Conditioned to Win

Lisa Mitzel is rethinking high performance and young athletes. With an urgency for gymnasts to train and compete with autonomy, mental health and wellness, she advocates for the athlete's voice, more education, and moving the sports culture forward. Conditioned to Win is a hybrid podcast with interviews and monologues. Lisa's work is rooted in mindfulness, compassion, sport psychology, and child development. With a successful career competing and coaching at the club and D1 college levels, Lisa believes you gotta dig deep, ask hard questions, and fight for mental health & wellness for every child.

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Lisa Mitzel

After decades of being an elite gymnast, club- and college gymnastics coach, and a current mental training/mental health coach, Lisa Mitzel recognizes that kids and teens are struggling more than ever with mental health issues in sports. She gets emails from parents daily, she coaches gymnasts daily, and it's clear that coaches and parents need more education. Mental health issues are pervasive in gymnastics and all sports. Celebrity athletes have spoken out on the topic, like Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, and Naomi Osaka. Young kids don't know how to talk about or manage the fear, pressure and stress. Change isn't happening fast enough and coaches need more support as we wrestle with the current youth mental health crisis.

https://www.lisamitzel.com/