Zen Tiger Mind

10/10/2025

Practicing Mental Health is caring about thoughts and feelings. It’s being patient with your emotions and taking care of yourself. Autonomy helps you do that!

➡️ Autonomy for Athletes is important for confidence!

➡️ When athletes experience autonomy they feel in charge and lead themselves.

➡️ Autonomy is decision making, it’s doing for the self, caring for the self, and reaching for the goals you’ve set.

➡️ Autonomy is giving power to another to feel ownership and self love.

➡️ Autonomy is what our athletes want and need in order to grow! So let's have fun and teach it to them. You can do it! Let's go!!

Happy world mental health day from Zen Tiger Mind!

09/16/2025

Kids’ brains get overwhelmed when adjusting to
* school schedules
* social interactions
* new teachers
* new expectations
* different sleep schedule
* homework
Etc

They can’t articulate the overwhelming feelings. But they need EXTRA LOVE AND COMPASSION.

Write down and post it ON the refrigerator-
GIVE EXTRA LOVE
CREATE INNER CALM
BREATHE DEEPLY
BE KIND TO MYSELF

Read this out loud in the morning, in the afternoon, at night.
Smile.
Give more hugs.

Avoid lots of questioning of kids.
Give them 20-30 min after school to decompress.
Tell them “I’m here for you. I got you. I love you.”

At Zen Tiger Mind, we help you care for your kids. Mental Fitness practices are the way to Mental Health. Make it a priority. ❤️❤️❤️

07/15/2025

Resilience is evolving. No longer a static mindset or decision to bounce back after difficulty. Science says Resilience has changed in this era - it is a dynamic process. Kids and coaches need education, tools and daily practice to nurture ways of becoming more resilient. We support coaches, young athletes and all kids in getting up to date, and we have tools in our new Resilience program. Follow the conversation and Lisa's travels.
Zen Tiger Mind will be in Auckland, NZ! Sharing our new curriculum, Resilience. Thanks to Ashleigh McCaw!
ZTM President, Lisa Mitzel will be traveling in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Auckland, NZ. Be curious! Enjoy!

We are excited to have Lisa Mitzel (Zen Tiger Mind) visiting Active Attitude on the 29th July to run a "Resilience Workshop."

If you have a child age 7+ and would like to attend, please register via the QR code. It is thanks to our Active Angels that half of the workshop costs have been subsided, so the cost is only $15 per family.

Lisa is from the USA, so we are super lucky to have her visiting us while she is in New Zealand.

About Lisa...
She is a Mental Training and Mental Health Coach. Whether in the sports or education communities, Lisa coaches these important tools to face difficulties and achieve goals. 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. Lisa has spoken at many universities and given clinics for various sports teams, including the following…
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.

Lisa is the Founder & President of Zen Tiger Mind and has recently released a NEW "Resilience" Mental Health and Performance Program, which we look forward to hearing more about when she visits.

07/04/2025

We support all coaches in their journey. Learning to be more patient, kind, and compassionate is the way to develop mentally healthy athletes who learn to be kind to themselves - and become stronger inside and more resilient.