Phil White

Phil White is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and the co-author of The Leader's Mind with Dr. Jim Afremow (who wrote The Champion's Mind), The 17-Hour Fast w/ Dr. Frank Merritt, Unplugged with Dr. Andy Galpin + Brian Mackenzie, Waterman 2.0 w/ Dr. Kelly Starrett (foreword by Laird Hamilton, On the Record w/ Luke Crisell and Rob Principe, and Game Changer w/ Fergus Connolly. He also wrote 2 history books - the story of how Winston Churchill ended up in a small Midwest town to give his famous Iron Curtain/Sinews of Peace speech in 1946, and Whistle Stop, which gives an intimate look at how Harry Truman overcame a seemingly insurmountable unbeatable Thomas Dewey to score a comeback win in the 1948 Presidential Election. Phil collaborates with New Zealand All Blacks coach Nic Gill, former Lakers S+C coach Tim DiFrancesco, Dr. Stacy Sims, Momentous, HANAH, Ergodriven, TrainingPeaks, Fusion Sport and is a member of the leadership team w/ Jim Afremow + Dave Kearney for the Champion's Mind mental skills training and mental health app. It is used by the likes of the NFL teams, UCLA, Duke, Rice University, Yale, ASU, and many other pro, college, high school, performance center, middle school, and club teams, as well as by everyone from Olympians to recreational athletes. Phil also co-hosts the Momentous Podcast with Momentous founder Matt Wan. When not writing about himself in the third person for bios like this, Phil enjoys SUPing, hiking with his wife and editor-in-chief, Nicole, and their sons, Johnny (film director + musician) and Harry (Lego Master Builder). He’s also into reading books, listening to music, watching surfing, climbing and other sports documentaries, eating blackcurrants and blackberries, reading print versions of magazines, listening to BT and other fine electronic music on his iPod Classic with Etymotic noise canceling IEMs, eating a good chicken tikka masala with naan bread and onion bajis with his mates and family, interviewing high performers, drinking stout, smoky single malt whiskey, and espresso. So much espresso. Check out his books, podcasts, and feature writing here https://www.clippings.me/philwhitebooks and on his website, philwhitebooks.com