The Mindset Experience®

Sydney Moore is a Division 1 Volleyball player at Syracuse University pursuing her master's in marketing. Before Syracuse, Sydney was a senior captain at Cornell University where she majored in psychology with a focus in neuroscience and human development. Her initial love was basketball but as the pressure increased, her confidence decreased and her motivation to improve became fear based, she fo...

Born with cerebral palsy, Kyle Pease knew his life was different and understood    he would always need help but    believed he could do everything others could do. His family believed the same and chose a mindset of relentless optimism to focus on what he can do vs cant't do. He graduated from Kennesaw State University with a degree in sports management and partnered with his brother Brent Pease...

On the field,  Ashley Hatch has dominated the game of soccer as a 2-time NCAA All-American at BYU, US Women's National Team member with 21 appearances, 2017 NWSL Rookie of the year, the Washington Spirit's all time leading scorer, 2021 Best Player of the Year and 2022 ESPY award winner. Off the field, she has worked even harder establishing a foundation of undeniable belief through every stage and...

Shaylee Ungos has a special connection with Volleyball; it is a part of her Hawaiian culture, and her parents met each other playing the sport. However, she really fell in love with the sport while living in Korea on a military base during Covid. It provided an outlet and ability to see her friends when she would be otherwise isolated. Without the resources, coaching and support that other elite a...

The Aumiller Sisters had it all. Or so they thought. Star collegiate lacrosse players, who graduated and landed jobs on Wall Street, married amazing men, and then moved back to their hometown of Baltimore to start their families. But their lives soon unraveled as they were confronted with the challenge of their lifetimes -- infertility. In heartbreaking meetings with doctors, they were each told t...

Growing up in Northern California with a single mom, twin brother and limited finances, Nahshon Garrett was unable to afford team sports, so he gravitated towards wrestling. Initially introverted, his confidence grew as from the beginning, he found himself, "always on the edge of beating someone." Given his success, he had the opportunity to travel across the country to attend Cornell University e...

At age of 6, while all her peers huddled around the ball, Civana Kuhlmann was already setting herself apart as she had learned about proper spacing.  Her ability to view the soccer field like a problem to solve cultivated a "no quit" mindset that helped her become relentless, aggressive and determined. The same belief system that helped her excel also ended up hurting her emotionally and physicall...

Ryan Deakin's first impressions of wrestling were spot on: it was tough, it looked different, and he could directly affect the outcome. His work ethic set a foundation for success where he won the state title as a 10 th grader in high school. The next year, he lost his state semi-final match in overtime to someone he had previously beaten. Instead of challenging his identity, he appreciated the ma...

Sammy Schultz grew up playing multiple sports including soccer swimming, horseback riding, and shooting rifles. By the time she was a senior in high school, she realized she possessed the skill set required for 4 of 5 events in the Olympic Pentathlon. She decided to give fencing a shot and really enjoyed that as well! Joining the army gave her the support to train, created opportunities to grow, p...

Stephen Johnston, MD, MBA, is a father, radiologist, non-profit founder, and Ironman athlete. When he found out his nine-year-old son, Luke, was going blind as a result of a rare disease, he founded A Race Against Blindness to fund sight-saving research for his son and thousands of others like him. Though Stephen is relatively new to the nonprofit world, he's a man on a mission to raise $1 Million...

Born and raised in Toronto but growing up in an Italian household, "futbol was life!" for Jordyn Listro. She began playing at age 5 and loved to run, be part of a team and create relationships with families who lived nearby. The experience was as much cultural as it was athletic. However, as things became more competitive, she needed to adjust her focus to prioritize both the physical aspects of s...

Kendall Wesenberg has been a competitor from an early age as she "wanted to win before I knew what it was." She grew up playing all the typical youth sports and continued with club soccer through college. After seeing bobsled during the 2010 Olympic Games, this California girl moved to Park City, Utah 2 years later after graduation to learn more about the sport. She loved the adrenaline rush that...

Donnell Whittenburg was born to be a gymnast. He grew up doing back flips, tucks and handstand walks in his backyard. To help him avoid injury, his mother enrolled him into formal gymnastics classes. The ability to learn new and more challenging skills, share experiences with teammates and focus on the process of improving laid a foundation where he has competed  on the international level for ove...

Nikita played soccer for most of her younger years but struggled with severe anxiety and panic attacks leaving her unable to leave her home.  "Forced" to play a sport, she found BMX to fulfill that rule, do it on her own time, and even in the driveway so she didn't have to leave her home.  Little did she know that BMX would soon take over every aspect of her life and become the reason she would pu...

Born into a hockey family, Hayley Scamurra wanted to compete just like her brothers and father who had played in the NHL . While she fell in love with the sport herself, she also felt the need to always be the best and live up to her father's expectations. This pressure began to manifest in severe anxiety for which she sought out therapy. Through this process, she learned to focus on what she coul...

As a high schooler, Catie Lang's identity was embedded in being an athlete to the point that she even loved the ideas of being tough, not quitting and "walking off" any pain or suffering. She had no real concept, awareness, or education of mental health despite having severe anxiety herself. Even after experiencing major panic attacks that were terrifying, she brushed them off and told herself tha...

At the age of 6, Kim Zmeskal watched her first gymnastics class and was upset that she, "wasn't allowed to play on the playground." A few years later, training under Bela and Martha Karolyi, Mary Lou Retton came back to their home gym with an Olympic Gold medal showing her early on that any dream was possible.  Since then, Kim has become the first American to win the all-around at a World Gymnasti...

Matt Choi is a 27-year-old former NCAA D1 football player, content creator, entrepreneur, and fitness enthusiast who decided to take on the Murph challenge every day for 30 days as an outlet to maintain his physical and mental wellbeing during the pandemic. Running a total of 60 miles in 30 days inspired a relationship with running that resulted in 12 marathons in 12 different cities in 12 months....

Dr. Madeline Barlow is a former collegiate swimmer, individual and team record holder, and NCAA qualifier. She is also CEO and Founder of Mind-Wise Mentoring LLC, The Director of Programming and Key Note Speaker for The Hidden Opponent, and a Transition Coach for Athletes Soul. Self described as "highly sensitive," swimming initially provided support, self reflection and muted the intensity of her...

Donald Stewart is a former NCAA D1 football player at both Stanford University and Wake Forest University. He is also an HBO actor, published children's book author and mentor to high school athletes. His dedication to sports was initially fueled by his desire to avoid doing household chores. His success inspired his community to embrace him and his brother who was born with a facial malformation....

Olivia Karas is a former 6x All-American gymnast from the University of Michigan where she helped the Wolverines win four consecutive Big Ten team titles. She won a share of the Big Ten All Around title in 2019 and finished her career ranked 8th in the country in the all-around. Early in her gymnastics career, she was inspired by Olympic champion Kerri Strug who stuck her vault on one leg showing...

Kate Parker is a mother, wife, former NCAA D1 athlete, Ironman, TEDx speaker, professional photographer and New York Times bestselling author whose first book "Strong is the New Pretty" garnered support from the Spice Girls, David Beckham, Drew Barrymore, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman and Emma Watson. Her work has been featured in several major magazines and her clients include REI, Verizon, Athleta...

Olivia Bray is a current member of the University of Texas Women's Swim Team and majoring in Business Management. She is a 17-time All-American, two-time National team runner-up, 18-time Big 12 champion, four-time member of the Big 12 commissioner's honor roll, and two-time CSCAA scholar All-American. She is passionate about mental health. In 2020, she put her life on hold and entered an eating di...

Alan Stein Jr. is a performance coach, speaker and author who has spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet, including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant. He now transfers his unique expertise to maximize both individual and organizational performance. In an early 4 am session in 2007, Alan questioned   Kobe  about focusing on basic...

As the son of a lacrosse legend, Tom Schreiber was given a stick "immediately" and taught the value of hard work, sacrifice and "practice after practice." His foundation put him ahead of his peers physically, so he chose to invest in his development mentally as his main competition was, "me vs. me." This process allowed him to win almost every award possible including 2 gold medals for team USA, a...