Food Business Marketing Podcast - Strategy, Stories, and Tips to Build a Strong Brand · Katie Mleziva (Real Food Brands) & Clint Matthews (Start Right Foods)

176. Build Your Inner Edge to Deliver When It Matters Most with Chad McGehee

March 18, 2026·43 min·3 clips

The Badger volleyball team reset after a challenged call and won the first national championship in program history.

Katie opens the episode by framing high performance as something that has to be trained before you need it. She introduces Chad McGeehy as a performance coach and meditation expert who works with athletes and high performance leaders. His background includes pioneering meditation training for the University of Wisconsin Athletics and co-founding Inner Edge Meditation. The conversation turns to attention wandering, the usual drift into worry or rumination, and the work of bringing attention back to something useful. From there, Chad describes meta-awareness as the eye of the hurricane: the ability to stay steady in the middle of intensity, whether the pressure comes from a stadium, a boardroom, a presentation, or your own thoughts and emotions. The point stays practical throughout. People already have the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need; the job is staying grounded enough to use them under stress. Katie closes by pointing listeners toward her email list and weekly worksheet for moving from listening into action, along with the invitation to share the show and leave a review. The episode treats mental training as part of building a strong brand and leading well under pressure.

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A steady case for training attention before pressure hits.

The episode lands on a simple point: in high-pressure work, strategy matters less than people who can keep their footing when the room gets loud. Chad McGehee keeps it practical.

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Need steadier focus when the stakes are high?

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