Father of Three, Michael Phelps, Is Adamant About Raising His Kids to Be Better Than Him: “If One of My Sons’ Feelings Get Hurt…”

The GOAT swimmer Michael Phelps has conquered the swimming world with complete dominance throughout his 16-year-long Olympic career. However, the one aspect of life that he still struggles to conquer is his mental health. Even though he controlled the pool, he couldn’t do the same with his mind. But Phelps is particular about mental fitness just as physical fitness when it comes to his children. In a recent interview with Insider, Phelps disclosed how he is trying to make his sons better than him by using his experiences.

What exactly is Phelps trying to pass on to his three sons? How is Phelps making his kids better with his experiences? Let us find out more about what he shared in the interview.

Michael Phelps’s playbook to make his children better than him

The 23x Olympic gold medalist, Michael Phelps, has achieved an abundance of success in his life. As a father, he wants his son to become more successful than him, but at the same time, he wants them to never repeat the mistakes that he had once committed. Henceforth, he is helping his children from a young age to learn to cope better with stress, anxiety, and ways to relax the mind.

While talking with the Insider, Phelps revealed, “I’m excited to pass along my playbook of things I did well and things I could have done better.” Phelps ensures that they are expanding their mental strength equally to their physical strength. He stated, “If you do both, you basically become a superhero.”

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While opening up, he shared one of the routines they perform when someone gets hurt. He said, “If one of my sons’ feelings get hurt, we give them a moment to calm themselves down, then we talk them through what they’re feeling and why, and that’s so important.” But what was that all in Phelps’s Playbook? Certainly not. 

The other important lessons shared by Phelps 

Michael Phelps has gone through a lot of mental stress in his career. Moreover, he has done exceptionally well to cope with all that and conquer it every time. However, he wants his sons to be prepared for the upcoming hardships. Other than the aforementioned mechanisms, he had more to add. What were they? 

According to Phelps, first of all, addressing the problem is the best way to get out of the anxiety. He ensures that his children do that with each other. Moving forward, he promotes writing stuff down whenever the mind becomes heavy with problems. Other than that, Lion’s Breath technique is one thing he performs diligently with his children for releasing stress and anxiety.

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These are all tremendous life-improving skills that Michael Phelps learned throughout his life. While The Baltimore Bullet has always been a rebellious one during his childhood, the experiences made him stronger, better, and wise. These are not just the practices for Phelps’ kids. Which is your favorite activity among these? And which one will you begin to practice in your life? Let us know in the comment section.