About Laura Wilde
Laura has spent two decades working with Pro Coaches, Pro Athletes & Pro Refs. As a 2x NBA Playoffs Holistic Mental Performance Coach, I've seen what it takes to win it all.
Before her role as Director of Mental Performance with the Los Angeles Clippers, Laura managed a holistic health practice, providing medical intuitive insights and sustainable wellness education. Her innovative approach helps elite athletes, sports executives, and teams achieve physical and mental resilience, quicker injury recovery, and higher performance levels.
Laura’s background includes extensive work in epigenetic energy medicine, identifying and mitigating DNA markers to boost health and athletic performance. She holds dual bachelor's degrees in English Literature and Holistic Health Sciences and is pursuing a PhD in Natural Medicine alongside a Master’s in Sport Psychology.
Her certifications span Intuition Training, Meditation, Zone Training, Sports Nutrition, Neuroscience, Holistic Healing, Sports Counseling, Health Coaching. Laura is also a co-founder of the Mental Performance Coaches' Collective, aiming to integrate holistic practices into mainstream sport psychology.
Laura’s mission is to unleash the suppressed human potential in the world. By helping to unleash the genius in elite athletes and individuals globally, teaching them to achieve "the zone" of peak performance. Her commitment has touched lives across the NBA, NFL, WNBA, and MLB, and she continues to be a thought leader in holistic and intuitive player development.
A Few Things I’ve Achieved
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Two-time NBA playoffs mental performance team coach
- Help star NBA players regain their swag to play their best games and have improved seasons
- Helped multiple NBA players improve play to receive hundreds of millions in pay increases
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First and only college sports counselor in LAUSD (Los Angeles Schools)
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Worked with LAUSD and transformed counseling offices across the district to help athletes reach NCAA eligibility
- Hosted first LAUSD Sports Forum for Athletes
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Accomplished NCAA athlete, and less accomplished Head Coach (I'm into transparency)
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Helped over 150,000 HS athletes in 3 states gain NCAA eligibility
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Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Fellow
- Has taught several thousand people to get into the zone
Education and Certificates
- Advanced, Certified Holistic Healthcare Practitioner
- Certified Body Intuitive Practitioner
- Epigenetics Energy Medicine Specialist
- Sports Nutrition Certificate
- UCLA College (Sports) Counseling Certificate
- Ivy League Certificate from Columbia University in Sports Management
- Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Certified Health Coach
- Neuroscience Academy Certification
- BA, English, University of Dallas
- BA Holistic Health Sciences
- Pepperdine School of Public Policy
- Pepperdine Law School
- Master of Sport Psychology
- PhD Candidate, Integrative & Holistic Medicine