ep. 58: It’s Only Right if it Grooves
We're talking about the wisdom of bass guitar legend Victor Wooten and what his approach to rhythm, groove, and performance can teach us about showing up at our best when it matters most.
Ep. 57: From the Octagon to the Playground: How Environment Shapes Elite Performance with William Massey, PhD
Ever wondered what elite MMA fighters, elementary school playground dynamics, and high-performing leaders have in common?
Ep. 52: When a Pro Golfer Runs a Marathon: Lessons in Mental Performance from Scott Stallings and Steve Magness
Imagine you're a professional golfer—used to precise movements, controlled environments, and meticulous strategy. Now, picture deciding to run the Boston Marathon with essentially zero running experience. Sound challenging? That's exactly what PGA Tour pro Scott Stallings did, inspired by performance expert Steve Magness and his book, Do Hard Things.
Ep. 50: Unlocking Your Signature Strengths: Sustainable Excellence with Alex Auerbach, CEO of Momentum Labs
Ever wonder how elite performers consistently achieve peak results without burning out? Alex Auerbach, performance psychologist and CEO of Momentum Labs, shares his powerful three-stage framework: understanding yourself, becoming your best, and producing maximum results.
Ep. 47: The Long Game: Scott Stallings on Resilience, Recovery, and the Boston Marathon
PGA Tour pro Scott Stallings is a master of resilience who's turned his recent injuries into opportunities for personal growth. In this episode, Scott Stallings takes us through his intense rehab journey, running the Boston Marathon, and coaching the University of Tennessee golf team.
Ep. 46: The Trap of Self-Judgment with Dr. Marina Harris
Perfectionism is a double-edged sword. It drives us, and can also derail us. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Marina Harris, a former Division I gymnast turned psychologist and performance consultant, who’s mastered the art of turning high-pressure expectations into healthy, high performance.
You've Found Your Way to the Bottom of the Lab.
That tells me something about you. You're thorough. You go deep. You don't skim the surface when something matters.
Those are exactly the qualities that make this work possible.
If you've been listening and something keeps pulling at you, a pattern you recognize, a question you can't shake, a sense that something deeper is available than what you've found so far, that pull is worth following.