Finding Your Endurance Mindset
Episodes
Episode #61: Finish the Year Clean
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Athletes are great at looking ahead to the next season, the next race, the next goal. But before moving forward, there’s an important step that ofte...
Episode #60: Gratitude as a Performance Tool
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer breaks down gratitude as a performance strategy for athletes. Not a journal prompt. Not a feel-good concept. A mental skill ...
Episode #59: IRONMAN ARIZONA pt. 6: When it all goes to Sh*t. Race Recap
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the Ironman Arizona race recap — but not in the traditional sense.This is really a conversation about mindset, discomfort, and what ...
Episode #58: IRONMAN ARIZONA Mindset Series Pt. 5: Almost There: Trust, Sabotage, and the Final Push Before Big Goals
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’re so close. The work is done, the goal is within reach—and that’s exactly when the brain starts to panic.In this final episode of the Ironm...
Episode #57: IRONMAN ARIZONA Mindset Series Part 4: Build the Beliefs That Make Big Goals Possible
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the only thing standing between you and your next level isn’t more training, strategy, or time—just a different belief?In this episode, Je...
Episode #56: IRONMAN ARIZONA Mindset Series Pt. 3 - Big Goals and Overwhelm: What to do when your Brian Freaks Out
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part of a 5-week series leading into Ironman Arizona. This week, Jennifer explores what to do after you set the big goal. You said it out loud. You de...
Episode #55: IRONMAN ARIZONA Mindet Series Pt. 2 - Detachment and Goals: How to Stop Letting Outcomes Define Your Worth
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part of a 5-week series leading into Ironman Arizona, Jennifer explores different parts of mindset when you are taking on big goals.This week she expl...
Episode #54: IRONMAN ARIZONA Mindset Series Pt. 1 Are you Asking the Right Questions?
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a part of a 5 weeks series leading into Ironman Arizona, Jennifer explores different parts of mindset when you are taking on big goals. This week s...
Episode # 53: Burn the Tree: A Mindset Shift for When Negativity Takes Over
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When negative thoughts show up—especially in high-stress moments—they rarely come alone. One spirals into many, dragging you down a path that lead...
Episode #52: Hope is not a strategy. Action is. How to stop fighting for your limitations
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer gets real about the difference between dreaming and doing—and why hope is bullsh*t and how action is the only thing that c...
Episode #51: Himalayan XTRI Race Recap
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you go all in on a goal that terrifies you—and then come within 30 seconds of missing it?In this episode, I share the full, raw re...
Episode#50: 100% Belief: The Mental Strategy I’m Taking to the Top
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you prepare your mind for a challenge unlike anything you’ve faced before? In this episode, Jennifer Vollmann shares the powerful mindset shi...
Episode #49: Training for the Himalayan XTRI. How do you prepare for BIG races?
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer shares the physical prep behind one of the hardest races on earth—the Himalayan Xtri. From solo canyon runs to 7-hour ride...
Episode #48: This Is the Way: Racing the Highest Triathlon in the World
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🏔️ In this deeply personal episode, host Jennifer Vollmann takes you behind the scenes as she prepares to race the Himalayan XTRI—the highest t...
Episode #47: What Mental Resilience really looks like.
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if boredom wasn’t something to avoid—but a powerful training tool?In this episode, Head Coach and Mindset Expert Jennifer Vollmann explores w...
Episode #46: Community Matters: Elevating Your Athletic Journey
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer dives into the powerful role community has played in her athletic evolution—from overcoming isolation and overwhelm as a beginner triathlet...
Episode #45: The Red Pen Method: How to Rewrite Your Beliefs for Bigger Results
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The words running through your mind daily are shaping your results—whether you realize it or not. But here’s the thing: you don’t have to settle...
Episode #44: Overriding Your Quit Voice
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever signed up for a race or set a big goal, feeling totally pumped—only to hit the reality of the hard work ahead and think, What have I d...
Episode #43: You are not Your Results
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As athletes, we love to define ourselves by what we accomplish. I’m a triathlete. I’m a runner. I’m an Ironman. But what happens when you don’...
Episode #42: What other people think... it doesnt matter!
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all do it—spend way too much time thinking about what others might be thinking about us. It sneaks into our mindset in so many ways:Fear of judgm...
Episode #41: Pain vs. Suffering: Endurance Is Not About ‘Embracing the Suck’
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Endurance sports come with pain—there’s no way around that. We want the pain so we can grow. But suffering? That’s optional.The whole "embr...
Episode #40: Stop Talking About Mindset—Start Doing Something About It
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about mindset is one thing—but actually doing something about it is what truly creates change. In this episode, I dive into the gap between ...
Episode #39: The Power of Choice: Breaking Free from Limits and Dreaming Big
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer dives deep into the transformative power of choice and how it can change how you approach your goals, dreams, and everyday l...
Episode #38: Reactive or Intentional: How Are You Taking Action?”
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Finding Your Endurance Mindset, we explore the crucial distinction between reactive and intentional actions and how this difference...
Episode #37: Success by Knowing the True You and how to make it your Superpower
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the secret to achieving your biggest goals lies not in changing who you are but in fully embracing your unique personality and motivators? In ...
Episode #36: “The Year Ahead: Harnessing Momentum and Shifting Perspective
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we step into 2025, many of us feel the rush of excitement—a fresh start, new goals, and endless possibilities. But what happens when that momentu...
Episode #35: Scared and Doing It Anyway: Fear and Big Dreams
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Big goals are exciting—but let’s be real, they’re also terrifying. Fear is a natural part of the process, but it doesn’t have to hold you back...
Episode #34: Start With Your Strengths: The Foundation for Goal Setting
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer explores a crucial yet often undervalued aspect of successful goal setting: taking credit for your strengths and accomplishm...
Episode #33: Most powerful word in self talk: Yet
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer shares one of the simplest yet most transformative tools for self-talk: the word “yet.” As the holidays approach—a sea...
Episode #32: Building Belief: How One Athlete Transformed His Ironman Journey
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I share the story of my athlete John, who went from a first-time Ironman finisher to qualifying for the World Championships at Ironma...
Episode #31: Let your yes be yes
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you let your yes be yes? Do you go all in on big goals not just when it is easy but when it is hard, when it takes weeks, months, or years to achie...
Episode #30: The space between you and your Thoughts
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You are not what you think. Creating space between you and your thoughts is a foundation of all mindset, self-development, AND great performances. In ...
Episode #29: Validating Core Beliefs Kona Style
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Men's Ironman World Championships was a sufferfest and a day of core belief validation. When you race, you have the choice of which core self-beli...
Episode #28: The Comfort Container
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you live in a Comfort Container? A comfort container is when you limit what you allow yourself to experience to limit your exposure to intense feel...
Episode #27: Someday Life
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you putting your dreams/ desires/ wants in your real life or in your "someday life?" Your someday life is a vague holding pattern where you place ...
Episode #26: Ironman Worlds Nice Race Recap - If it feels easy, let it be.
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Jennifer shares her experience racing Ironman Worlds in Nice France. She talks about her race, the course, and how she put together a...
Episode #25: Imposter syndrome and racing - IM World Championships Race Mindset
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer discusses how to build your mindset going into a challenge that pushes you outside the “comfort box” and when faced with imposter syndrom...
Episode #24: Fear Chatter
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fear loves friends! When we are afraid we want everyone else to be afraid too! When we convince others to share our fear, we feel validated and now ha...
Episode #23: Mind drama and the motivational triad
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oh the mind drama! The back and forth in your brain. The what ifs, the should haves, could haves. Mind drama is here to stay. No matter how amazing ...
Episode #22: Is your motivation source external or internal?
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where does your motivation come from? Does it come from people telling you that you can be better (external) or from within (internal). Jennifer explo...
Episode #21: Perfectionism
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perfectionism is the Achilles heel of any athlete, hell, any human. We are imperfect by nature, we are human. When we place perfect standards on ourse...
Episode #20: It is only a barrier if you make it one
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer discusses the importance of holding space for future possibilities and looking beyond current barriers. She emphasizes the n...
Episode #19: Pushing past limits
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer explores what happens when you go past what you think you are capable of and when you do that in sports, you can do that in all areas of your...
Episode #18: It is not your circumstances
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is really holding you back? It is so easy to blame our circumstances, but that is both disempowering and inaccurate. Our thinking is what creates...
Episode #17: Life isn't Happening to You.
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing is "happening" to you, but rather you are creating your own results and future through your thoughts, feelings, and actions. When yo...
Episode #16: Swissman Race Recap - Living life to the max, tears and all!
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The hardest race I have ever done... by a lot! Snow, climbing, sheep, wrong turns, almost quitting, and how I used my mindset to get through it all wi...
Episode #15: Mindset for what Scares you - Swissman Xtreme Triathlon
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer talks about how to build a mindset for massive, scare the sh*t out of you, challenges. She believes a core part of building ...
Episode #14: Go have an Adventure and Develop you Adventure Mindset
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the episode, Jennifer discusses the importance of developing an adventure mindset and how it can benefit athletes and individuals in all areas of l...
Episode #13: Let Them
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer talks about shifting to a mindset of "Let Them." Let them think what they want to about you, let them be wrong about you, let them ...
Episode #12: There are no hacks.
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer talks about the importance of doing the work to get to big goals. There are no training hacks, mindset shortcuts, or an easy...
Episode #11: Is Self-Love Selfish?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer discusses the importance of self-love and clarifies some misunderstandings about it. She emphasizes that self-love is not se...
Episode #10: Creating Fierce Self-Love
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer talks about how self-love is at the foundation of everything you want to do in life. She talks about the connection between ...
Episode #9: Build Your Emotional Fitness
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer talks about how to build your emotional fitness. She gives examples and a process to feel feelings, process big emotions, an...
Episode #8: Who are You When Sh*t Gets Real? Ironman Texas Recap
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer talks about her experience racing Ironman Texas and how she used a crash on the bike and mental dark places on the run to pu...
Episode #7: Mindset Must Dos to Kick Ass
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer shares her 5 mindset must dos for race day. While the tips are focused on racing, they are useful for any big challenge in your life. You hav...
Episode #6: Trust Comes from a Thought - Don't take action just to quiet self-doubt
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer discusses how readiness comes from a thought and the importance of trusting yourself and not taking action just to quiet self-doubt. She talk...
Episode #5: Fact? Or the Easy Way Out? Oceanside 70.3 race mindset recap
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer talks about how to stick to your plan A and not give in to easy way out, even when it seems like that is the best choice. Sh...
Episode #4: No Plan B and Oceanside 70.3 mindset prep
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer discusses the importance of letting go of Plan B and going all in on your goals. She shares her personal experience of prepa...
Episode #3: What is your Definition of Purpose?
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer discusses the concept of purpose and how it relates to being an athlete. What is your definition of purpose? What would happ...
Episode #2: Your Thoughts are your Reality
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer discusses the power of thoughts and perception in shaping our reality. Jennifer emphasizes the importance of recognizing th...
Episode #1: Introduction to the Endurance Mindset
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Finding Your Endurance Mindset, host Jennifer Vollmann introduces herself and shares her motivation for starting the podca...
Official Trailer: Finding Your Endurance Mindset
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to learn how to strengthen and align your physical, mental, and emotional fitness to reach your full potential and implement mindset conce...