Heart Coherence: The Doorway to High Performance in Sports and Life

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Jun 17, 2025

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Pia Nilsson

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Lynn Marriott

Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, co-founders of the renowned VISION54 golf school, are celebrated golf coaches who've been transforming players since 1997. They discuss how heart coherence, grounded in love, gratitude, and appreciation, is essential for peak performance in both sports and life. By synchronizing heart and brain, athletes can enhance their skills and emotional well-being. The conversation highlights practical tools for fostering resilience and joy, ultimately guiding listeners to align their emotions with performance through heart-focused practices.

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ANECDOTE

Discovery of HeartMath in Golf Coaching

Pia Nilsson discovered HeartMath when a golf student mentioned its techniques helped her.
This led Pia and Lynn Marriott to explore HeartMath's science and integrate it into their coaching.

INSIGHT

Rise of Stress in Young Athletes

Stress and performance pressure have increased among younger players due to social media and social comparison.
Understanding adrenaline's effect on decision making and coordination sparks curiosity and improvement.

ADVICE

Self-Regulate for Energy and Renewal

Challenge golfers to finish a round with more energy and better self-feeling regardless of score.
Teach self-regulation by activating the heart’s intelligence to foster renewal.

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Guests: Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson

Excelling in a sport requires more than mastering the mechanics of the game; it requires heart. In this illuminating podcast episode, host Deborah Rozman connects with Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott, renowned golf coaches and co-founders of the acclaimed VISION54 golf school, to explore the transformative power of heart coherence in sports and in life.

Since 1997, Pia and Lynn have been using HeartMath coherence tools in their coaching work to help talented golfers improve their game and grow as people. Drawing from their extensive experience coaching elite athletes, Pia and Lynn share how heart coherence qualities like love, gratitude, and appreciation create more than just feel-good states—they are foundational to higher performance, resilience, and mastering the game of life. They’ve witnessed firsthand how practicing these powerful heart attitudes synchronizes heart and brain into a coherent state that not only enhances players’ skills but also helps them become happier and more aware people.

Pia, Lynn, and Deborah discuss the ways in which accessing and truly allowing ourselves to experience heart coherence in sports becomes a doorway to deeper clarity, presence, and purpose in other aspects of our lives. We’re better able to sustain higher performance levels, enjoy stronger relationships, and find more joy and flow through the ups and downs of daily living.

The episode closes with a guided, heart-focused meditation, inviting us to connect with these regenerative heart emotions so we can radiate that energy into all the areas of our lives and be able to perform at our very best.

About our guests:

Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson are the co-founders of VISION54, a breakthrough program and golf school based at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Internationally recognized, Lynn and Pia are the two highest-ranked female instructors in America and have been selected as Golf Digest’s Legends of Golf Instruction. GOLF Magazine selected them both as recipients of the Top 100 Teachers: Lifetime Achievement. VISION54’s golf school, 54GOLF, has been awarded the “Best Golf School in America” multiple times. VISION54’s coaching program, 54COACH, has repeatedly received the highest marks from peers in training for teachers and coaches.

Lynn and Pia have coached players to well over one hundred tour victories on the LPGA, PGA, European, Ladies European, and Japan Tours. They’ve coached eleven different major winners and five #1-ranked players in the world. They are also the authors of four best-selling books, including their newest release, Be a Player.