Colleen Magarity On Mental Toughness through Discomfort, Humility and Adaptability
Release Date: 04/09/2025
2X Olympic Water Polo Legend Amanda Longan: “You are good, Its just Water polo.”
The Mindset Experience®
In the sport of water polo, Amanda Longan was “late to the pool party” as she was introduced at the age of 14. Day 1, she hated it but by day 2, she was hooked. Since then, she has excelled at every level including 2 National Championships at USC, was MPSF player of the year, NCAA player of the year and Cutino Award Winner (equivalent to the Heisman) in 2018. She has also made 6 world championships rosters winning 4 world championship gold medals. She is a 2X Olympian, gold medalist in Tokyo and now pursuing the LA Olympics in 2028. With increased pressure and competition, Amanda found...
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One Love Foundation CEO Julie Myers On Family First, Doing Hard Things and Loving Better
The Mindset Experience®
In the sport of lacrosse, Julie Myers is a legend. As a player, she achieved a National Championship. As a coach, she is responsible for 2 total National Championships, 6 Final Four appearances, 5 Title Game appearances, 5 ACC Championships and 27 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. She was also National Coach of the Year in 2004, ACC Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2006 . She was inducted in the US Lacrosse Hall of fame and the IWLCA Hall of Fame. In 2022, She earned the Diane Geppi Aikens Lifetime Achievement Award. But athletics is only part of her story. Julie’s success in sports and...
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Pro Soccer Player Maddie Prohaska On Striving to Strike What’s Important
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Maddie Prohaska was initially drawn to soccer to spend time with her friends but fell in love with the goalie position because it was, “weird, different, unique.” It also produced special moments where it was all on her. As her career evolved, so did her mindset from “nothing else matters, I will give up everything” to” I will strive to strike what’s important for my physical and mental performance.” Not surprisingly, by thinking about things differently, she started to train differently using visualization, journaling, meditation and reframing her approach on the field. The...
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Pro Hockey player Casey Dornbach On Thinking About What He is Thinking About
The Mindset Experience®
Despite growing up in a hockey family and living in a hockey town, Casey Dornbach was taught early on that if he wasn’t passionate about it, he didn’t need to do it. But he fell in love with the process of growth, striving for something and the feeling that comes from learning and getting better. At Harvard, whether in difficult classes or the challenge on a D1 sport, he “honored the gifts he was given” and did everything to the best of his ability. As a professional hockey player, he has dedicated time and intentionality to his mental training resulting in the mindset to believe...
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Dom Pietramala On Being Different, Unique and Furthest From Normal
The Mindset Experience®
Dominic Pietramala is a standout collegiate lacrosse player who made a major impact during the 2025 season. He was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, recognizing him as one of the nation’s elite players. Pietramala earned All-ACC honors and was named an Honorable Mention All-American by both the USILA and Inside Lacrosse, while also being selected to the USA Lacrosse Second Team All-America. He led the ACC in goals this past season, showcasing his scoring ability and leadership on the field. Before his collegiate success, Pietramala was one of the top high school players in the...
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TB12’s Alex Guerrero On Getting worse to Get Better
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Alex Guerrero is one of the key reasons that Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski and so many other legends have found success. When it comes to recovery, so many other trainers and practitioners focus on self-imposed physical timelines, but Alex is different. Using his background and training in holistic Chinese medicine, he integrates physical, emotional and spiritual components to improve strength and relief exponentially faster. By setting higher expectations for his athletes and changing their negative neuromuscular responses, his athletes start to learn and believe they can do...
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3X Olympian in Javelin Liz Gleadle: “It’s my Runway, Just Me and a Stick”
The Mindset Experience®
Liz is a 3x Olympian and Canadian record-holder in javelin, now a dedicated holistic performance coach. From her own experiences, she has learned the ability to sensitive oneself to the process, invest into the learning process and train to appreciate delayed gratification. But when it’s time to compete, she has a routine that dials her in and helps her realize that “It’s her runaway, just her and a stick!” As a performance coach, she draws upon her own learned experience about the importance of the emotional state, and she helps athletes strategically optimize their time and energy...
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Jill Schulman On Courage Over Regret and “The Bravery Effect”
The Mindset Experience®
Jill Schulman is a former U.S. Marine Corps Officer, leadership development expert and founder of Breakthrough Leadership Group. She also has a master’s in Applied Positive Psychology. Jill has dedicated her career to studying the science of bravery, resilience, and peak performance, drawing on disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science. Her work merges the academic rigor of research with practical tools that help individuals and teams increase their performance, resilience and well-being. Her upcoming book, The Bravery Effect is the culmination of years of...
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Female Footballer Sierra Enge On Failing Fast and Failing Often
The Mindset Experience®
Sierra Enge is a professional soccer player for Racing Strasbourg in France. She started her career in the US, playing for the San Diego Wave in the NWSL. She received her BA and MA from Stanford University ('22) where she was a five-year member and captain of the soccer team which won a National Championship in 2019 and 3 Pac-12 titles. Sierra was named the 2022 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the year. In addition to her soccer career, Sierra is a mentor for Female Footballers and Athletes Better Together as well as an advocate for mental health. She works with Athletes for Hope and Katie's...
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Miles Williams On The Value of Love, Equity and Wellness
The Mindset Experience®
Miles is a former student-athlete (Elon FB 2X team captain)turned award-winning educator and school principal. After nearly a decade leading in classrooms and communities, Miles now focuses on storytelling, mental health advocacy, and building platforms that center love, equity, and wellness. Known for his powerful voice on identity, transition, and healing, he brings lived experience and deep empathy to every conversation. Whether it’s in schools or on sidelines, Miles is all about helping people show up whole. His passion and purpose come from lived personal experiences and the mindset to...
info_outlineNot only did Colleen Magarity grow up playing multiple sports, but she also excelled in them. In fact, she was specifically told by her Team USA lacrosse coach that she, “will make the team because she played basketball.” Given her diversity in athletics, she was rarely hurt, had better situational awareness than others and could play both offense and defense. She was ultimately inducted into Germantown Academy Hall of fame Inductee for Soccer, Basketball, and Lacrosse. More importantly, learning how to play on different teams serving different roles allowed her the mental toughness to adapt to various challenges within the college game.
At Northwestern University, she incorporated mental skills training into her physical training setting her up to win 3 National Championships, become an All-American, NCAA All-Tournament and serve as captain for the 2011 team.
Colleen is now the director girl's HHH lacrosse club, and the head coach of Penn Charter's girl's lacrosse team where she has taken them from not ranked to a nationally top ranked High School Program. She also serves as Head Coach of the WLL New York Charging. Her ability to connect with her players personally, keep her all-stars humble and use mental training to help them adapt to challenges has earned her the respect of all players youth, collegiate and professional.
She doesn’t just preach true mental toughness, she lives it!
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