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.
The Spillover Effect explores how the emotional stress we try to hold inside quietly leaks through our words, tone, and body language—and how it affects children and they absorb it as truth. In this episode, we unpack why casual phrases like “I hate this” don’t disappear, but shape a child’s nervous system, confidence, and relationship with mistakes. Especially in youth sports like gymnastics and dance, language can either amplify pressure or create safety. This isn’t about being perfect or p...
23 Jan 2026
Nerves Need Movement, Not Silence S3. E2.
If you’ve ever watched your child or yourself or any young athlete get a stomach ache, feel nauseous, shaky, frozen, or overwhelmed before competition—I want you to hear this clearly: 1) nothing is wrong with them. 2) a nervous child does not equal poor performance. In this show, learn the signs and varieties of how nervousness behaves. What a "safe adult" can say and do to help athletes. And learn real effective methods through simple and fun somatic actions to reliev...
17 Jan 2026
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 th...
2 Jul 2025
I Give You Permission with Vanessa Atler, Part 2, S2E2
Vanessa Atler, former US National Champion, discusses her healing journey through self-compassion and overcoming emotional challenges faced during her gymnastics career in this interview.
25 Jun 2025
I Give You Permission with Vanessa Atler, Part 1
Vanessa Atler discusses the evolving landscape of coaching, particularly regarding mental health, and shares her experience teaching mental health skills to her gymnastics team in this interview.
11 Jun 2025
How to Practice Resilience
This episode explores how athletes cultivate resilience through mindfulness and emotional management, offering insights applicable to personal and professional growth.
25 May 2024
Reduce Mental Blocks, Part 2, Deeper with Lisa Mitzel
Lisa Mitzel decided to add a bonus and do a Part 2 for this episode "Reduce Mental Blocks." You get to hear tips for parents, coaches, and a step-by-step story about Maddie with a mental block on her flyaway on bars, and Molly with a mental block on her RO BHS Back Tuck.No matter the challenge, when you collaborate and open yourself up to working together - coach, athlete, and parent - the gymnast will feel more ease when everyone is on the same page. When the athlete is afraid and stru...
17 May 2024
Reduce Mental Blocks, Normalize Fear with Lisa Mitzel
Mental Blocks and fear occur in practically every gymnastics club and in every sport that has flipping and twisting. Tumbling, trampoline, acro, cheer, dance, and more. In the 5th episode, you will learn it's easy to educate athletes and coaches on the signs of nervousness and fear - these early emotions and physical reactions (stomach aches, thoughts racing, feeling overwhelmed) are the heart of where mental blocks begin. Talking about fear and mental blocks can normalize these challenges, a...
1 May 2024
Issues in Changing Gyms, Lisa Mitzel
Have you ever felt confused about staying at a gym, or been afraid to leave a gym?Lisa Mitzel reviews how kids, parents and coaches get attached to each other, they may perceive that they are family, or that there should be loyalty. But gymnastics clubs are businesses that provide a kind service. If there is ever a question about a child's health, then take a step back and evaluate. Is this gym the right place? Lisa discusses different aspects of the parent's experience and the gy...
24 Apr 2024
Brain Maps for Gymnasts with Yuka Sugiura, Part 2
Such an awesome show! Listen to the 2nd half of my interview with the amazing Yuka Sugiura, and my thoughts on Women's Gymnastics NCAA National Championships, LSU winning, and student-athlete advocates for college athletes. This is powerful stuff, people!In part 2 of BRAIN MAPS FOR GYMNASTS - Yuka talks about being a neuroperformance coach, the athletes' experiences improving flexibility, going straighter in tumbling and much more! She is breaking into the forefront of sports science fo...
17 Apr 2024
Brain Maps for Gymnasts with Yuka Sugiura, Part 1
We are brainwashed. Society rewards the best students, musicians and athletes, so kids need to work hard, be tough, and achieve. Hurry, don't miss anything, try harder, go faster, do better! We want winners! It's too much... It causes children all kinds of pain, injury and fear. Kids are suffering. It's time we look closer and examine ourselves, because we are stressing kids' minds and bodies. And GUESS WHAT! There 's another way. It's called Neuroperformance Training ...
11 Apr 2024
Fully Awake NCAA Gymnastics
Today’s show is entitled Fully Awake NCAA Gymnastics. I’m flying solo and digging into the systems, struggles, and young women’s experiences in NCAA Gymnastics. This is largely a story and contemplation as I zoom in on the culture of the University of Utah gymnastics team, Kara Eaker’s horrible experience on the team, and the new Utah State resolution that condemns abusive coaching.Hold on and jump in - if you want to understand what's happening in college gymnastics and college sports, the m...
2 Apr 2024
The Signs of Hurting with Lisa Terry, Part 2
Lisa Terry is the Owner, CEO and Head Coach at East Bay Gymnastics in Concord, CA. In Part 2, we discuss a difficult situation with an abusive coach that was at their gym in 2023. Though he started out friendly, he took a turn and created confusion, anxiety, and fear in the gymnasts...and everyone. Listen to how Lisa Terry admits her mistakes and takes responsibility, especially taking the time and energy away from gymnastics in order to help her gymnasts process their pain and heal tog...
22 Mar 2024
The Signs of Hurting with Lisa Terry, Part 1
Lisa Terry is the Owner, CEO and Head Coach at East Bay Gymnastics in Concord, CA. She is my friend and a beautiful advocate for her gymnasts as humans, first! We discuss the incredible responsibilities of coaches and club owners, noticing the signs of kids struggling, asking poignant questions, listening with patience and supporting what the child needs. As Lisa says, "If my job was just coaching gymnastics, it would be easy." Learn the nuances of how to support and guide young gymnasts as t...
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