Mindset Matters

About Mindset Matters

Riley Jensen (Twitter: @rileyjensen) has been playing or coaching high school and collegiate football for more than 27 years. Over the past (7) years he has been part owner and co-founder of the Mountain West Elite sports camps which operate in several states. He started as a quarterback at an NCAA D1 school (USU), was named 1st team junior college All-American QB (Snow College), coached football at a Division 1 program (NC State), and has coached several successful Salt Lake City area high school teams (Cottonwood, Olympus, Alta). Riley was recently inducted in to the Snow College Athletics Hall of Fame (October, 2017). Riley earned a B.A. from Utah State University and completed his MS in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Utah. He interned with Utah’s football and tennis teams, and currently works with Westminster Basketball, Rowmark Ski Academy, Peak Ski Academy, Woods Cross Volleyball, Alta Football, and various individual athletes. Riley has a unique enthusiasm and ability to teach the concepts of resilience, confidence, positivity, grit, and personal mastery. He is available to athletes at all levels, all sports, for coaches, organizations, and businesses. He is perfect for motivational seminars designed to help individuals, teams, and businesses reach their maximum potential. Riley currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. When Riley is not working, he enjoys hiking, playing tennis, coaching football, and time spent his wife Georgann, and their two children Alexis and Jack.

Publisher

Riley Jensen

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jul 2017

Latest episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 279 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode #280 Catastrophising, Expectations, and Rumination

   Host Dr. Sarah Miller explores how athletes fall into mental traps like catastrophizing, "shoulding," and rumination, offering insights to overcome these challenges.

2. 

   20 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode #279 Two Things I would work on with your team

   Host Riley Jensen shares two actionable strategies to improve team dynamics and performance in this insightful episode.

3. 

   17 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode #278 Stop Shrinking And Build Pure Guts

   Review of my Book Pure Unadulterated Guts

Inside a recent episode

Episode #280 Catastrophising, Expectations, and Rumination

Published 22 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And in In my field of work, we joke around a lot about the fact that you should not should all over yourself. In fact, your life is not a country song. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, but I didn't isn't a true thing. And rigid rules and words that we use like should, must, have to, or need to are not really helpful to the things that we're doing. they contribute to one of the things that I think could be the most difficult thing to overcome in this life, and that's unrealistic expectations. When we're shooting all over ourself, when we think to ourself phrases like, I should have this all sorted out by now, or I should have done this, or I should have done that, it becomes really, really difficult because we're now saying to ourselves that We should be somewhere that we want to be, and we've run out of time, and there's no ability to get there anymore. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

89 ratings

Contact Mindset Matters

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Questions about Mindset Matters