Moment Ready: How to Show Up When It Matters
About this audiobook
When the moment arrives, will you be ready?
Most people assume that when a high-stakes moment arrives, capable people simply rise to meet it. The research tells a different story. Under pressure, we don’t rise to the occasion. We default to the level of preparation we’ve built into ourselves long before the moment arrives. The gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it isn’t a character flaw. It’s a training problem—and it has a solution.
In Moment Ready, performance psychologist Amy Athey, PsyD, draws on more than two decades working with elite athletes, Navy SEALs, and C-suite executives to deliver a framework for showing up with intention when the stakes are highest. She also draws on something harder to come by: the season her own ground gave way, and what she learned rebuilding it.
At the heart of the book are four trainable capacities—Composure, Clarity, Connection, and Courageous Action—along with the foundation that keeps those capacities available when you need them most. Together, they form a complete system for developing the kind of readiness that holds under pressure, not just on good days.
Whether you’re navigating a high-stakes conversation, a leadership transition, a personal crisis, or a competition that matters, Moment Ready gives you a method to be able to access what you know, trust what you’ve built, and show up as the person you actually want to be when the pressure is already on.
The moments that matter most don’t wait until you’re ready. This audiobook makes sure you are.
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About the author
Dr. Amy Athey is a performance psychologist and executive coach who has spent more than two decades helping elite performers strengthen their ability to perform under pressure across sport, military, and business environments. As the founder of Athey Performance, she brings together psychological insight and real-world performance experience to help individuals and teams excel in high-stakes environments. Throughout her career, Dr. Amy has worked with Olympic champions, NCAA championship programs, Navy SEALs, and corporate leaders. Her work focuses on integrating mental resilience, wellness foundations, and performance science to help organizations cultivate leadership excellence and team optimization.
Jennifer Jill Araya has been trained as an opera singer and orchestral cellist, lending a musicality and depth of understanding to her narration that help bring her authors’ stories to life. When she’s not narrating, Jennifer can be found hiking, biking, running, or generally exploring her home city of Cincinnati with her husband, Arturo, and their two children.
