SMP LeaderTalks

#126 | Strengthen mental strength despite doubts

SMP LeaderTalks

31. December 2025

Georgiy Michailov meets Antje Heimsoeth

About willpower, mental hygiene, and personal responsibility.

0 h 59 Min

"Success begins between the ears."

Everyone knows those phases in life when the problem isn't external, but rather what's going on inside your own head. Doubt, pressure, feeling overwhelmed – mental strength determines how we react in precisely these moments: with clarity or chaos, with focus or flight. But what does mental strength actually mean? And how can it be developed? Antje Heimsoeth is one of Germany's best-known mental coaches and an expert on mental strength. Her credo: mental strength can be trained if you are willing to pay the price.

"The core of mental strength lies in personal responsibility."

Heimsoeth helps top athletes, executives, and entire organizations overcome mental blocks and build genuine inner strength. In conversation with Georgiy Michailov, she explains why mental strength is more than willpower, how to silence your inner critic, and why personal responsibility is the basis for everything. The two also talk about how to better deal with performance pressure, the role emotional goal images play in real change, and how to achieve mental hygiene in everyday life.

*Video only in German

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