Podcast Interviews

Why We Do That?

Packed with practical insights, this conversation offers actionable strategies to balance challenge and skill, overcome flow-blockers, and integrate flow into educational settings. Whether you’re aiming to boost productivity, enhance learning, or find more joy in everyday activities, this episode provides a holistic guide to tapping into the power of flow.

Why We Do That?

Is FLOW the peak of human experience??? In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Ryan Moyer speaks with psychologist Dr. Sue Jackson about flow states and her new book, “Experiencing Flow: Life Beyond Boredom & Anxiety.” They discuss the characteristics of flow, common activities that can produce flow states, the arousal sweet spot that leads to flow, what elite athletes can teach us about flow, and some practical ways to experience more flow in your life.

Strong Mind Podcast with Hazel Findlay

Hazel talks to Sue Jackson about flow, mindfulness and performance and how they all relate. Sue is a psychologist, researcher and mindfulness practitioner. She has a phD in flow and carried out the first in-depth qualitative investigation of the experience of flow by elite athletes. She studied under Csíkszentmihályi, who first coined the term flow and carried out the first research into flow as experienced by everyday people. Sue and Csíkszentmihályi wrote a book together called ‘Flow in Sports’ which was the first book addressing flow state in sport.

Sapio With Buck Joffrey

In this interview, I discuss the concept of flow and how it influences both the quality of life and performance. Flow can occur in various areas of life, from sports and creative pursuits to everyday activities. I also touch on how mindfulness meditation can be a valuable tool for accessing flow by improving focus and attention. In my book, Experiencing Flow, I delve into the connection between mindfulness and flow, offering practical strategies to help you achieve this state in daily life.

Life=Choices; Choices=Life

In this episode, I had the pleasure of joining Kim Olver to discuss the concept of flow, originally developed by my collaborator Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Drawing from my background in Sport and Exercise Psychology, we explored the importance of flow, its key characteristics, and how to make it more likely in our daily lives. I also talked about my Amazon #1 bestselling book, Experiencing Flow: Life Beyond Boredom and Anxiety, sharing what motivated me to write it and what readers can gain from it.

Interview with Celia Roberts

High Performance Mindset

In this podcast, Sue and Cindra talk:

  • How improve your potential to experience flow
  • What lead her to her pioneering work in flow
  • Why finding an activity you enjoy is important to flow
  • The role of mindfulness in the flow state
  • What gets in your way of flow

Bodies Built Better

If you could experience the highest level of performance and joy, would you want to learn how to achieve it?

Ok, pretty obvious answer. We all would. And you can, when you get into Flow.

Psychologist and Flow expert Dr Sue Jackson, shares with us what Flow is, how to get into it and what we can work on to enhance our state of Flow.

CBCD Media Podcast

Episode 21 is with Dr. Sue Jackson who published in 1999 Flow in Sports.  It’s a great book that details athletes in flow states.  She covers all of the pre-conditions for flow to occur and describes some of the unusual perceptions that athletes have while in flow.  If a coach or athlete is looking for untapped potential within their sport this book is a great place to start.