In this episode, Drs. Drew Brannon and Gabby Caviedes use the 2026 Winter Olympics, and Lindsey Vonn's decision to compete after tearing her ACL in training, as a powerful lens into resilience, identity, and decision-making under pressure. Her story sparks a conversation about "fighting with what you have," how deeply sport becomes part of who athletes are, and the emotional and mental realities of competing while injured. They explore preparation, risk, self-awareness, and what it truly means to show up when the outcome is uncertain.

In this Growth Spurt, Dr. Drew Brannon explores why high standards are crucial to achieving goals. While people often dedicate time to setting ambitious targets, they often overlook the everyday behaviors they allow or tolerate. Goals can be well designed, but low standards quietly undermine progress. Dr. Brannon explains how the standards you hold yourself and your team to ultimately determine performance, culture, and long-term success.

In this conversation, Drs. Milt Lowder and Gabby Caviedes explore the concept of emotional fitness, which is the ability to understand, manage, and use emotions productively under pressure. They explain why emotional regulation is a defining trait of high performers and how it directly impacts decision-making, relationships, and resilience. The discussion highlights the critical difference between reacting and responding, and offers practical strategies to slow emotional impulses, build self-awareness, and strengthen emotional control. This episode reframes emotional intelligence as a trainable performance advantage, not just a personality trait.