Battling Fear at the Wheel — with Tom Roberts

<p>You’re not scared. Right?</p><p>Tom Roberts is a driver coach, an aerobatic pilot, a racer, a Buddhist, a former dentist, and a student of fear at the wheel. </p><p>His new book, <a href="https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/health-medicine-and-wellness/mental-health/from-fear-to-flow/"><em>From Fear to Flow: Transform Your Ego and Uncover the Life You Were Meant to Live,</em></a> unpacks the relationship between fear and peak human performance.</p><p>(Spoiler: It’s complicated.)</p><p>FUN FACT: For the last decade, Tom and INTC co-host Ross Bentley have taken a small group of driving students to the Nürburgring—probably the single most intimidating race track on earth.</p><p>What can you learn about fear and flow from crashing at Spa, coaching drivers at the world’s largest road course, doing charity dental work in Tibet, and helping Nepalese lamas build a monastery?</p><p>An awful lot, as it turns out. And we talked about all of it.</p><p>***</p><p><strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong></p><p>03:10 – Tom and Ross and the Ring Trips</p><p>05:39 – Getting Into Racing and Flying</p><p>11:15 – Flow State vs. Ego and Fear</p><p>26:34 – Parenting and Roots</p><p>28:26 – Fighting Ego at the Ring</p><p>32:51 – Anxiety and Flow</p><p>52:14 – What to Do About It? (and Fun)</p><p>***</p><p><strong>CHECK OUT TOM’S BOOK: </strong></p><p>https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/health-medicine-and-wellness/mental-health/from-fear-to-flow/</p><p>***</p><p>This episode was produced by Sam Smith. </p><p>Thanks, as always, to our friends at BFGoodrich for supporting the show!</p><p>**</p><p><strong>Who We Are + Spicy Merch:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.itsnotthecar.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ItsNotTheCar.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>**</p><p><strong>Support It’s Not the Car:</strong></p><p>Contribute on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/notthecar">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/notthecar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>**</p><p><strong>Topic suggestions, feedback, questions? Let us know what you think!</strong></p><p>⁠⁠<a href="mailto:INTCPod@gmail.com">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INTCPod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>⁠⁠</p><p>**</p><p><strong>Check out Sam&#39;s book!</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Smithology-Thoughts-Travels-Semi-Plausible-Writings/dp/B0D2Q3P93Z/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Smithology: Thoughts, Travels, and Semi-Plausible Car Writing, 2003–2023⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>**</p><p><strong>Where to find us:</strong></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="