Mindfulness for Kids and Athletes with Mind-Body Coach Erin Frey
Host Julie Endl welcomes her longtime friend Erin Frey, a mind-body performance coach, to discuss Erin’s journey from corporate America and competitive figure skating to yoga, mindfulness, and therapeutic work with children. Erin shares how yoga supported her mental health, how an injury during teacher training deepened her focus on breathwork and non-physical aspects of yoga, and how she brought mindfulness and yoga into schools and afterschool programs like “Anxious to Awesome.” She explains her private work tailored to kids’ needs such as anxiety, focus, emotional dis-regulation, and sleep, and how she now supports youth and elite athletes with injury prevention, mindset mastery, and stress management tools. Erin describes examples of students using “tool belt” strategies for nightmares and performance stress, outlines how to connect with her via social media and free strategy calls, and previews an upcoming mindfulness practice series with Julie.
00:00 Podcast Welcome
01:02 Meet Erin Frey
03:14 From Corporate to Yoga
06:05 Teaching Kids Mindfulness
10:32 Athlete Coaching Pillars
15:47 Student Success Stories
19:35 Inner vs External Coping
21:55 How to Work With Erin
24:43 Tools for Tough Times
29:14 Upcoming Series and Schools
35:00 Final Thanks and Sign Off