The Importance of How You Show Up

In Episode 30 of Your Mental Weight Room, host Desi, a mindset mentor and certified life coach, explores the importance of how athletes show up mentally.

She challenges college athletes to embody the mindset of the player they want to become, rather than defaulting to their current circumstances.

Drawing from personal volleyball experiences and coaching calls, Desi explains how negative mindsets can become self-fulfilling prophecies.

She encourages athletes to identify limiting thoughts, visualize their ideal mindset, and intentionally practice showing up as their future selves — because lasting confidence must be built from within, not dependent on external validation.