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Mental

Mental

Written by: Nick Gumpert
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Mental skills aren't just something you should reach for when you're feeling stuck: mental skills are something that can help you from feeling stuck in the first place.

Hosted by entrepreneur and mental skills coach Nick Gumpert, Mental is where hustle meets headspace. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s the mental tune-up every young adult should’ve gotten before stepping into life’s arena.

Those your age that are crushing it aren't smarter—they've just learned to protect their attention like their life depends on it. Because it does. Upgrade your mental toolbox weekly, and add to the most crucial skills you’ll ever have and no one can take away from you.

Let’s face it—
📉 Over 62% of young adults report feeling overwhelmed ”most of the time.”
😶‍🌫️ Anxiety, burnout, and imposter syndrome aren’t buzzwords—they’re battle scars.

Each short episode (less than 10 minutes) is a combination of elite mental performance tools, real-world stories, and questions that hit like a mirror:
🧠 “If mindset was a currency, how rich would you be?”
💥 “What if the biggest barrier between you and the life you're craving is the story you keep telling yourself?”

Nick doesn’t just talk mindset—he helps you build it. Whether you’re a student-athlete, a creative, or climbing your way through your first job, this show is your mental must.

The cost of ignoring these skills, isn't just struggling—it's watching your future self slip away while others who improve their mental skills soar past you.

Let’s get your mind right. Subscribe now so you can continue to add to the most important skills you’ll ever own, your mental skills! Want more ideas and techniques to build your mental skills? Check out Nick's book, Starting!

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Episodes
  • The Pressure Wasn’t Loud. That’s Why It Worked.

    The Pressure Wasn’t Loud. That’s Why It Worked.
    May 12 2026

    Mikayla spent eight months earning her car and only nineteen days driving with her license before one choice changed everything.

    This episode follows a night that starts with music, freedom, and friendly pressure, then ends with red and blue lights in the rearview.

    Not because Mikayla is a bad person.

    Because sometimes the most dangerous pressure doesn’t sound mean. It sounds like, “Come on, just one.”

    This story is about accountability, peer pressure, and remembering who you are before the room gets loud. It’s a reminder that mental skills aren’t just for cleaning up the damage after a mistake. They’re for building the voice inside you strong enough to choose before the mistake happens.

    Belonging's powerful. But becoming who you want to be means deciding ahead of time which voice wins.
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    9 mins
  • How Being More Selfish, Helps You Be Selfless

    How Being More Selfish, Helps You Be Selfless
    May 6 2026

    Nick Kirchhof won national championships as a player and a coach. He wasn't always winning though. He started games. Until he didn't... He watched teammates take his spot. Then he got selfish. And everything changed.

    In this episode, Nick and Nick break down the mental side of sport that nobody teaches you:

    Why being selfish can actually be the most team-first thing you can do.

    Why the athletes who chase individual excellence are the ones who carry teams.

    Why visualizing the bus breaking down is what makes you unbeatable.

    Nick has coached on consecutive national championship teams with Stanford Men's Soccer Team. Now he's building something at Metro State University in Denver, Colorado.

    The lesson across all of his experiences is the same. The people who make it aren't the most talented. They're the most desperate to prove something to themselves.
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    27 mins
  • Other people's words. Your voice. That's the problem.

    Other people's words. Your voice. That's the problem.
    May 5 2026

    What happens when someone else’s voice gets in your head before yours ever has a chance?

    Cole is 17, throws 91 off the mound, and has D1 coaches texting his phone. From the outside, he looks like the athlete who has it all figured out.

    But after every game, the hardest part isn’t the mound.

    It’s the car ride home.

    The criticism. The silence. The words he pretends don’t hurt. The voice that follows him into his room long after the car stops.

    This episode explores what happens when pressure, love, and criticism start to blur together, and how someone else’s words can quietly become the narrator inside your own head.

    Cole’s story is about self-talk, mental skills, and learning how to rebuild the voice you live with every day.

    Because the most dangerous voice in your life isn’t always the loudest one in the room.

    Sometimes it’s the one that moves in.
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    11 mins
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