ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast
Aug 12, 2026 · 43 min · 10 segments
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 32 of the ParentingAces Podcast! Former professional dancer turned performance coach, Kamala Nellen, is back on the podcast (see…
Kamala NellenGuestLisa StoneHostI'm your host, Lisa Stone, and this week we have back with us, after I think 15 years, Kamala Nellen, the author of Working In.
Kamala is a former professional dancer whose career sadly came to a, a sudden end due to injury.
And during the process of dealing with all of that, she discovered yoga and meditation, and started training so that she could help other athletes and people in general look inside to help manage the challenges and stresses that life throws at us.
She wrote this book, Working In, many years ago, but has recently re- released an updated audio version of the book, which we will have a link to in the show notes.
And in this episode, Kamala and I talk about how parents can use some of the techniques that Kamala teaches to do a better job as tennis parents, but also to help model the behaviors that they would like to see in their young athletes.
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I'm your host, Lisa Stone, and this week we have back with us, after I think 15 years, Kamala Nellen, the author of Working In.
Kamala is a former professional dancer whose career sadly came to a, a sudden end due to injury.
And during the process of dealing with all of that, she discovered yoga and meditation, and started training so that she could help other athletes and people in general look inside to help manage the challenges and stresses that life throws at us.
She wrote this book, Working In, many years ago, but has recently re- released an updated audio version of the book, which we will have a link to in the show notes.
And in this episode, Kamala and I talk about how parents can use some of the techniques that Kamala teaches to do a better job as tennis parents, but also to help model the behaviors that they would like to see in their young athletes.