World Series: Brewers lose Game 4; how to get winning mindset back

I understand a lot of us were hoping to have the brooms out today, hoping we would get that sweep and just be celebrating a World Series championship. It's not out of the question. We can still win this whole thing and we can do it as early as tonight. But does having this kind of loss, does it shake the Brewers at all? Does it affect their mindset? Well, we had some questions. So we are once again bringing in Dr. Shyla Morgan joining us here on Fox 6 Now. thank you so much for taking a couple minutes to chat with us very happy to be here okay so last time you joined us we were chatting all about kind of this mindset this championship mindset and i think it's really easy to to have that when things are going your way what happens now you know when you have a loss does it ruffle your feathers we don't want it to so how do we keep our minds strong, even in a moment of defeat. I know for the Brewers, along with all of us fans, there was a devastation with that loss. The Brewers fought so hard only to lose it at the bottom of the 12th inning. But it's so important to remember that any epic journey, people are always tested at the end. If you look at any epic movies or books, and certainly with athletes in the Brewers, they are always, it's an uphill battle at the end. And it's almost like life is testing them. Do they really want this? And it's time for them to dig deep. They're going to be tired after last night playing 12 innings. But remembering that at this point, it's really just mental. Although the body may be tired, their spirit can be willing and their mind can be strong. So I think it's getting back to basics, focusing on what's possible, having hope, really tapping into the electric fan support throughout Wisconsin and uh again just staying in the moment because again they just need to win one out of three whether it's tonight or back home in their home field um there's just i think you know they they have what it takes to go all the way oh absolutely and you know again the odds are in our favor here we just don't want to lose sight of that we can easily still win this World Series still make history here in Wisconsin and you mentioned you know, it's at this point, it's just mental. So what are some things that yes, top tier to athletes like the Brewers players, but even, you know, you and I, and just everyday people can be doing to make sure that we are always keeping our mindsets strong, positive, looking forward to the future and some of our goals. Well, first I think us as fans and the Brewers can celebrate all the successes and using some visualization, you know, up till last night, they had win after win after win this historic epic season and so remembering all that went into their peak performance really bringing that in whether they're up at bat uh throwing or catching making a play to remember what they've done before and then really reenacting that in the moment i think too that bounce back quickly those who are resilient quickly overcome any setback like the loss last night and again sometimes it doesn't go our way sometimes we have a fumble or foil or a failure but but we want to focus on what's possible and that word next like what can they do next number three tapping into that support I love the announcers last night did a shout out to Wisconsin and what an incredible state what makes us just incredible as a state are the people and the way people are coming together and the fans. And even if it's from a far back, you know, down in Florida, the Brewers can really tap into that electric excitement, knowing they're not alone. And this crowd is cheering for them every step of the way. Yeah. You know, speaking of that, you know, strong support they have here in Wisconsin, I even was really impressed with the attitude of Brewers fans. You know, we're always out at watch parties. We're always talking of people and usually you know maybe you're you're really upset or you're kind of angry after a loss especially the roller coaster that was the 12th inning but everyone just seemed to think you know hey we got this we'll get that win it's okay you know we wanted this sweep but now we look ahead to game five i think that also is just a great mindset to have even as you know a fan here but I also think now that the Brewers are going to need to come back from a loss in order to grab this World Series victory. It's a really cool moment. I think, you know, for younger athletes to see, I imagine this can be a teaching lesson even of how you can bounce back and, you know, that defeat doesn't define you. Do you agree? Absolutely. That we're much more than the scoreboard or how we do on a particular day, because sometimes it's just not our day in the case of the Brewers. And I think it's important. We talked last time about, you know, stress can deregulate us but actually if we kind of get overly excited i think last night it felt like we were just on the cusp of making history they're just about to clinch that world title where it's world series title and sometimes that actually can destabilize us so i think it's so important for the Brewers and just us when we're in those kind of high pressure situations to just stay in the moment keep it simple don't get too far ahead kind of saying gosh when i said when we win we're going to celebrate in this way just instead focus on what's next what do I need to do what's the play I need to execute and focus on the details instead of that kind of hey you know what's what's going to happen 10 paces down the road yeah absolutely I love always getting to chat with you about that kind of championship mindset because I think sometimes we get it wrong and we think that only yeah these star athletes can have that championship mindset but you and I can have it too. And we can apply it to our everyday life. And I think we're all just really excited at this point to cross our fingers and get ready to celebrate a World Series victory. Are you still believing in the Brewers here? Absolutely. You know, my, my, I, I wholeheartedly believe they are going to clinch this. They have everything that they need. They've shown how they can show up under pressure. And so I think tonight's going to be our night. If not, we'll, we'll get them in the next game but we just need one and they can do it they can do it and i also just tell myself you know once they win the World Series the baseball season's over so i don't mind getting to see a couple extra games to keep seeing this team on the field together so again all about that perspective Dr. McGee we really appreciate you taking some more time to join us once again on Fox 6 Now thanks for having me go brewers go brewers that's right we are going to continue celebrating all afternoon long here on Fox 6 Now.