More Than Anxiety
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<p>Executive presence and leadership coaching for high performers who want to close the gap between how they perform and how they're perceived.</p><p></p><p>Peak Performance Mindset is the show where performance mindset coach Megan Devito teaches athletes, executives, and leaders how to perform under pressure, manage competition anxiety, and build the mental infrastructure that separates good from great. </p><p></p><p>Drawing from 15+ years of coaching experience, from the pool deck to the executives and leaders, Megan delivers evidence-based mental performance training without the fluff.</p><p></p><p>Each episode gives you practical frameworks to: close the perception gap at work, stay composed when the pressure spikes, rewire the self-talk that's sabotaging your career, and build confidence that holds up when it actually counts.</p><p>New episodes the first Tuesday of every month. Subscribe now.</p><p></p><p>🎯 Book your free Mental Performance Audit: https://www.megandevito.com/audit</p><p></p>
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Recent Episodes
July 7, 2026
Chris DeSantis: Mental Performance Coaching, Learned Optimism, and Why "Head Case" Needs to D!e.
<p>What if everything you call "mental weakness" is actually a skill you never trained?</p><p></p><p>UPenn-trained mental performance coach Chris DeSantis joins Megan to dismantle the biggest lie in sports, business, and leadership: that your psychological struggles are fixed traits. Chris brings his MAPP degree and years of coaching experience to explain positive psychology, learned optimism, and why the term "head case" needs to d!e permanently.</p><p></p><p>Whether you're an executive leading under pressure, a coach trying to get the best out of your team, or someone battling performance anxiety, this conversation rewires how you think about your own mind.</p><p></p><p>Key takeaways:</p><p>— Why "your head's gonna hurt at every practice" is actually good news</p><p>— The clinical model vs. the training model: psychology got it backward</p><p>— "You are the worst coach you've ever had" — how your self-talk is sabotaging you</p><p>— Fear gets you from A to B. It does not build infrastructure.</p><p>— "Brains gonna brain" — stop fighting your wiring and start working with it</p><p>— Why every "I have to" is one rep of pessimism</p><p>— The shift from obligation to "Why wouldn't I?"</p><p>— How Chris swam a lifetime best at age 42 — and what it proves about mindset training</p><p></p><p>🎯 Get your free Mental Performance Audit: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.megandevito.com/audit" target="_blank">https://www.megandevito.com/audit</a></p><p>📲 Follow Megan on LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/megandevito/" target="_blank"><b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/megandevito/</b></a></p><p></p><p>Be sure to check out Chris' website <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://chrisdcoach.com" target="_blank"><b>https://chrisdcoach.com</b></a></p><p>Follow him on Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisd_coach/" target="_blank"><b>https://www.instagram.com/chrisd_coach/</b></a></p><p>And check out my episode on The Swim Brief with Coach Chris Desantis</p><p>Apple: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-swim-brief/id1232748697?i=1000773010891" target="_blank"><b>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-swim-brief/id1232748697?i=1000773010891</b></a></p><p>Spotify: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DnE2Zs2taSmOryrsTonE6?si=0bb6964fcbdc4a95" target="_blank"><b>https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DnE2Zs2taSmOryrsTonE6?si=0bb6964fcbdc4a95</b></a></p>
June 2, 2026
Executive Presence: What It Actually Is and Why You Lose It Under Pressure
<p>Everyone tells leaders to "be more confident." Nobody explains why that advice makes things worse.</p><p></p><p>Executive presence isn't a behavior you perform, it's a version of yourself you either have access to or you don't. And when you lose it in a high-stakes meeting, a big presentation, or a tough conversation, it's not a confidence problem. It's a nervous system problem.</p><p></p><p>In this episode of the Peak Performance Mindset Podcast, performance mindset coach Megan Devito breaks down what executive presence actually is (<i>Spoiler</i>: it has nothing to do with gravitas, the "7 C's," or power poses), why even the most qualified leaders fall apart under pressure, and the 5 specific skills that build it from the inside out.</p><p></p><p>You'll learn:</p><p>Why your nervous system hijacks your presence before you even open your mouth</p><p>The identity trap that makes high performers shrink at the worst possible moments</p><p>How to communicate with conviction, even when you don't feel it</p><p>What to actually say when your team member "lacks presence" (and what NOT to say)</p><p>How to practice under pressure before the moment that counts</p><p></p><p>Whether you're an executive, a competitive athlete, or a leader building your team, this episode will change how you think about performance under pressure.</p><p></p><p>🌟 Grab your free Performance Audit at https://www.megandevito.com/audit and find out exactly where your mental game is breaking down.</p><p></p><p>Connect with Megan:</p><p>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/megandevito/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/megandevito/</a></p><p>YouTube: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@coachmegandevito" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@coachmegandevito</a></p><p></p>
May 5, 2026
How to Build Unbreakable Resilience
<p>What do you do when a truck hits you head-on, breaks your neck, and your surgeons tell you to hang up your bike for good?</p><p></p><p>If you're Sav Wilds, you get curious.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Megan sits down with Sav, ultra endurance athlete, triathlete, AI agency co-founder, and ICF certified high performance coach, to talk about the resilience framework that carried her from a broken neck back to competing at Worlds in Spain and chasing a Guinness World Record in the fastest barefoot 50K.</p><p></p><p>This is the episode for anyone who has faced something hard and wondered if they have what it takes to keep going. You do. And Sav is the proof.</p><p></p><p>Connect with Sav: LinkedIn: Sav Wilds </p><p>Instagram: @storiesofsav</p><p></p><p>🌟 Free Boundaries & Performance Audit: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.megandevito.com/audit" target="_blank">https://www.megandevito.com/audit</a></p><p>Remember! Pressure isn't the problem. Your untrained mindset is.</p>
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- What is More Than Anxiety?
<p>Executive presence and leadership coaching for high performers who want to close the gap between how they perform and how they're perceived.</p><p></p><p>Peak Performance Mindset is the show where performance mindset coach Megan Devito teaches athletes, executives, and leaders how to perform under pressure, manage competition anxiety, and build the mental infrastructure that separates good from great. </p><p></p><p>Drawing from 15+ years of coaching experience, from the pool deck to the executives and leaders, Megan delivers evidence-based mental performance training without the fluff.</p><p></p><p>Each episode gives you practical frameworks to: close the perception gap at work, stay composed when the pressure spikes, rewire the self-talk that's sabotaging your career, and build confidence that holds up when it actually counts.</p><p>New episodes the first Tuesday of every month. Subscribe now.</p><p></p><p>🎯 Book your free Mental Performance Audit: https://www.megandevito.com/audit</p><p></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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