Cowgirl UP

Are You Living Like an Eagle or a Chicken?

You were not designed to scratch in the dirt. But if you've been surrounded by voices, environments, or experiences that told you otherwise — you may not know what you really are yet. In this episode Laurie opens a powerful week of timeless stories with the parable of the eagle raised among chickens, and asks the question that might just change everything: what barnyard have you been living in? Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 laurie@mentalgame101.com Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

True Freedom — When Your Worth Isn't on the Line

The path to freedom in competition — and in life — is detaching your worth from your results and rooting your identity in something that doesn't change when the scoreboard does. In this wrap-up episode Laurie ties together everything from the ego week, sends listeners into the weekend with their power statement locked and loaded, and teases what's coming next week — a topic every single one of us battles with. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 laurie@mentalgame101.com [laurie@mentalgame101.com] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

This Is Why You Get In the Zone

The zone isn't a mystery — it's what happens when you compete from love instead of fear. In this episode Laurie unpacks the powerful connection between love, presence, and peak performance, and explains why the ego pulls us out of the zone by dragging our minds into past mistakes or future outcomes. When you're locked into your process, you're locked into the present — and that's exactly where your best performance lives. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 laurie@mentalgame101.com [laurie@mentalgame101.com] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Which Voice Are You Feeding?

Inside every one of us lives an inner critic and an inner champion — and we get to choose which one gets stronger. In this episode Laurie explores why we freely give the inner critic free rein while feeling uncomfortable feeding the inner champion, and reminds us that nobody else is going to do that feeding for us. Every power statement, every redirected thought, every episode you press play on — that's you feeding your champion. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 laurie@mentalgame101.com [laurie@mentalgame101.com] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!

We Don't Fear Failure — We Fear What It Means

In this episode Laurie unpacks the fear-of-fear loop that keeps our minds hypervigilant, obsessing over outcomes, and scanning for everything that could go wrong. The insight that changes everything — we don't fear failure, we fear what failure means about us. Cowgirl Up is a daily mindset elevation podcast hosted by Laurie Blickenstaff, Certified Mental Performance Coach at Mental Game 101. Short, powerful episodes drop Monday through Friday to help competitors and high achievers build confidence, perform under pressure, get over mistakes fast, and develop an elite mindset — in the arena and in life. 🌐 mentalgame101.com 📧 laurie@mentalgame101.com [laurie@mentalgame101.com] Ready to go deeper? Visit mentalgame101.com to learn about Laurie's 1-on-1 mental performance coaching program. Follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode!