Monthly Archives: May 2026

Sometimes we are not just struggling with stress, fear, overthinking, unhealthy habits, or old identities. Sometimes we are defending them. Protecting them. Feeding them. Making room for them because they feel familiar, justified, or safer than change. In this message, I talk about: why people protect what feels familiar, even when it hurts them how stress, pressure, fear, and old habits stay alive the connection between what you defend and what keeps...

Addiction is often treated as a physical habit or a behavioral issue, but anyone who has struggled with it knows the battle runs much deeper. Addiction affects thoughts, emotions, identity, routines, and the way a person responds to stress, discomfort, and pain. That is why recovery is not just about stopping a behavior. It is about retraining the mind. Mental training offers a powerful way to support recovery because it helps people become more aware...

Michael Maskell brings decades of elite-level shooting experience, international competition, coaching knowledge, and mental discipline to this episode of Clay Mastermind. A five-time Olympian representing Barbados in International Skeet, Michael shares his journey from growing up in a shooting family to competing on the world stage against the best shotgun athletes in the world. Throughout the conversation, Michael discusses the realities of competing...

What you make things mean shapes your life. In this video, I share one of the most life-changing truths about stress, healing, performance, and personal growth: so much of what people suffer from is not only what happened, but the meaning they attach to what happened. A missed shot becomes “I’m off.” A craving becomes “I’m weak.” A bad day becomes “I’m failing.” Silence becomes rejection. Pressure becomes danger. A setback becomes proof that nothing...

  In this inspiring episode, Dawn Grant sits down with Nick Prefontaine to explore his extraordinary journey from a life-threatening snowboarding accident to becoming a peak performance coach, speaker, and real estate expert. After being told he may never walk, talk, or eat on his own again, Nick’s recovery became a powerful example of resilience, intuition, family support, and taking one small step at a time. Nick shares the mindset that helped...

One of the hardest parts of addiction recovery is not always the substance or behavior itself. It is the cycle. The pattern can feel so automatic that it seems stronger than logic. A trigger leads to a craving. The craving creates tension. The tension builds until the old behavior feels like the only relief. Then afterward comes guilt, frustration, and the promise to do better next time. Mental training helps break that cycle by strengthening the...