Focused Books
Athletes and coaches can benefit from deeper perspective on how to train with higher-mind thinking, and parents and educators become more aware of the inner journey and methods to support and encourage kids.
Focused and Inspired: Keeping Our Athletes Safe in a Win-at-All-Costs World
Focused and Inspired is a shining light for parents and coaches, especially in the urgent need to change our sports culture. Athletes are tough, yet they feel nervous, frustrated, and confused. When a coach becomes forceful and hurtful, that negativity sticks in their minds. Positive strategies are needed instead of frequent feelings of vulnerability that increase abuse in sports. To thrive, reach goals, and be healthy, athletes need to feel intelligent, valued, and safe! Mental training coach, Lisa Mitzel, steps forward with crucial skills in emotional intelligence and forming a power-balance. For every coach, parent, and leader in athletics, heighten your awareness, make meaningful connections, and awaken a new sports era that is wise, successful, and safe!
- Inspire athletes by addressing essential psychological & emotional needs
- Identify verbal and emotional abuse in sports
- Educate staff to think deeply and apply critical values
- Lead with calm, clear communication and transparency
- Increase effective coaching with a positive “Partnership” model
- Promote confidence and safety through a “power-balance”
Focused and On Fire: The Athlete’s Guide to Mental Training & Kicking Butt
Focused and On Fire is a fresh, smart, and moving book for all ages. Coach Lisa Mitzel portrays an authentic view of the athlete’s inner journey. She takes readers through highs and lows to reflect on thoughts and feelings, and brings light to inspiration in confronting battles and reaching goals. While training and competing, Lisa experienced injuries, surgeries, psychological fears, and intense training with sport psychologists. She fought and overcame all of it to win championships. As a coach and mental training expert, her stories and curriculum teach methods to manage doubt, distraction, fear, pressure, and how to manifest success. Included in the book are core mental skills (breathing, relaxing, positive self-talk, visualization, recall, and concentration) critical mindsets (like volition, expectancy, present-moment awareness, acceptance, letting go, and resilience), simple exercises, true inspiring stories of athlete-clients and teams who overcame challenges, and fun illustrations that enhance Lisa’s powerful messages. Readers will learn self-awareness, higher-mind thinking, and the practice of believing that anything’s possible. This book is a rare gem, and kids and parents can read and practice the tools together. You have incredible inner power…use it!
A Little History
Colleges and Schools: Harvard University, Brown University, Denver University, University of Nebraska, Boise State University, San Jose State University, Stanford University, Santa Ana College, Summit Prep School.
Sports Teams: Olympus Gymnastics, Bingham HS Dance Team, Santa Ana College Track & Cross Country, Parkettes National Training Center, 20 Mile Athletic Club, World Elite Gymnastics, Black Diamond Gymnastics, Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, SCATS, Emerald City Gymnastics Academy, Redmond Gymnastics Academy.
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Lisa Mitzel works with athletes and sparks higher-mind thinking from years of training and coaching.