Mental
by Nick Gumpert
Why the People Who Help Everyone Are Usually the Worst at Being Helped
About this podcast
Mental skills aren't just something you should reach for when you're feeling stuck: mental skills are something that can help you from feeling stuck in the first place.
Hosted by entrepreneur and mental skills coach Nick Gumpert, Mental is where hustle meets headspace. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s the mental tune-up every young adult should’ve gotten before stepping into life’s arena.
Those your age that are crushing it aren't smarter—they've just learned to protect their attention like their life depends on it. Because it does. Upgrade your mental toolbox weekly, and add to the most crucial skills you’ll ever have and no one can take away from you.
Let’s face it—
📉 Over 62% of young adults report feeling overwhelmed ”most of the time.”
😶🌫️ Anxiety, burnout, and imposter syndrome aren’t buzzwords—they’re battle scars.
Each short episode (less than 10 minutes) is a combination of elite mental performance tools, real-world stories, and questions that hit like a mirror:
🧠 “If mindset was a currency, how rich would you be?”
💥 “What if the biggest barrier between you and the life you're craving is the story you keep telling yourself?”
Nick doesn’t just talk mindset—he helps you build it. Whether you’re a student-athlete, a creative, or climbing your way through your first job, this show is your mental must.
The cost of ignoring these skills, isn't just struggling—it's watching your future self slip away while others who improve their mental skills soar past you.
Let’s get your mind right. Subscribe now so you can continue to add to the most important skills you’ll ever own, your mental skills! Want more ideas and techniques to build your mental skills? Check out Nick's book, Starting!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 165 episodes
- Why the People Who Help Everyone Are Usually the Worst at Being Helped · 7 min · Season 8 Episode 10Derek spent 15 years holding everything together. He watched his mom fall apart. He protected his little sister. He became the kid every teacher called "so mature for his age."…
- You Just Need A Little Time To Catch Up To Yourself · 12 min · Season 8 Episode 9Brian's 18, nineteen days past graduation, and very much in the “so… now what?” phase of life. Which is a super fun phase, if your hobbies include anxiety, comparison, and…
- The Floor Disappears After Graduation. That Might Be the Point. · 11 min · Season 8 Episode 8The tassel's still swinging. Four hours past the handshake, the diploma, the long hug that felt more like a goodbye than a celebration. Judy is in a Cracker Barrel parking lot on…
- The Pressure Wasn’t Loud. That’s Why It Worked. · 9 min · Season 8 Episode 7Mikayla spent eight months earning her car and only nineteen days driving with her license before one choice changed everything. This episode follows a night that starts with…
- How Being More Selfish, Helps You Be Selfless · 27 min · Season 8 Episode 6Nick Kirchhof won national championships as a player and a coach. He wasn't always winning though. He started games. Until he didn't... He watched teammates take his spot. Then…
- Other people's words. Your voice. That's the problem. · 11 min · Season 8 Episode 5What happens when someone else’s voice gets in your head before yours ever has a chance? Cole is 17, throws 91 off the mound, and has D1 coaches texting his phone. From the…
- What a Honey Badger Can Teach You About Your Energy · 5 min · Season 8 Episode 4Ever sit in your car after a bad day and realize… it wasn’t just the day? It was the same spiral.The same reaction.The same version of you showing up when pressure hits. This…
- Coping Has a Cost · 9 min · Season 8 Episode 3What you call “coping” might be quietly becoming the thing that’s costing you. Brooke is in nursing school, trying to become the kind of person who understands what the body is…
- She Said His Name Like a Period. Then Left. · 11 min · Season 8 Episode 2Talon had it all mapped out. Division I track scholarship. A coach who nodded instead of spoke. A mom whose old meet footage he'd been chasing since he was nine. Then his ACL…
- I Drove 9 Hours and Stood on the Porch for 6 Minutes · 9 min · Season 8 Episode 1Nat drove 9 hours to Nebraska. Stood on her parents' porch in April. Hands shaking, phone in hand, watching the minutes tick up. She could smell her mom's honey glazed ham…
- Post Travel Depression Is Real (Here’s How Emily Climbed Out) · 14 min · Season 7 Episode 3It turns out the “post-travel crash” is common enough that therapists and travel writers have a name for it: post-vacation blues—that mood drop when you go from high-stimulation…
- Teen Body Image Crisis: Silent Battles Unseen · 10 min · Season 7 Episode 2I’m 16, standing in my aunt’s kitchen on Thanksgiving, trying to convince myself that a marshmallow is a threat. Everyone else is laughing in the dining room, and I’m over here…
- How to Leave a Toxic Friend Group (Without Losing You) · 15 min · Season 7 Episode 1If your “best friends” are the reason your stomach drops every time your phone buzzes, this episode is for you.221 unread messages, one toxic group chat, and the moment Maria…
- 2AM Thoughts and an Overthinking Brain · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 20If overthinking was an Olympic sport, Gen Z would take the gold—but all we get is anxiety and insomnia. This episode is the cool-down routine your brain's been begging for…
- Why You Feel Stuck (and What Redwoods Can Teach You) · 4 min · Season 6 Episode 19You ever feel behind in life… like everyone else already bloomed and you're still figuring out if you’re even a plant? 🌱Redwoods get it. They grow 350 feet tall, live for 2,000…
- The Yes Hangover: When You’re Overbooked and Undone · 12 min · Season 6 Episode 18You ever say yes so many times you wake up buried in commitments, caffeine, and a crusty planner? That’s Ariel. And this is the story of her yes hangover—and the breakthrough…
- 847 Unread Messages and I Couldn’t Breathe · 13 min · Season 6 Episode 17I just deleted the group chat. 3 years of inside jokes—gone in one swipe. My hands are still shaking, and no one knows why... yet. If you've ever felt group chat fatigue, this…
- Why Don’t I Have My Life Together? (Spoiler: Most People Don’t) · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 16You ever feel like you’re collecting unfinished hobbies instead of achievements?One month it’s Italian on Duolingo. The next, guitar lessons.Now there’s an embroidery hoop…
- What Gen Z Teens Wish Their Parents Understood About Pressure · 32 min · Season 6 Episode 15You didn’t waste your degree.You didn’t fail your kid.And you’re not behind.You just bought into someone else’s definition of success.This episode? It’ll help you rewrite it…
- What most families have and hate. Family politics. · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 14Your family’s not falling apart because of politics.It’s falling apart because no one knows how to talk anymore.Antonia didn’t wait for peace—she built it herself at 18. This…







