The Pressure Lab
A Mental Fitness Podcast
The Pressure Lab is a first-of-its-kind mental fitness podcast built specifically for competitive and youth soccer players navigating the real emotional demands of the game.
This weekly podcast from HEADFIRST, a Philadelphia Union Foundation initiative, is hosted by Keith Wilford who gets into the realities of being a young athlete today. Featuring conversations with pro athletes, coaches, mental health professionals, and youth development experts, each episode is an honest conversations about pressure, identity, confidence, failure, burnout, belonging, and the emotional weight competition can put on you.
No highlight reels. No empty hype. Just real stories, real insight, and practical tools for players and the people around them.
If you’ve ever felt the game get bigger than the field, The Pressure Lab was made for you.
Meet the host
Keith Wilford
Keith Wilford is a mental health and wellness educator who has spent his career helping young people understand the connection between emotions, mindset, and performance. As Founder of The Wilford Movement and a longtime educator, coach, and former athlete, he brings both professional expertise and lived experience to every conversation in The Pressure Lab.
Episode 162: An Update from Justin and Jon
Justin and Jon check in with an update on where things stand with the podcast and what's coming next.
Episode 161: Justin, I Built a SaaS! (Harris Kenny)
Harris Kenny joins the show to talk about building and launching his own SaaS product and what he learned along the way.
Episode 160: Motivating Yourself When You're Not in Startup Mode
Jon and Justin dig into the psychological challenges of keeping momentum going when the early excitement has worn off.