Beyond Zero with Dr. David Meyer

In this episode I explore what the ingredients are for people to overcome self doubt and build a sense of a belief in oneself utilizing "psycap" (positive psychological capital). I bring you into how I became an underdog with clips from my childhood ice hockey days along with a conversation with my colleague, peer, and friend Bryant Villota as we play some basketball together.

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Hey fellow Beyond Zero'er In this episode Dr.Isaac Zur and I discuss how leveraging a seemingly negative emotion "ANGER" might just be the key to unleashing your performance in certain situations...This is the area of Dr.Zur's thesis and research work on "A psycholphysiological examination of the emotions-performance relationship." that can be found here.

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Hey fellow Beyond Zero'er In this episode we unravel perfectionism, where it comes from, its relationship to ADHD, and if it helps or hurts us. Special guest for this episode, Dr.Liz Slonena joins who is a psychotherapist and specializes on the topic of perfectionism and works with adult professionals that have ADHD. You will be surprised with some of the twists and turns of this episode as I become a pseudo patient for Dr.Liz...

It started as "The Harmony Exercise Podcast" for a VERY short while alongside my mentor John Denney,  which then quickly became the Injured to Elite Podcast that has now turned into Beyond Zero; and today we get to all make a toast and celebrate this momentous occasion together. I only thought it would be right to have you join the party so here is what went down...I decided to host my own Beyond Zero 100th Episode Party ...

Trauma seems to be a hot topic these days especially when it comes to personal development. I mix this into the context of those I work with after injury, and far beyond. Lately I have delved into the work of physician Dr.Gabor Mate who is a leading world expert on trauma, so I brought on Dr. Mac to discuss all of this who holds her PhD in Clinical Psychology and hosts a podcast titled Revealing the Ivory Tower, follow Dr. Mac here...

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This week St.Louis Cardinal Position Player Evan Mendoza joins Injured to Elite to discuss his experience as a professional baseball player re-injuring his wrist and what it's like to deal with re-injury as an elite performer and how he has successfully worked to regain his craft on his trek to the big leagues. Evan also has created a widely success...

Know Your Recovery Mindset Type Quiz

We are at a tipping point as it pertains to mental growth in the world. This week's episode we cover the different types of post-injury recovery mindset types that I have identified since working in professional sports. Knowing your mindset type for this can speed up your recovery by leveraging certain principles specific to your type. Make sure to take the quiz and find out what t...

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MLB/ESPN analyst Xavier Scruggs and former big leaguer joins the show today. You won't want to miss this one as X and I go deep into what pillars every athlete needs to be thinking about in order to prioritize their growth.

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Did you know underdogs win up to almost 70% of the time in some sports? I have always identified with being an underdog...I realized 91 episodes in I still haven't done an episode on this topic.

Why do I consider myself an underdog?

• Grew up an undersided athlete
• I am a surviving identical twin
• Had a serious learning disability as a child
• My father alway...

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I was asked a great question during my masterclass on September 7th which was "How do you approach someone who is refusing help?" The question...

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In this episode returning guest from episode # 5 and episode #31 Major League Baseball Left Handed Pitcher Ryan Sherriff takes the mic as host and I take the hot seat. Ryan gets right into it and puts me on the spot 😅 Later in t...

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Solo episode sharing the story behind Athlete Zero. This is the professional athlete I was working with that changed my approach  in sports rehab forever. Cue in a mental approach...I talk a lot about time zero the first moments ...

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This solo episode builds off of the last episode # 86 taking the 6 core values for living and playing with IMPACT and putting them into an ordered and specific approach that allows us to build a process to achieve our high performance goals.

I am calling this approach "A 3 P Algorithm" for success.

Today's Acronym is "APPA"

1. A = Awarness
2. P ...

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Happy V-Day! In this episode I share with you 6 very important core values that will allow you lead a life with impact and just so happen to make up the word itself.. My mission statement in 2022 is “To serve as a leading example of mental and physical growth, while facilitating it for others to live with impact”. Today you will hear practical examples to use for each core value in t...