Mental performance coach Stacy Ingram reveals why teen athletes with the most talent still hit a wall when they haven’t trained the mental side.

Talent gets an athlete to the starting line, but mental toughness is what decides who’s still standing at the finish. Dr. Andrew Fix sits down with Stacy, founder of Catalyst Mental Performance, to explore why so many young athletes build their entire mindset around results and what happens when injury, a slump, or the end of a season pulls that identity out from under them.

Ingram breaks down her IGNITE framework and explains why the difference between coaching and therapy matters more than most people realize. She and Fix dig into a question worth sitting with: what actually happens in your brain and body when the pressure is highest, and are you training for that moment or just hoping to survive it?

From free throw lines to final exams to high pressure moments at work, the conversation makes a compelling case that nervous system regulation and self-talk are skills, not personality traits. Ingram also gets honest about the gap between wanting to change and being ready to do the work, and what parents and coaches can do to spot the difference.

Whether you coach athletes, raise one, or just want to perform better under your own version of pressure, this episode offers a practical look at what separates those who thrive under pressure from those who crumble.

Quotes

• “Without the sport or like a big job you might have had or a career, if you don’t know who you are as a person, you take that away and all of a sudden you have this huge gap of confidence because what made you you, at least in your mind, is gone.” (12:54 | Stacy Ingram)
• “Therapy is really all about sort of how did you get here and looking a little bit more backwards, where coaching is all about how do like you’re here, no matter how you got here, how do we move you forward?” (20:01 | Stacy Ingram)
• “We often aren’t playing our best game when we’re only focused on the score. And again, it doesn’t mean we don’t always want to win. Of course we want to win. But we want to do the things that give us the best chance.” (34:37 | Stacy Ingram)
• “If you do nothing or implement nothing I teach you, nothing will change.” (49:36 | Stacy Ingram)
• “Being intentional about our actions and our life instead of just letting things happen to us, kind of guiding that path and how we do that ourselves intentionally versus letting other people pick and choose it for us.” (54:23 | Stacy Ingram)

Connect with Stacy Ingram:

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Stacy Ingram is a dedicated Mental Toughness coach specializing in empowering young

athletes and performers to overcome the invisible barriers that often hinder their performance. With a focus on the mental side of the game, her programs are designed to equip athletes and performers with the cognitive tools and resilience needed for success both in sports/the arts and in everyday life.

Programs are also available for teams, coaches, and parents. In addition, she coaches

business leaders in Peak Performance, Team Dynamics, Change Management, Leadership,

Culture, and more.

In addition to Stacy’s 30-year business career, she has specialized training in Mindset

Coaching, Positive Psychology, the High Sensitivity Trait, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Positive Intelligence (PQ), Neurofeedback and Hypnotherapy.

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Key Takeaways:

• There is no such thing as the “perfect time” so stop waiting for one.

• You can’t progress if you don’t at least start in the first place. Take the first small step forward, because if you get off track you can still course correct.

• If you need help with taking action toward making that first step, reach out to Dr. Andrew Fix at Physio Room.

What have you been waiting for the perfect time to do? Whether it’s something big like having children or moving, or something small like going for a bike ride, it never pays to wait for the perfect time. There is no such thing as the perfect time and if you keep waiting for one to happen, you could be waiting forever. In today’s episode, Dr. Andrew Fix talks about the misconceptions that people have about timing.

A lot of people think they have to wait until exactly the right perfect time to do something, but in most cases that perfect time may never come. There will always be something holding you back from starting if you are waiting for perfection. The only way to make any progress is to start. Whether you are waiting to do something for your personal life or at work, start by taking the smallest actionable step possible. That first step forward will help you gain the motivation to keep going. Even if you end up off track, you can still course correct and be further ahead than you would have been had you never begun in the first place.

Timing is something that can hold people back from going after what they want. If you are always waiting for the perfect timing, you will end up doing nothing. Stop waiting for a perfect time to present itself and let yourself take that first step toward progress.

Quotes

• “You should stop waiting for the perfect time because there isn’t one.” (1:13-1:16 | Dr. Andrew)

• “I decided to get my cycling gear on, make sure my tires are aired up. Get my water bottles filled in and I just go right… It ended up being an awesome ride.” (3:22-3:54 | Dr. Andrew)

• “At the end of the day, in most things that you’re going to do, whether it’s in your personal life or work life, a project or an activity that you need to do, the hardest point for all of us and the biggest obstacle that you need to hurdle is starting.” (4:27-4:44 | Dr. Andrew)

• “You can’t progress, you can’t go anywhere, if you don’t at least start in the first place.” (6:06-6:10 | Dr. Andrew)

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