As regular listeners to Better Under Pressure know, I often draw connections between the principles found in sport and those that underpin leadership and performance coaching, identifying habits that are highly transferable to the business world and everyday life.

No surprise then that I loved this conversation with Dr. Ara Suppiah, Chief Medical Officer for LIV Golf (and keeping players like Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose and Anna Nordqvist on course) Known as “the elite athlete’s secret weapon”, this episode is packed with high-performance insights and tips that I hope you’ll find useful and can apply to your own life when pressure shows up!

Outline 📍 00:00 Intro 02:36 When did you first experience pressure? 06:25 How did you learn to manage that feeling of pressure? 14:22 What is important around the relationship between your mind and your body in pressure? 24:17 Insight 1: Lessons learned 26:52 What does ‘slowing the ball down’ look like for leaders under pressure? 35:44 How do you now manage your temper? 39:12 How do you train top athletes to control their temper? 44:48 How do you turn pressure into an energy that allows you to be better? 52:59 Insight 2: Lessons learned 56:30 Do you think the male and female body handle pressure differently? 01:03:03 What 2 pieces of advice would you pass forward to be better under pressure? 01:04:53 Outro