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
How to Compete Well
Starting in 2026 - short episodes! Starting now, Lisa changed the format to 10-15 min shows so it's easier for listeners to get helpful information, easy conversations and support.
Lisa integrates wonder, humor and joy, because it's important to have fun. But for driven competitors, it's often deep and hard and full of emotions. So to prepare athletes for the training and challenges competing well, starts with yourself.
Lisa talks about the narrow goal of focusing on outer success vs the groundwork for high achievement, which is the inner process: being a kind person, feeling good inside, self-compassion and much more. She reads a short excerpt from the great book, "Sacred Hoops" by Phil Jackson. She discusses the crazy competitive story and film, "Marty Supreme," and Lisa takes you through a 1-minute exercise to do with your kids.
ONLINE CLINIC - CALM UNDER PRESSURE
Strategies, disussion & exercises to help kids compete well under pressure.
Jan 19, 2026 - REGISTER - send a payment $29 with a note: your name & email - and Lisa will send the zoom link. Send send payment via PayPal to paypal.me/mitzelcoach - thanks!
Enjoy! And thanks for listening!
Find us on Instagram: @conditioned_to_win_podcast
Follow the host, Lisa Mitzel on Instagram: @lisa.mentalperformance Follow our sponsor: @zentigermind
Our Home webpage is LisaMitzel.com/conditioned-to-win-podcast
Find our show on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music
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.