Dear Friends, You know how much I value the mental game. It is truly what has separated me and my fellow USWNT stars on our quest to authentic excellence. Today, as a keynote speaker, coach, and performance ignitor, it is still what I eat and breathe every day of my life. While I impact people of all ages, there is a special group who is close to my heart, the teenage female athlete. I think about my 14-year old self. That young Jo, determined to excel and hungry for knowledge. Along my journey there were many moments that were lonely and challenging. Hours spent on the field, kicking against a wall, sweat dripping from my forehead as I ran hill after hill. In the inevitable instances of doubt and pain, I’d ask myself, “Do I have what it takes? Could I really play in college and for the National Team?” There were highs, lows and much of the time nowhere to go for help on how to deal with it all. Who could I turn to who had been through it and could pass along that essential edg...