Over those years, I worked alongside insanely talented, disciplined performers who built their lives around that same devotion.

People who, like me, loved the training and rehearsing, the constant pursuit of getting better, and the moment when all that preparation gave way to something live, unpredictable, and shared with an audience.

And despite having so many of the ingredients right, I watched brilliant performers at the top of my field struggle, suffer, and sometimes leave the work they loved. I struggled, too.

I’m not talking about the grind that comes with doing challenging work. I’m talking about the psychological demands of performance. We knew those demands would be high, but we were rarely taught how to meet them. In this one area, we were largely expected to “figure it out.”

Then I discovered sport and performance psychology—an evidence-based discipline devoted to training the part we had always left to chance.

I couldn’t get back to school fast enough.

Why This Work

By now, you’d have heard at least one funny story about my wild and wonderful little boys and seen a picture of whatever part of our house I’m currently self-renovating.

There’s a good chance I’d be dressed for dance class, too. I don’t perform professionally anymore, but I’ll never stop dancing. It’s still one of my greatest joys.

And when we got up to leave, I’d probably send you home with a bag of handmade soap, a journal prompt, a book recommendation... likely all three.

More than anything, though, I’d hope you’d leave feeling deeply seen—like I understood something about the world you live in while still being deeply curious about your experience of it. And I’d hope you’d know that I am in your corner—ready to bring the research, the questions, the ideas, and probably a few unexpected things until we find what genuinely helps you.