Dr. Laurel grew up playing sports. She played varsity tennis and was on her high school’s competitive cheerleading team where she competed and won a national championship. She knows what it takes physically and mentally to perform at the level of a competitive athlete and champion.
She didn’t realize she would go on to have a career helping athletes recover from injury. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital-Institute of Health Professions, in Boston, MA. She has her Orthopedic Clinical Specialty. She also teaches in the physical wellness department at Stanford University.
She is a sought-after thought leader in the developing field of mental performance coaching integrating proven neuroscience-based principles and the mind-body connection that addresses the entire ecosystem of the athlete. Seeing young people thrive in life gives her true joy and fulfillment in her work.
When she’s not training athletes she enjoys being outside and is having fun in the mountains hiking, biking and snowboarding or at the bay kitesurfing and paddling with her furry sidekick, Koa.
