Conditioned to Win
Lisa Mitzel is rethinking high performance and young athletes. With an urgency for young athletes 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.
Conditioned to Win
I Give You Permission with Vanessa Atler, Part 1
The world of coaching is shifting. We're in a new era. Athletes like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka have spoken up and drawn the line. Mental health matters. In gymnastics, there have also been many national team members who have spoken up about their elite experience, negative coaching, abuse, and how important mental health is. But Vanessa Atler may be the first former National Team member and US National champion to ever teach Mental Health skills to her gymnastics team. Vanesa is on a journey of her own, healing, and learning to accept herself and embrace herself. It's called self-love.
And she's taking a stand - to follow her heart and care for the kids in a way that they can be mentally healthy and learn to love themselves. Vanessa talks about how she's coaching the whole child and shares some of her thoughts and practices. She's endorsing and using the Resilience curriculum (by Zen Tiger Mind) with her team and they are practicing short exercises to build inner strength, clarity, and self-awareness. Her end goal has changed - as a young person it was all about pleasing people and winning, but now it's about loving the kids, taking a personal interest in who they are, and helping them grow up to be happy adults. Exactly what she wished for herself. Now, she’s nurturing the loving connection in sports that we all need in life
Follow Vanessa's weekly journey learning and teaching the Resilience program to the gymnasts on her team!
BIG DISCOUNT - If interested - get $80 off Zen Tiger Mind's Resilience Essential Curriculum with 44 exercises. Use code: Vanessa80 You get free consulting and support from the author, Lisa Mitzel. This can change your life and the kids you coach. You can also promote your business with mental health education. Way to go! We support you!
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This is your journey to guide yourself toward transformation and to promote mental health for every child ~ I’m Sending you good vibes, deep breaths, and peace.
