Podcast · Fall 2026

The Mental Playbook.

A sports psychology talk show with Dr. Paige Roberts — filming live in Los Angeles and launching Fall 2026. Conversations on the side of sport people don’t always talk about: mental health, performance pressure, injury, identity, and life after the game.

LiveThursdays · 3:00 PM PST· Los Angeles
The Mental Playbook — Sports Psychology Talk Show with Dr. Paige Roberts. Live Thursdays 3:00 PM PST.
What it’s about

Real stories. Real tools. Real hope.

Too many athletes suffer in silence — injury, performance anxiety, the crash after retirement, identity loss, addiction. The Mental Playbook is a place to put words around it, and walk away with something to actually use.

  • 01Mental health and performance pressure in elite sport.
  • 02Injury, concussion, and the body’s memory of trauma.
  • 03Identity, retirement, and life after the game.
  • 04Real tools from neuroscience, somatic work, and Alpha Imprinting.
Athletes — book now

Filming live in LA. Fall 2026.

The booking list is open now. Current and former athletes with a story worth telling — adversity, mental health, injury, retirement, the tools that kept you in the game — get your name in before the calendar fills.

Show details
  • LaunchFall 2026
  • FormatLive talk show
  • WhenThursdays · 3 PM PST
  • WhereLos Angeles studio
Why share your story

You’re not just talking — you’re helping the next one.

If you’ve faced adversity, lived the mental highs and lows of the athletic journey, or found tools that kept you in the game — your story belongs on the show.

  • — Help the next generation avoid mistakes we wish we’d known.
  • — Show athletes how to train the mind like the body.
  • — Prove worth isn’t tied to performance.
  • — Stay in the game longer — or leave with purpose and peace.
Until then — guest appearances

On the other side of the mic.

Conversations across the sports, science, and performance podcast world — neuroscience, trauma reprocessing, light therapy, and the inner game of elite sport.

01
ALL IN with Natalie Allport
#123 — Trauma in Sports

How athletes can re-train their nervous system. Dr. Paige walks through Brainspotting — the tool she uses inside the clinic — and how to begin working with it at home. Plus free and low-cost tools for nervous system regulation and performance.

02
Run Tri Bike
Everyday Athlete Podcast Network

From California athlete to performance neuro trainer — and how trauma, mental and physical, gets stored in the body the same way.

03
The Sports Science Dudes
Jose Antonio, PhD & Anthony Ricci, EdD

Trauma as the hidden adversary in athletic performance — and a groundbreaking technique for resetting the brain’s optimal functionality.

04
Voice in Sport
with Stephanie Strack

Trauma injury recovery — Dr. Paige on athlete mental health, sports psychotherapy, and peak performance after injury.

05
The Athlete’s Zone
with Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Annerud

Neuroscience and quantum physics in sports psychology — a fresh framework for peak performance and mental resilience.

06
The Energy Code
with Dr. Mike Belkowski

Photobiomodulation, head treatments, arthritis relief, and how hot and cold lasers are quietly revolutionizing recovery and aging.

07
Simple Science
with Dr. Mike Axler

How unresolved trauma keeps the nervous system dysregulated — and why resetting it (not just willpower) unlocks consistent high-level performance.

08
Let’s Not Sugar Coat It
Bella & Lee

Balancing health and success — emotional processing, sleep, neuroplasticity, and self-care for high-achieving men and women.

Why this exists

Help athletes overcome injury, concussion, and life’s hardest seasons.

The mission is to help athletes through nervous system and mental performance training — and prevent early retirement, addiction, and suicide. The Mental Playbook is one of the most powerful parts of that work.

Launch

The Mental Playbook goes live Fall 2026 from Los Angeles. Email to get on the early notification list.