Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Episode: Day 11 – The Agony of Almost: Learning to Let Go and Move On | The Game Inside the Games
Description: You work your whole life towards one goal… and you come up short by a fraction of a second. How do you bounce back from that? How do you move forward?On Day 11 of The Game Inside The Games, gold medalist Nastia Liukin and high-performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais explore the psychological and emotional complexities that athletes face when they fall just short of a gold medal or podium. They discuss the flood of emotions that can overwhelm an athlete in pivotal moments, the importance of processing those emotions, and how to use past experiences to...