Greg Warburton

Greg is an author, teacher, professional counselor, and a life-long athlete, as well as being a dedicated innovator in the fields of mental health and sport performance. Greg remains an ever-evolving pioneer at the forefront of mental and emotional fitness training. He highly values evolving as a human being over merely living comfortably.

Beginning at age 8, when he ran his first 5-miler, Greg remains keenly aware of his innate desire to constantly challenge and push himself mentally, emotionally and physically.

Greg grew up living and breathing sports with a father who coached multiple sports. A traumatic leg amputation shortly after completing his first marathon at age 27 didn’t slow him down. With his never-give-up attitude, instead of asking 'Why Me?', he asked himself, What do I have to do now to live a productive life?

Greg gets consistent Championship results which include 12 National Championships and 1 World Championship.

Two of the Champion teams are:

Greg worked with 4-time NAIA Coach of the Year, Jessica Pistole since 2019. Her Southern Oregon University softball teams have won 4 of the last 6 National Championships. (2019, 2021, 2023 & 2025)

Greg's work with Oregon State University baseball and College Hall of Fame Head Coach, Pat Casey from 2006 – 2018. During that time, OSU won 3 National Championships. (2006-07 & 2018)

Greg was an award-winning Instructor at Linn-Benton Community College. From 1993 – 2011, he taught a 3-credit, 30-hour course entitled: Eliminate Self-Defeating Behavior.

Regrettably, I have not had a single athlete in 20 years say they have been taught foundational practices for mentally and emotionally managing the pressure of performance on the field, in the classroom, in relationships and life.

As a result, I am more passionate than ever about preventing prolonged anxiety, depression, despair, doubt, and/or fear, for which we have seen, in recent years, world-class athletes bravely admitting some of their experiences. The reality then is an ever- increasing need for athletes to have access to body/mind skill practices to become, ideally, self-reliant in mentally and emotionally managing their sport and life performance. And it can happen quite quickly.

In my world of service to middle school, high school and college athletes I am keenly focusing on teaching youth how to mentally and emotionally self-manage while performing under pressure when it matters most…in effect achieving mental and emotional fitness. I view my system as an antidote.

The Southern Oregon U. softball team has modeled performing under pressure when it matters most:

Most impressive during the stretch (of Championships) has been their performance under pressure. The Raiders are 31-5 in national elimination games with Pistole at the helm after going 7-0 this season, and they've never lost back-to-back NAIA playoff games. In 35 all-time World Series outings, they have a plus-92 run differential.