# Growth Mindset or Mindfulness and Resilience: Be A Good Wheel To Follow

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Podcast: [Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339)
Published: 2026-05-29T11:11:00+00:00
Episode link: https://michaelobrienshift.com/whole-again-podcast/
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a7c6e216-65f4-4d8b-ac0d-a523d002b215.mp3
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Duration seconds: 676

## Resource

The Whole Again Podcast: Mindfulness and Resilience through Kinstugi Wisdom airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Pause Breathe Reflect Microdose Meditations, Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Tips, to help us transform our scars into healing and resilience. And between May and October, I'm sharing a new series I'm calling: A Perfectly Imperfect Union. It's about connecting with every day folks as they reflect on America at 250. Conversations will air every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ------- Who in your life is in your peloton right now? And are you worth following? Michael is a Mindset and Resilience coach, meditation teacher, and survivor of a near-death cycling accident that changed everything. For 25 years, he has been translating the lessons of the road into a framework for living, leading, and showing up. In this Friday episode of Whole Again, Michael unpacks what it means to be a good wheel -- the highest compliment you can give a cyclist, and one of the most honest questions you can ask yourself as a human being. In a peloton, riders in the draft save 20 to 40 percent of their energy. That only works if the person out front is steady, trustworthy, and consistent. The moment they become erratic, the whole group burns more just to stay safe. Sound familiar? Michael gets refreshingly honest here. He admits he hasn't always been a good wheel to follow. Stress, overcommitment, saying yes when the answer should have been no -- he has been there. Most of us have. But he offers three concrete things you can do today to show up better for the people riding behind you: know your real capacity (not your aspirational one), communicate with intention, and take your turn out front. No blame. No shame. Just a quiet look in the mirror and one small shift. Before you g…

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