Beyond The Mind Podcast With Iain Highfield

Rick Sessinghaus is a performance coach and flow trainer for high-performance golfers based in Burbank, California. In this podcast Rick talks about his pathway into coaching, the best practical coaching tools for helping golfers and references his time coaching PGA Tour major winner Collin Morikawa. Coming from a high-level sports background and being a professional … Continue reading "Rick Sessinghaus – Collin Morikawa's Long Time Coach"

‘THE POWER OF PLAY' is perhaps one of the most underrated learning tools in junior golf. This will cease to be the case when todays guest achieves his mission. Richard Franklin, founder of Discover Golf & PGA professional golf coach shares thought provoking wisdom that has evolved from placing ‘play' at the core of his … Continue reading "Richard Franklin – Discover Golf."

It is that time of the year – Masters Week! At KOHR Golf we have a number of ‘Masters' experts. Coach Bill has attended the event as a coach when he worked with PGA Tour Winner Brandon Todd. Coach Brandon worked in the Masters shop as part of his studies with Penn State University. Coach … Continue reading "The Masters"

Golf is life and life is golf. During this inspiring podcast we discuss how the game of golf and the game of life intertwine. Our awesome partners, MASS Golf and the First Tee's core values highlight this and the discussions we had during this podcast share real life stories of how both of these businesses … Continue reading "MASS Golf & The First Tee"

Mark Resnick, father to KOHR Academy student Sean, has realized a dream, he is a published author! His book, ‘Ten Days With Dad', shares the story of the time Mark spent with his dad during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the global health crisis effected his dad's Alzheimers. This was a truly enjoyable and emotional … Continue reading "Mark Resnick – Ten Days With Dad"

On the course. In the game. At work and at home. When it matters most, your Breathing will have a direct impact on your performance. Neuropeak's precision breathing, heart rate variability and brain performance training programs offer a science based, innovative approach to performance and provides training designed to unlock potential, improve focus, resiliency, and … Continue reading "Breathing For Better Golf – Neuropeak"

Stuart Morgan is one of the best golf coaches in the world. He is on an endless quest to master his craft and is constantly looking for evidence based ways to help the elite level players he works with improve performance. Stu is also on an endless quest to better himself not only as a … Continue reading "Stuart Morgan – Ryder Cup & PGA Tour Golf Coach"

Do you know if what you are practicing is the best use of your time? If the answer is no, this podcast is for you. Peter Arnott is a golf coach that can help enable you to shoot lower scores through making your practice more effective. Practice games tailored to you Pre and post-shot routines Practice replicating tournament … Continue reading "Peter Arnott – Are you getting the most out of your practice time?"

My guest on this episode is Julian Perico from the Arkansas Razorbacks men's golf team.   Julian was a junior golfer that attended Bishops Gate Golf academy and over a two year period went from being unranked to being Junior World Champion. More recently he led his team as freshman and was the only Razorback to … Continue reading "Julian Perico – College Golf"

Aaron Jarvis is a 19 year old freshman who plays his college golf at UNLV. Before becoming a UNLV Rebel he was a student at the Leadbetter golf academy in Florida. It was at this academy where a team of coaches, including previous KOHR Performance podcast guest, Zach Parker helped him develop his mental, technical, … Continue reading "Aaron Jarvis Latin American Amateur Champion"

Fresh off an 8 win year in the Middle Atlantic PGA Section, PGA Professional Larkin Gross was just named the 2021 PGA National Player of the Year. The biggest highlights of his season were coming in 4th at the PGA Professional National Championship which earned him a spot in the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah. During … Continue reading "2021 PGA National Player of the Year – Larkin Gross"

Lyle Kirkham is a Sports Psychologist and founder of Spark performance. Having obtained undergraduate (BSc) and Postgraduate (MSc) qualifications in Sport and exercise psychology. Lyle decided to set up his own consultancy business to provide guidance and psychological support to sports teams and individuals. Lyle believes that every individual has that spark inside them and … Continue reading "Lyle Kirkham – Golf & Sport Psychology"

Kevin holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Exercise Science from Bloomsburg University and has worked in numerous fields within the fitness industry ranging from Sports Performance to Physical Therapy. His passion for health and wellness comes from his drive to help others reach their fitness goals and improve their overall quality of life. Performance … Continue reading "Kevin Bryan – Golf Fitness"

Joe Corcione has accomplished many feats of human endurance. He has completed Spartan Races, triathlons, Iron Man races, and Ultraman Races. In November of 2021 in his latest test, Joe ran three races back to back to back. This included an unregistered, self-imposed, Ultraman Race made up of over 6 miles of swimming followed by … Continue reading "Ultraman Endurance Athlete – Joe Corcione"

In this podcast, your host Andrew Losey sits down with Professional Golfer Brent Grant to talk about his journey to the Korn Ferry Tour. After only picking up golf as a young teenager, Brent's journey up the professional ranks seemed unlikely. As a junior golfer he only played in a few events, but he quickly … Continue reading "Korn Ferry Tour Player – Brent Grant"

Daniel Gavins turned professional in 2012. He started his career playing on the PGA Euro Pro Tour, winning once in 2013. He also finished 7th on the Order of Merit in 2015 and played on The European Challenge Tour. In August 2021, Daniel won the ISPS Handa World Invitational  by shooting a final-round 65 to … Continue reading "European Tour Winner – Daniel Gavins"

Zach Parker is one of the worlds most passionate and skilled junior golf coaches. He is currently a lead coach at the Leadbetter junior golf academy and has spent the last 15 years studying junior development and inspiring teenagers to be the best golfers and people they can be. During the podcast we discuss the … Continue reading "Junior Golf – Zach Parker Junior Development Specialist"

Formally known as the ‘Beyond The Mind' Podcast, Your host, Iain Highfield has relocated and teamed up with the KOHR Golf Academy in Natick, just outside Boston. Iain and his Co-host, Andrew Losey, golf coach to the son of Ian Poulter and the newest addition to the KOHR Golf coaching team discuss their goals and … Continue reading "The KOHR Performance Podcast / Episode 1"

What is the ultimate goal in life? Many would perhaps answer this question with the word ‘happiness'. And perhaps one of the simple pleasures in life that creates happiness is ‘PLAY'. But according to the guests on this podcast ‘play' can be so much more. Richard Franklin, founder of Discover Golf & Gavin Parker, PGA … Continue reading "The Power of Play"

Over Christmas I wanted to take the time to detox my mind from my mobile phone. Emails, texts, social media, work, sports news, stock news and dancing cat videos all had to take a back seat for a 2 week period as I made an attempt to improve my ‘mental diet' and avoid my phone. … Continue reading "My Phone Detox"

There are no short cuts to success, but this podcast is definitely a cheat code when it comes to taking action! If you do what this podcast suggests it will infinitely increase your chances of being successful in 2021. Simply thinking about your 2021 New Year's resolutions is not enough to enable the action you … Continue reading "Action Your New Year Resolutions NOW!"

Do you really want to lose weight? Or do you need to develop more mental resilience that will then enable you to lose weight? Do you need to quit smoking? Or do you need to be educated, inspired and shown how to practically apply positive change into your world so you can finally quit smoking? … Continue reading "New Year's Resolutions & How to Master Them"

Dr Karl Morris is a sports psychologist that has helped some of the best golfers in the world win on the major stage. It does not get any bigger than that! Karl now teachers his mental techniques to coaches, athletes and corporate executives all over the world and has his very own certification, ‘The Mind … Continue reading "The Mental Game – Dr Karl Morris"

Dr Rob Bell is a husband and father of two wonderful kids, an Ironman, and endurance athlete, and his passion is to help others capture their ‘Hinge Moment'. Dr Rob Bell is a world renowned speaker, author & coach who works with teams, organizations, and coaches on mental toughness. During this inspiring podcast Dr Bell … Continue reading "Mental Toughness – Dr Rob Bell"

Will power does not work, if you truly want to create positive change in your life you must change your environment. The ‘Sober October' challenge does just that. It makes you accountable to others for your goals and behaviors. It keeps you motivated and focused on what you truly want. But don't take my word … Continue reading "Motivation to be better – Sober October Challenge"

If we choose to believe the Oxford English dictionary's definition of success, we would conclude that success is linked with the pursuit of external goals and rewards. Societal norms then lead us to believe that our happiness is woven into this pursuit of success and achievement of these goals. However, science and research is telling … Continue reading "Redefining Success – Motivation to be happy."

The Beyond The Mind (BTM) Podcast is all about positive change. Over recent months through connecting with listeners, friends, colleagues, and mentors, a ‘Tribe' has formed. This ‘Tribe' began when a good friend and all around life-crusher @Jsteegs started to call me out on social media to compete with him on multiple different fitness workouts. … Continue reading "The importance of a shared goal"

If money is a source of anxiety or stress for you, this podcast will present you with a solution! Recently I had the realization that my desire to spend time with experts and model what they do had extended into many areas of my life, with the exception of MONEY! And therefore it should come … Continue reading "How to stop your money worries"

Anxiety, what is it? where does it come from? How can we manage it? In this podcast Dr MCcabe, a clinic and sports psychologist shares his insights and gives actionable mental frameworks that can help you understand your mind on a deeper level. Dr MCcabe works with some of the worlds best sports teams, like … Continue reading "What you need to know about Anxiety – Dr Bhrett MCcabe"

On this podcast I am joined by part time trader, part time coach, full time ‘life crusher' Jared (@jsteegs) who managed to lose 20 pounds in just under a month during Corona virus lockdown! How did he do this with zero access to a gym and almost no equipment during a time when most people … Continue reading "Motivation to get fit"

I have struggled to meet anyone that is more obsessed with human performance than me. Rarely has someone read more books on this topic, created coaching models or visited professors and researchers to the extent I have. I don't know anyone that nerds out on shows like ‘The Last Dance' or ESPN sports documentaries like … Continue reading "High Performance – Stuart Morgan PGA Tour Golf Coach"

‘It can't be that simple'. These are the words our internal voice often echos when simple solutions are offered to complex problems. The complexities of suffering from stress and anxiety are high. Not one case is the same. So when a potential solution lies within the way that we breathe, we automatically think, it cant … Continue reading "Reduce Stress, Reduce Anxiety"

What is your mental diet? Do you event consider what your brain is consuming and how this will impact on your motivation? If we want to improve our physical conditioning this will often include a review of what we are eating and assessing its nutritional value. BUT are we doing this for our mental health, … Continue reading "Mental Diet – Feed your brain what it needs to be motivated"

Have you ever recorded a podcast while driving at 70 mph down 195, well I have! Yes, I recorded this podcast while driving my Hybrid Sonata between clients. As the golf season hits its peak and I continue to evolve my soccer consulting along with work focused on helping teenagers navigate this crazy modern world, … Continue reading "What Is Your Why? Motivation to get motivated!"

If you are someone who is learning a new skill, wants to get better faster and wants to be able to reproduce this skill under the pressure of performance, then this podcast will have a positive impact on your life. Over the last decade I have obsessed over many topics – None more than how … Continue reading "Get Better Faster – How to master any skill"

Do you want to be motivated? Do you want to be able to motivate others? If so, this podcast gives you practical advice that will allow you to create environments that result in motivation. Not only will this podcast teach you how to do this, it highlights the dangers of not engaging in or creating … Continue reading "Creating Motivational Environments"

Recently I listened to Kevin Hart and Joe Rogan inspire millions of people to be better and chase their dreams. One of the keys to Kevin Hart's success is the fact that he is ‘thirsty' for information and he ‘gets himself behind the curtain' with people that most of us do not have access to. … Continue reading "Success Leaves Clues – Motivation to take action"

Having so many successful guests on the show over recent weeks has forced me to reflect and try to find some commonalities between them, do these high achievers have traits that I can model and action? One thing that stood out is none of these hugely successfully entrepreneurs, athletes, TV presenters and coaches were on … Continue reading "Stop trying to be right – Motivation to be a better listener"

Yael Averbush was capped 26 time for the USA Womens Soccer Team. As a young girl she fell in love with the game of soccer and began to dream of representing her country. Yael went on to live her dream and is now helping others follow her footsteps through her mentoring and soccer coaching app, … Continue reading "Turning childhood dreams into reality – Inspiration from Yael Averbush USA soccer player"

In 2008 Kass Andrews was made redundant during the recession and saw only opportunity. Opportunity to ignite her entrepreneurial sprit and fuel her passion to be creative. Without a penny of redundancy money, zero investment and zero backing Kass launched Kabe Design. 12 years on she has created a brand and a business to be … Continue reading "Motivation & inspiration for the entrepreneur – Kass Andrews, Kabe Design"

Morning routines are a vital part of living a successful life. There's something magical about repeating the same positive habits every single day. However most people (including your podcast host) wake up in “reaction mode” by checking their email or logging into Facebook. A great morning routine is a series of actions that will have … Continue reading "Morning Routine Motivation – Nathalie Filler"

Follow your dream, live your passion, do what you love. Advice we are all given or come into contact with, but very few actually live their life this way. Not Simon Dyson. From his early days playing sports against his older brother, then traveling the globe playing in some of the worlds most prestigious golf … Continue reading "Do what you LOVE – Simon Dyson, 6 time winner on the European professional golf tour."

Dan has worked with some of the wolds best know soccer, rugby and golf stars. He has authored books, created online education and currently works as the sports psychologist for a Premier League Soccer club. His career is simply dazzling, as is the knowledge he shares in this podcast. Dan shares stories about some of … Continue reading "Game Face – Dan Abrahams, England Soccer, Rugby, Golf Sports Psychologist"

Brandon was a high school coach who loved to help young men and women be the best they could be. As well as helping others he also tested his own physical and mental limits through competing in the CrossFit games. Brandon was unfortunately made redundant from the high school coaching role he loved, but as … Continue reading "Take it one step at a time – Brandon Phillips, CrossFit athlete and coach."

Jacko, an ex professional rugby player and Tim an ex collegiate level rugby player were both forced to retire from the game they love due to serious injury. They now help people move better, get stronger and have fun with body weight training through their incredibly successful and effective business, ‘The School of Calisthenics'. It … Continue reading "Redefine YOUR Impossible – Tim and Jacko"

Tim is a working man, a husband and father, who in the last 6 months has lost over 80 lbs Tim is not super human and he faces the same life struggles that many of us face. But this did not stop him from changing his environment, changing his mindset and ultimately changing his life. … Continue reading "How & Why I Lost 80 Pounds in 6 Months – Tim Conaway"

Gavin Flow is often asked, ‘are you like this all the time?' When people pose this question to Gavin they are referring to his positive energy, enthusiasm and passion for life. Gavin is a motivational speaker, teacher, coach, consultant and entrepreneur that aims to make other peoples lives better through his key note speaking and … Continue reading "Positive Energy, it is not what you say, it is how you say it – Gavin Flow"

Martin Hall joined NBC in 2011 and is the host of the Golf Channel's extremely popular show, School of Golf. Martin has been a golf professional since 1975 and previously competed on the European Tour. In 2016 Iain listened to a key note speech delivered by Martin and was inspired. This episode gives you the chance … Continue reading "Get comfortable being uncomfortable – NBC TV host Martin Hall"

In this episode Iain discusses why confidence is not the holy grail for success. Instead of desiring confidence Iain explains another psychological skill that can help you become a better version of yourself. Iain then explains how you can apply this mental skill into your daily tasks and environment. Happiness is loading…………

Don't just think about being more positive, action it! In this episode Iain talks about how some events in his life journey, that he perceived as negative, led to some of the best opportunities that shaped his career. In life we just never know if something is a good thing or a bad thing, therefore … Continue reading "The Power of a Positive Reframe & how to action it."

In this episode Iain explains how a simple change to your physical and personal environment can help YOU reduce phone usage and spend time making human connections with your family. With many of us having to spend more time indoors, it is easy to just mindlessly scroll through your phone. But if you are someone … Continue reading "How to stop unwanted habits."