Your Mental Weight Room helps college athletes train the strongest muscle they have, their mind. Hosted by former athlete and Certified Life Coach Desi, this podcast gives you tools to build confidence, stop overthinking, play with freedom, and so much more!
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Desi McPhail - Mindset & Performance Coach for Athlete - Certified Life Coach
The Truth About College Sports with Recruiting Specialist Susan Forbes
A future national-team player spent her first week of college volleyball standing on a box for hours while coaches rebuilt her arm swing—and cried through the process.
Desi talks with recruiting specialist Susan Forbes about what athletes don’t see coming in college sports: why coaches may recruit your potential, not the polished player you are now; how to spot a program where you’ll feel supported; and why committing to Division I isn’t always the best fit.
They also get candid about coach feedback, recruiting myths (including the supposed need to post constantly on social media), and the small wins that can make a tough freshman year feel like it’s working.
6 Aug 2026
How to Stop Playing for Everyone Else
In this episode of Your Mental Weight Room, host Desi explores why athletes lose their joy for sports when they start playing for others rather than themselves.
Drawing from her own experience of losing confidence and her starting position, she explains how external pressures gradually replace curiosity with fear of judgment.
Desi highlights the "I'll be happy when..." mentality that prevents athletes from celebrating progress and shares a coaching example involving a gymnast overcoming mental blocks.
She challenges listeners to ask themselves "Who am I playing for today?" and reconnect with their original love for the game.
16 Jul 2026
How to Avoid the Summer Exhaustion of Trying to Do it All
In Episode 36 of Your Mental Weight Room, host Desi, a mindset mentor and certified life coach, tackles the summer exhaustion many athletes and busy individuals experience when trying to do it all.
She challenges the misconception that balance means perfect productivity, redefining it as prioritizing what truly matters each day without guilt.
Desi highlights how mental depletion differs from laziness and emphasizes that rest is essential for performance, not just physically but mentally.
She encourages listeners to redefine success, be kinder to themselves, and remember that ambition shouldn't be tied to self-worth.
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