#478 Firefighter Jack Goodwin on Elite Performance, Mental Health & Finding Meaning Beyond Success

#478 Firefighter Jack Goodwin on Elite Performance, Mental Health & Finding Meaning Beyond Success

May 25, 2026 · 1h 45m · Season 6 · Episode 478

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Jack Goodwin discusses resilience, mental health, and the psychology of high performance from his experience as an elite athlete.

In this episode of The Firefighters Podcast, I sit down with Jack Goodwin for a powerful conversation exploring resilience, trauma, identity, and the psychology of high performance. A Great Britain international athlete with personal bests of 13:35 for 5,000 metres, 29:16 for 10,000 metres, and a 61:05 HYROX time, Jack shares lessons learned from years competing at an elite level and how those experiences shaped his understanding of mental health, discipline, suffering, and purpose. Together,...

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