SW 12 | Rewire Your Brain for Wild Confidence + Balancing Passion & Career w/ Skier Lisen Strøm

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Embrace the Wild Confidence

In every episode of Staying Wild, we go beyond the ordinary, stepping into the wild edges of performance, mindset, and life itself.

This week, we’re pulling apart the mystery of confidence… not the Instagram-filtered version, but the real deal.

Why do world-class athletes and powerhouse leaders still battle self-doubt? And more importantly, how do we break free?

To answer that, I made a masterclass: How to Rewire Your Brain for Ultimate Confidence, The Wild Method Way.

This is Episode 3 of “Making Masterclasses for Companies I Love Until They Hire Me”

And this one’s for CARV, the ski tech wearable sensor that provides personalised tips, so you can take on harder terrain, carve cleaner turns, and look cool doing it.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Harness your brain’s neuroplasticity to rewire for confidence

  • Break free from the “I’m not good enough” feedback loop

  • Understand why even elite athletes and leaders sometimes struggle with confidence

  • Overcome self-doubt by shifting thoughts, feelings, and beliefs

  • Build a high-confidence loop so “I am good enough” becomes your brain’s default

Then we dive into an inspiring and unfiltered conversation with badass Norwegian freeride skier Lisen Strøm. We talk confidence, overcoming fear, skiing, and creating a life you love by following your heart.

Why Confidence Slips… Even for the Best Athletes, Individuals + Teams

Bandura, the godfather of self-efficacy, showed us that confidence grows as we gather mastery experiences.

So why do world-class performers choke under pressure?

One of my pro triathletes, one of Norway’s best, was breaking records and winning races. Yet he genuinely believed he was a slow swimmer. His brain was so loyal to that belief, it hid all the evidence to the contrary.

Result?

He swam slower than he was capable of.

Here’s the kicker: your brain isn’t malicious. It’s obedient. It follows the orders you give it, wiring itself around your strongest beliefs.

Tell your brain “I’m not good at this”?

It will dutifully hide the wins, highlight the failures, and hardwire self-doubt.

That’s the Low Confidence Feedback Loop at work.

The Low Confidence Feedback Loop

It starts with a thought: “I’m not good enough.”

That creates a feeling: shame, fear, embarrassment.

Which leads to actions: holding back, not asking questions, focusing on failures.

Your brain then edits your reality to serve up more “proof” of inadequacy:

  • One fall on the slopes = I’m a terrible skier.

  • Three out of six employees skip congratulating you = the meeting was a disaster.

Each spin of the loop reinforces the belief. Your brain literally rewires itself around doubt.

Round and round we go.

Swap the Glasses

Here’s the brain hack: swap the self-doubt glasses for confidence lenses.

When you shift your thoughts → your feelings change → your actions follow → your brain highlights success → the belief strengthens → the brain wires itself.

That’s the High (+ Wild) Confidence Feedback Loop.

And the best part? This rewiring doesn’t take years. It can start in minutes.

Proof That Confidence Can Be Built Fast

Confidence isn’t just “earned over time.” Thanks to neuroplasticity, the brain can rewire instantly.

  • Think of how love can flip to heartbreak in a single moment.

  • In my workshops, I have people recite their phone number backwards… within minutes, they feel their brain adapting in real time.

Confidence works the same way. Forget endless squats and deadlifts — train your brain like a muscle.

3 Wild Method Tools to Rewire Confidence

  1. Wild Confidence Scripting
    Recall a time you felt unstoppable. Write down how you looked, sounded, felt, walked, and acted. Anchor it daily in your habits, posture, words, and choices.

  2. Demands vs. Resources Exercise (Gucciardi et al.)
    Write down:

    • Demands of the situation.

    • Resources you already have (skills, training, support).

    • Evidence you’ve succeeded before.

    • Immediate actions.
      → This flips “I can’t” into “I’ve got this.”

  3. Pre-Performance Boosters
    Research (Cohn et al., 1990; Moran, 1996; Marlow et al., 1998) shows that simple reminders and scripts before performing increase confidence and reduce choking under pressure.

Final Thoughts

Confidence isn’t something you’re born with. It’s trained. Fast. Through:

  • Switching self-doubt into confidence loops

  • Anchoring into past evidence of strength

  • Training your brain like a muscle

  • Asking the “stupid” questions anyway

So, let me leave you with this:

👉 If you showed up in every part of your life with Wild Confidence, how would it transform your sport, your work, your relationships, your future?

Want To Work With Me?

If you want me to help you or your team rewire confidence at lightning speed, let’s chat :)

Mastering the Mountain with Lisen Strøm

For Lisen Strøm, skiing isn’t just a hobby, it’s woven into who she is. She’s purposefully created a life where her passion for the mountains sets the rhythm. She’s guided by her courage, clear boundaries, and a refusal to let convention dictate her path.

Here’s what you’ll discover from her journey:

  • Breaking the challenging into bite-sized, doable steps.

  • (this is important) Being unafraid to admit doubt out loud.

  • Prioritise what lights you up (and ignore any judgements)

  • Putting yourself first is the fuel that makes everything else burn brighter… work, relationships, impact.

  • Learn to love each season of growth the same way we love each season of snow.

Answer the Call of the Wild

Whether you’re a leader doubting your seat at the table,

Or a skier hesitating at the top of a new line…

Lisen’s wisdom is universal: pursue what scares you, ask questions, step into the wild.

Because confidence isn’t the absence of fear. It’s choosing to ski down the mountain anyway.

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