Increase Mental Fortitude. Evolve Your Performance. Learn to Thrive. Be Antifragile.
The Antifragile Academy is an evidence-based education, training, and coaching approach that promotes thriving, resilience and optimal performance.
Individuals who received antifragility training show improvement in measures of resilience, well-being, and performance.
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+37%
Freedom From Worry
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+34%
Mental Preparation
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-19%
Anxiety
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+15%
Coping with Adversity
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+11%
Life Satisfaction
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+15%
Peak Performance State
We’ve worked with individuals across some of the most recognizable brands in the world with the mission of helping them learn to thrive…even through adversity.
What does it mean to be antifragile?
Antifragile people grow from adversity. They possess mental and physical tools that help them thrive in high-pressure environments, feel better, and perform optimally.
Learn more about antifragility, mental fortitude, evolved performance and consistent thriving.
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High Performance Mindset
Adam and Nick chat with Dr. Cindra Kamphoff about the differences betwee antifragility and resilience, and what that means for how we think about well-being, performance and doing hard things.
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The Antifragile: Conversations with antifragile performers.
A spin off series on antifragility, people who live it and the details of their experiences and perspectives that fostered it. From world champions, to combat vertans to entrepreneurs in engineering, aerospace and finance, this series provides real life examples of antifragility.
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MTB Performance Project
Adam visits with Mickey to talk about mental performance looks like from the big league perspective.
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Flourish FM: Science of the Good Life
We started Flourish FM to share cutting edge research from world experts on how to thrive, so you can take away big ideas and practical steps to enhance your life, the lives of others, and, ultimately, make the world a better place.
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The Psychology Podcast
Scott Barry Kaufman hosts the most popular psychology podcast in the world. In this episode, TAA co-founder Dr. Nick Holton chats with scott about the science of flourishing and its possible impact on education, among other spaces.
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Forever Athlete Radio
Nick and Adam speak with Corey about the concept of antifragility, how it ca be helpful to athletes in general but also be helpful to individuals transitioning out of athletics and into their next phase of life.
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Mindful Sport Performance
Adam and Nick talk to the guys about flourishin in sport and in life as well as the connection between mindfulness and our ability to thrive consistently.
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The Antifragile: Conversations with Antifragile Performers.
A spin off series on antifragility, people who live it and the details of their experiences and perspectives that fostered it. From world champions, to combat vertans to entrepreneurs in engineering, aerospace and finance, this series provides real life examples of antifragility.
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Sleep, Eat, Perform, Repeat
Nick visit with the guys to chat about the notion of human flourishing. What it is, why it’s important and how to get more of it in your life.
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The Darin Olien Show
Nick and Adam talk to Darin about the notion of antifragility, its implictions on the suffering of young people and how might serve to advance human potential.
“The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.”
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
We train and support groups across a variety of contexts.
Developed by experts. Backed by science.
Founders Dr. Adam Wright and Dr. Nick Holton created The Antifragile Academy to support high-performing athletes and their coaches in developing antifragility.
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Adam Wright, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Director of Mental Performance for the Washington Nationals -
Nick Holton, MAED, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Well-being and performance coach for professional and collegiate athletes and Fortune 100 executives.