This week on the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Selking explores the topic of joy and shares her personal journey of choosing joy as her word of the year. She discusses the importance of cultivating joy in our lives and highlights the value of finding joy amidst suffering. She emphasizes the power of reframing situations positively, practicing gratitude, and choosing kindness and generosity.  Listen as Dr. Selking shares why joy must ultimately come from a sense of hope and trust in something greater than ourselves. About Building Championship Mindsets Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence.  As a leader in the field of sports and performance psychology, Dr. Amber Selking has been fiercely devoted to optimizing human performance in people and systems throughout her entire career. Dr. Selking is the founder of Selking Performance Group, a leading performance consulting practice that helps individuals, companies, and sports teams achieve sustainable results. She has served as the Mental Performance Coach for the Notre Dame Football team and as the Vice President of Leadership & Culture Development for Lippert, a global, publicly-traded manufacturing company whose corporate vision is to change the model of work, demonstrating that business can and should Be a Force for Good in our World. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame. Dr. Selking holds a Ph.D. in Educational and Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, and an undergraduate degree in Management Consulting from the University of Notre Dame. At ND, Amber played soccer for the Fighting Irish before an injury ended her career, after which she founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA) in the ND Athletic Department. She currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband, Aaron, and their Doberman Pinscher, Rockne. Championship Mindset Training | Midweek Mental Rep Reframe your situation. Express specific gratitude daily. Choose to be kind and generous. Enact these three elements that will allow you to have peace and hope in this changing world. STANDOUT QUOTES “If we can learn to cultivate joy in our lives, it takes even the most challenging circumstances and seasons of life that we go through and gives us a different perspective.” -Dr. Amber Selking [06:59] "We can learn to reframe situations. We can learn to experience and express gratitude.” -Dr. Amber Selking [13:43] TIMESTAMPS 01:39 J is for Joy 06:59 Maintaining joy in challenging situations 11:35 Three factors that influence happiness and joy 19:13 Championship Mindset Training  Please get on iTunes to rate us and write a review for us! We are excited to share this content with our audience, and your rates and reviews will enable us to continue sharing quality content. Also, please share the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and any other social media that you use so that we can continue Building Championship Mindsets around the world! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this podcast, please contact Dr. Selking...