💛 Maria Mojo Mondays: Gold Is a Mindset

Dear Mindset Maverick,

The Olympics just handed us a masterclass in mindset.

Not talent.
Not training.
Not strategy.

Mindset.

And if you were paying attention, you saw it.

🥇 Alysa Liu – The Joy + Freedom Formula

When Alysa Liu was interviewed, she said something that most high performers would never dare say:

“I don’t care if I fall. I don’t care if I get the medal. I’m just here to have fun.”

Read that again.

No gripping.
No fear.
No performance anxiety.
No identity tied to outcome.

She skated for joy.

She skated for fun.

She skated unattached.

And she won the gold.

That is not coincidence.

That is alignment.

When you release the pressure of needing it …
You free your nervous system to perform.

Joy is not weak.

Joy is power.

🧠 Ilia Malinin – The Pressure Trap

Now look at Ilia Malinin.

One of the favorites.
The quad king.
The expected gold medalist.

But expectations are heavy.

Attachment is heavy.

The pressure of “I have to win” tightens the body.
And when the body tightens, performance changes.

He did not skate his best in the medal round.

But at the gala, when there was no medal on the line?
He crushed it.

Relaxed. Expressive. Electric.

Same athlete.
Different mindset.

When the medal disappeared, so did the pressure.

And the real talent showed up.

🏂 Alex Ferreira – The Identity Shift

Then there is Alex Ferreira in men’s ski halfpipe.

He said he embraced gold medal energy daily.

First thought in the morning.
Last thought at night.

He affirmed it.
He embodied it.
He rehearsed it mentally.

He did not hope for gold.
He identified with it.
He acted AS IF he already won it.

That is next-level mental training.

Not desperation.
Not anxiety.

Identity.

When your subconscious accepts something as normal, your behavior follows.

🎯 So What Is the Difference?

Alysa: Detached joy.
Ilia: Attached pressure.
Alex: Intentional identity.

Three different mindset states.

Three very different nervous systems on display.

And here is the part most people miss.

The body performs according to the story the mind is telling.

If the story is:
“I have to win or else.”

Your system hears:
“Threat.”

If the story is:
“I am here to have fun.”

Your system hears:
“Safe.”

If the story is:
“I am gold.”

Your system hears:
“Certain.”

The nervous system does not lie.

💥 The Story Creating Your Reality

You are doing this in your life too.

At work.
In your leadership.
In your relationships.
In your health.

Are you gripping the outcome?

Are you terrified of failing?

Are you attaching your identity to external validation?

Or are you:

• Playing the game for joy
• Releasing attachment
• Embodying the identity you want to live into

Your thoughts are not neutral.

They are instructions.

And the brain will organize your physiology around whatever story you repeat most.

You already know this.

You just saw it on the world stage.

🧠 Mindset Is Not Woo. It Is Neurology.

You cannot outperform your dominant thought pattern.

You cannot thrive in a state of internal threat.

And you cannot access flow when you are gripping.

But when you:

• Choose joy
• Practice identity
• Release attachment
• Train your mind deliberately

Your performance changes.

Your results change.

Your reality shifts.

🔥 Mojo Truth

The gold was never the medal.

The gold was the mindset.

The medal simply followed.

If you are burned out, gripping your career, afraid to make a move, or attaching your worth to performance…

This is your invitation.

Shift the story.

Release the pressure.

Rewire the identity.

Because the reality you are living right now is being shaped by the thoughts you rehearse every single day.

And the good news?

You can rehearse new ones.

If you want help doing that strategically, not randomly, we should talk.

Not a surface-level chat.
A real recalibration.

Because mindset is not a side tool.

It is the foundation of everything.

And you, my friend, are sitting on gold already.

A whoosh of Maria Mojo Energy is headed your way,
~ Maria Lesetz 💛✨
Your Mindset & Resilience Coach

P.S. In honor of my mom’s 2-27 birthday, I’m offering a $227 Mindset Reset Session that you can book this week and schedule anytime in March.

One powerful session.
One dominant story shifted.
One new identity anchored.

If it’s time, you’ll know.

Reply to this email with the word RESET and I’ll send you the booking details.