HeyJaredThe Calm Cockpit Podcast
Join John Niehaus, a professional pilot and flight instructor and Gita Brown, a yoga educator and student pilot as they share how the latest tools in stress reduction, well-being, and high performance mental training can improve your abilities as aviators.
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Monday Briefing: Three Must Listens for Pilots This Fall (opens the original)
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Season 2 Bonus Episode Monday Briefing 16 The first days of a new season or school year come with energy and pep. But eventually the enthusiasm wanes, the days blur together, and even another trip around the pattern can start to feel like a grind. This Monday Briefing explores a little side hustle of performance training: intentional things we can listen to that help break up the log jam when we feel stuck, re-energize our brains, and keep us moving toward our performance goals. You’ll discover
Flashback: Back to School (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode 18 (sort of) As a new school year gets underway, we’re bringing back this conversation about succeeding in aviation training without losing sight of why you started flying. Whether you’re heading back to the classroom, flight school, or pursuing your next rating, these reminders about mindset, pressure, resilience, and finding joy still apply. It originally aired during Season 1 in September 2025 and has been one of our most popular episodes. Enjoy! Show Notes: Aviation training
Monday Briefing: Change Management (opens the original)
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Season 2 Bonus Episode Monday Briefing 15 As we enter into fall, we start to see a season of change. School starts again, jobs change, people move in and out of our lives. I urge you to take a second, and a breath, and realize that change can be for the good. No matter if it is purposeful, or through circumstance, change can be hard, but it can make you into the next great version of yourself.
Rethinking Flight Training: Barter, Build, Fly with DeRonte Craig (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode 17 What happens when a student pilot stops accepting “that’s just the way it is” and starts looking for better solutions? In this episode, you’ll learn how entrepreneur and private pilot DeRonte Craig used his marketing expertise to creatively overcome the financial barriers of flight training, earning his private pilot certificate in just three months. He shares why flying 5–6 days a week accelerated his learning, how “showing up” created an unexpected opportunity, and what avi
Monday Briefing: Three Books to Read This Summer (opens the original)
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Season 2 Bonus Episode Monday Briefing 14 In this Monday Briefing, you’ll discover three books that offer practical insights into managing self-interference, handling pressure and resistance, sharpening attention, and staying present in the cockpit. The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy GallweyLearn how to get out of your own way and reduce the mental interference that can undermine performance. The War of Art by Steven PressfieldExplore how fear, procrastination, and self-doubt can show up in
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