High performers are more susceptible to mental challenges.

Supple[Mental]Sports is your one stop shopping for the tools, resources and support you need to feel better and do better.

Whether you’re an an athlete, an aspiring C-Suite exec, student or care taker, my job is to set you up for success.

The Mission: Offer affordable, comprehensive and fun resources to support the mental welfare of high performers.

The Vision: Be a global leader in the mental wellness space.

Why work with me?

1. I know what it feels like to be there. When I first approached clinical and sport psychologists about my idea for this company, all of them agreed my experience makes me relatable and credible.

2. I take a holistic approach. Think of mental wellness like a team sport. Just like it would be damn near impossible to win a football match solo, it’s damn near impossible to take care of your psychological welfare solo too. Mental wellness has no space for machismo and that, “I can do it on my own,” BS. I make sure that parents, coaches, siblings, significant others and anyone else you may want to support you has access to the knowledge they need to help you at the highest level like communication tips, statistics and a basic understanding of the mental health landscape.

3. Prehab! Tom Brady and I have something in common: we both believe in prehab. Just like how we work to prevent physical injuries with strength, conditioning and pliability (if you practice the TB 12 method), we can do the same with our minds.

Why high performers?

High performers are among the most susceptible when it comes to mental challenges. For many, we were raised to be the best at most things at most times. We were taught how to climb the mountain. We were taught how to be on top of the mountain. However, for many high performers, someone forgot to mention what to do when we fall from the top of mountain and how far the climb back up will be.

What does falling off the mountain look like?

For an athlete? Injury, retirement, forced trade.

For a C-Suiter? A layoff, denied promotion, a slow timeline.

For a student? Anything less than an A. (Although I was stoked when I got a C in Calc...)

Naturally there are other causes to falling off the mountain like chemical imbalance, loss of a loved one, moving and many more.

You know how to climb the mountain, but do you know how to get up when you fall? Most people do not. You have to do what I call, The Work.

I’m here to be your guide and hopefully ensure you have a more positive experience than I did.

Pro Tip: Avoid waiting until you have to take care of your mental welfare. Set yourself up now with a solid foundation to handle whatever life throws at you; because lemme tell ya, life will throw things, and it will hurt.

More About Moi:

Like one of my favorite psychologists, Esther Perel, says, “Where do we begin?”

Woof, writing a long-ass bio I can only hope you read to inspire you to a) take care of you and b) book me for mental wellness support at your school, sport or company is no easy feat, but let me give it the ol’ college try.

The Fun Stuff: I’m originally from Ohio and feel deeply offended if you refer to my hometown as the mistake on the lake. Where else can millenials afford lake front properties? While I am a Cleveland native, I have strong ties to Chicago, my mom’s hometown, and am very partial to Portillo’s hot dogs and Malnati’s pizza. I currently live on the road, which is thankfully coming to end soon. Prior to, I lived in 14 other cities and five other countries. I grew up around sports - Go Tribe (no Guardians …)- I played volleyball at the Junior Olympic level. I swam, I horseback ride, I ski, I skin, I road bike, wake surf, I practice and teach yoga, and I weight lift - though I’m inconsistent at the moment. #vanlife

I completed my undergrad at University of Minnesota (Go Gophs) and loved it. I lived in DC where I naively thought I would change the world as a 23 year-old. I was offered a job to work the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014 and the experience changed my life. (Brazil is amazing, definitely visit). I was privileged to work with top tier sponsors, attend the most coveted matches in the world, manage the Jamaican Football Federation and ultimately complete my Master’s in Sport Business, Marketing and Law in 2017. I knew I wanted to work in sports, but didn’t know where I belonged.

During my MA program, my psychological welfare took what some might call a hit…if you can equate a hit to what felt like an Atomic Bomb. My parents and doctors are still perplexed as to how I even finished school, but I now know the brain is capable of a lot of weird things. By 2018, I was forced to hit pause and seek higher levels of support. During my pause, not only did I find a new passion for puzzles, but my eyes were opened to a mental healthcare system full of more holes than Swiss Cheese. I vowed to help others either avoid my experiences or help them navigate the system.

During my pause, I was motivated to expedite the process so outside of my professional support, I I started making up my own wellness exercises. I used my yoga background and researched the hell out of mental health - Ted Talks, library books, podcasts - you name it, I was into it!

A few years later I started to sprinkle in some of my exercises into yoga classes and low and behold, people found them helpful. Then I decided to host monthly classes apart from yoga. I started working directly with a team of psychologists and sport psychologists writing workbooks, offering 1:1 coaching and community classes. I now offer conferences and retreats locally, nationwide and abroad! Like I said above, my vision is to be worldwide leader in mental wellness. I position myself as an educator.

Because I have a passion for sports and consider myself a high performer, I make a point to support the sport/high performer niche. However, wellness is for everyone — I mean that. A big part of my mission is to make wellness practices accessible - this shit is not rocket science and wellness isn’t just for the wealthy. (However, who wouldn’t benefit from a week at Canyon Ranch?) My programs work to demystify the world of mental wellness by laying a foundation for your well being. My programs do what the name of my company suggests — they supplement you mental wellness.

I am not a licensed therapist or counselor. My work has been as a patient and researcher. I work closely with professional psychologists and a life coach on mental wellness programs before making them public.

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Feel better. Do better.