Skip to main content

EP 19: Riley Jensen, Sports Psychologist on Mindset and How We Talk to Ourselves

This episode is packed! We talk mindset, tools to help us (and our kids) shift focus, and how to stop over apologizing.
Image placeholder title

Listen:

Follow Today's Mama:

​​Episode 19: Riley Jensen

SUBSCRIBE!​​​

Features

It's All About the Frame: Using Reframing to Change Your Mindset

When Sticking to Your Birth Plan Makes You an Idiot​

Show Notes

References, links, and corrections from this episode! ​​​

Ratatouille: Watch the scene from the movie and tell us what YOUR "ratatouille" is HERE!

Scroll to Continue

Recommended for You

​Books Riley Mentioned:

Mindset, Carol Dweck

Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl

What to Say When You Talk to Yourself, Shad Helmstetter

About Riley Jensen

Riley Jensen is currently the Mental Performance Coach for all 14 sports for Weber State University Athletics. He is the director for Sport and Performance Psychology for Team X Alpine Ski Team. He is currently a Mental Performance Coach for USA Archery (Para), Westminster College Basketball, Westminster College Volleyball, Rowmark Ski Academy, Peak Ski Academy, The Dunk Camp, Juan Diego Baseball, East High Basketball, Hillcrest Basketball, Alta Wrestling, and Olympus Lacrosse and Soccer. Riley tutors various individual athletes from the pro, collegiate, and high school ranks. Riley works with corporate athletes from the Utah Jazz ticket sales department, Boston Scientific, Michelin, Wise Company, Fusion Imaging, Tiny Hero Foods, Inwise Title, and NorQuinn.

Riley has a unique enthusiasm and ability to teach the concepts of resilience, confidence, positivity, grit, and personal mastery. He is available to athletes at all levels, all sports, for coaches, organizations, and businesses. He is perfect for motivational seminars designed to help individuals, teams, and businesses reach their maximum potential. Riley has been playing or coaching high school and collegiate football for more than 27 years. Over the past (8) years he has been part owner and co-founder of the Mountain West Elite sports camps which operate in several states.

Riley started as a quarterback at an NCAA D1 school (USU), was named 1st team junior college All-American QB (Snow College, where he was recently named to the Snow College Football Hall of Fame), coached football at a Division 1 program (NC State), and has coached several successful Salt Lake City area high school teams (Cottonwood, Olympus, Alta).

Riley earned a B.A. from Utah State University and completed his MS in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Utah. He studied under the world-renowned tutelage of Dr. Nicole Detling, and interned with the University of Utah’s football and tennis teams. Riley currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. When Riley is not working, he enjoys hiking and time spent his wife Georgann, and their two children Alexis (6) and Jack (4).

> Hi, I'm Riley. I am a husband and Father. I am a former college QB. I am a mental performance and life coach. I have a strange relationship with football. I love it, but I know that sometimes it is not good for me. I am a goof ball. I love to laugh. I love to be around people. I love. I am fascinated by people. I find myself curious in almost every situation. I love to learn. I love to grow.

> My life is not at all how I planned it, and I think it is perfectly designed for me. I also think that 18 year old Riley would think that my current occupation is the bomb, as it didn't even exist as a degree until I was 18 years old. I love my kids. I sometimes stare at them while they sleep and while they eat? Is that weird? I don't think it is. I think it is a beautiful thing. I also have found complete pleasure in rediscovering the world through my children's eyes. Yes Jack, the moon is "really cool."

Follow Riley

Website: RileyJensenConsulting.com

Twitter: @RileyJensen

Instagram: @RileyJensenConsulting

Facebook: Riley Jensen Consulting

Podcast: Mindset Matters

Related

Andrew Taylor Interview

EP 31: Andrew Taylor on Wilderness Therapy and How to Avoid It

I mean it sounds cool. But you really don't want your kids to need it.

YouTube Kids Pedophile Problem

EP 30: Lisa Thee on YouTube's Pedophile Problem and How to Protect Your Family

We break down the latest YouTube headlines and the tips and tools to keep your kids safe with Lisa Thee, a tech industry leader (and mom) with an expertise in child safety.

Image placeholder title

EP 17: Jill Smokler, Founder of ScaryMommy.com on Surviving the Last 2 Years

How Scary Mommy came to be and all of the life that happened along the way!

Image placeholder title

EP 18: Rachael + Erin, All the Things "Fall Edition"

Today’s theme is MAXIMUM IMPACT, MINIMUM EFFORT!

Eli Lebowitz

EP 36: Dr. Eli Lebowitz on Helping Your Anxious Child Face Their Fears

"The world is full of kids who used to have an anxiety disorder." Find out why Dr. Lebowitz believes that anxiety is the most prevalent and TREATABLE issue that kids and struggling with. P.S. His advice works for grown ups too!

Morgan Scalley

EP 26: Morgan Scalley, Here's What the Coach Wants You to Know

Real talk with Coach Morgan Scalley about sports, parenting, and raising kids who can move through obstacles on their own.

Mindy McKnight

EP 35: Mindy McKnight on Brooklyn and Bailey Leaving the Nest, Viral Parenting and What Scares Us All About Our Kids

YouTube celeb Mindy McKnight talks about transition, what scares us most about our kids and parenting in general, raising 6 kids online (and how to keep them safe), and what it’s like to run their media empire in the middle of it all.

Sara Dansie Jones - The Miracle of the Yoon Tattoo Landscape

EP 24: Sara Dansie Jones, The Miracle of the Yoon Tattoo

The story of a little Korean girl with a mysterious tattoo that reunited her family.