Embrace your inner coach, with psychologist and author, Tom Mitchell, PhD.

About this episode

Dr. Amanda Ferguson interviews Tom Mitchell, Ph.D. about coaching and discovering personal greatness.

In this episode of Psych for Life, I chat with Tom Mitchell, Ph.D. who has spent his adult life coaching and teaching others how to discover their unique, greatness within. His passion for exploring the boundaries of performance excellence began as an athlete in his native Pennsylvania. His avid study of sport psychology, motivation, and leadership, has led Tom to a richly varied career as a college coach and professor, motivational speaker, NBA sport psychology counselor, business coach and ...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Amanda Ferguson

Guest: Tom Mitchell, PhD

Topics covered

• coaching
• performance excellence
• sport psychology
• motivation
• leadership

Keywords

• coaching
• performance
• psychology
• motivation
• leadership
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBA

Places: Pennsylvania

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