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Mental Performance Coach
🌿 Wellbeing is everything 🌿
➳ MSc Sport & Performance Psychology
➳ Yoga and Pilates Instructor

➳ Always working towards being the best version of ourselves
➳ Peak performance and mindset services

Most car rides home end up reinforcing the exact thing we say we don't want them to... that the score was the point of t...
09/25/2026

Most car rides home end up reinforcing the exact thing we say we don't want them to... that the score was the point of the whole night. It's not wrong to care about outcomes, it's a problem when outcome is the only thing sport ever talks about with your kid.

Visualization is a real training tool, not wishful thinking. Athletes who mentally rehearse a routine, a serve, a free t...
09/21/2026

Visualization is a real training tool, not wishful thinking. Athletes who mentally rehearse a routine, a serve, a free throw, a race start, activate a lot of the same brain pathways as physically doing it. It's practice their body doesn't have to pay the physical cost for. Two minutes before bed: picture the routine going right, in detail, from your athlete's own eyes, not watching from the outside. Save this and try it before the next competition.

When an athlete says they don't care anymore, it's rarely laziness, and it's rarely a sign anything is seriously wrong. ...
09/14/2026

When an athlete says they don't care anymore, it's rarely laziness, and it's rarely a sign anything is seriously wrong. Most of the time, it's what happens when sport gets reduced down to outcome only, wins, stats, playing time, and loses everything else that used to make it worth showing up for.

"What does a mental performance consultant actually do?” It's not therapy, and it's not a pep talk. It's skill training ...
09/11/2026

"What does a mental performance consultant actually do?” It's not therapy, and it's not a pep talk. It's skill training for the mind, the same way a strength coach trains the body: managing nerves before competition, refocusing after a mistake, building confidence that doesn't depend on the scoreboard. Specific, repeatable skills, not fixed traits some kids have and others don't.

A game is not a test of your kid's worth, but outcome-obsessed youth sports culture has trained a lot of athletes to exp...
09/08/2026

A game is not a test of your kid's worth, but outcome-obsessed youth sports culture has trained a lot of athletes to experience it that way.

09/04/2026

Box breathing is one of the simplest tools in sport psychology, and it works because it's simple: four counts in, four counts hold, four counts out, four counts hold. It slows the heart rate and signals to the brain that this is a moment to perform in, not a threat to survive. Athletes use it in the huddle, at the free-throw line, anywhere nerves show up before it's time to perform. Try it with your athlete before their next big moment.

Somewhere along the way, youth sports started measuring the wrong thing. We reward outcome, wins, stats, scoreboards, an...
09/01/2026

Somewhere along the way, youth sports started measuring the wrong thing. We reward outcome, wins, stats, scoreboards, and call the resulting mood “confidence.” But confidence that only shows up after a win isn't confidence, it's relief.

Real confidence gets built in the process: showing up consistently, working a routine, recovering from mistakes the same way regardless of what the score says.

New Studio, new community, same passion, same mindset. You can find me teaching Pilates at Come check out a class!! ...
03/03/2026

New Studio, new community, same passion, same mindset. You can find me teaching Pilates at

Come check out a class!!

Athletes don’t usually lose confidence because they “aren’t strong mentally.”They lose confidence because their attentio...
02/25/2026

Athletes don’t usually lose confidence because they “aren’t strong mentally.”

They lose confidence because their attention shifts from performing → evaluating.

After a mistake, many athletes start thinking:
Am I playing badly?
Is coach frustrated?
What if I mess up again?

This pulls the brain into analysis mode instead of action mode — and performance drops.

The fastest way to rebuild confidence in sport isn’t positive thinking.
It’s choosing one clear, controllable action and executing it.

Confidence follows behavior.

If you’re a soccer player, youth athlete, or parent wanting practical sport psychology tools that actually transfer to competition, follow along or send me a message.

Comment CONFIDENCE if you want more game-day mental strategies.

🧠 The hardest opponent isn’t across the net, the court, or the field… it’s the one in your head.Doubt. Distraction. Pres...
09/14/2025

🧠 The hardest opponent isn’t across the net, the court, or the field… it’s the one in your head.
Doubt. Distraction. Pressure. Comparison. Perfectionism.
They all show up when the stakes are high.
But here’s the truth 👉 you can train your mind the same way you train your body. With practice, those inner opponents lose their power — and you gain your edge.
✨ Which “hidden opponent” do you battle most often?

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