ABOUT US
Optimize Mind Performance has assembled the world’s leading minds in the mental performance space to assist athletes in achieving peak performance.
Coach
Dr. Ross Flowers is a counseling psychologist and former elite track and field athlete and coach with over 20 years of experience in sport psychology.
Based in Los Angeles, he has worked with leading organizations including the San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Rams, and the United States Olympic Team. He has helped some of the world’s best athletes achieve their goals on and off the field, and can help you to unlock your full potential.
Coach
Geoff Miller is a highly regarded expert in baseball psychology. He has spent the past 17 years working in the MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, and Philadelphia Phillies. Coach Miller holds a Masters Degree in Sports Psychology, currently provides mental skills coaching to professional and amateur athletes, corporate coaching to executives and business teams, and coaching for retiring athletes transitioning into new post-playing careers.
Coach
Dr. Andrea Wieland is a Sport Psychologist with over three decades of experience in elite mental performance, having held roles as the Director of sport performance at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Head of Mental Conditioning at the world-renowned IMG Academy. She has worked with elite athletes, special forces soldiers, NFL players, and leaders of the business world. A member of the US Olympic Field Hockey Team in 1996, Coach Wieland is a former NCAA Division I Field Hockey coach and a member of the Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame (2008).
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Coach
Dr. Michael Lloyd is a sport psychologist with over 20 years of experience in high performance sport. He has worked with athletes from a wide range of sports during his time at the Australian Institute of Sport and the Queensland Academy of Sport before moving to Cricket Australia where he has spent the past 16 years working with Australia’s best cricketers. He is the current Sports Psychologist for the Queensland Cricket team.
Coach
Dr Amanda Gatherer is a Clinical Psychologist with over thirty years’ experience including two decades working with athletes in high performance sport.
Coach Gatherer has spent 11 years assisting athletes with their mental health through the English Institute of Sport, working with high school athletes all the way through to Olympians.
Currently, Dr Gatherer helps cricketers at English Cricket and Paralympians reach their potential.
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Coach
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Dr Meg Popovic is a Mental Skills Coach who has helped thousands of athletes reach their peak as athletes and as people.
Coach Popovic spent four years working with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL as Director of Athlete Wellbeing & Performance. Popovic has helped to develop leaders, working with Brescia University in Ontario while also working with athletes at the International Olympic Academy and the the NBA’s Global Academy.
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Laura Cosgrove is a performance psychologist with over ten years’ experience working with athletes of varying levels and sports.
Coach Cosgrove spent two successful Olympic cycles with Team Great Britain, working with British Divers and British Cyclist.
After six years in the UK, Coach Cosgrove returned to Melbourne, Australia where she now works with athletes at the Victorian Institute of Sport.
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Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Michel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted by rebel soldiers and forced into training as a child soldier.
For two weeks Michel endured unimaginable horrors before escaping and being reunited with his family.
At 11 he became a refugee and moved to Canada.
Today, Michel is an accomplished motivational speaker and the co-author of Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War.
Michel has shared his story of courage, resilience and perseverance with thousands of people across the globe, and will share his story and his learnings on mental toughness to OMP users.
Currently Michel is a Performance Lifestyle Advisor for the NBA at their Academy in Senegal.
Optimize Mind Performance users will gain exclusive insights from some of the world’s leading athletes.
NFL Player
Over the past 15 years Matthew Slater has played for the New England Patriots in the NFL, winning three Super Bowls and appearing at the Pro Bowl 10 times.
A special teamer, playing what is known as the Gunner role, Slater played the second-most games in Patriots history behind only Tom Brady and has been Special Teams captain since 2011.
Prior to his time in the NFL Slater spent four seasons playing with the UCLA Bruins before being drafted at pick 153 of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Slater has experienced many ups and downs during his career and he’ll share some tips in his course “Gunning For Success”.
NFL Player
From Tampa Florida, Isaiah Wynn has played as an offensive tackle for the New England Patriots since being selected with the 23rd overall pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
In his journey from high school, to college star with the Georgia Bulldogs, to being a NFL first round pick, Wynn has faced many ups and downs and is sharing his story exclusively with Optimize Mind Performance.
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Ben Smith has spent 14 years as a professional ice hockey player, including stints at the Toronto Maple Leafs, San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks where he was part of the 2013 Stanley Cup winning team.
Part of the United States’ team that won bronze at the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championships, Ben was drafted out of Boston College where he played in three NCAA Championship finals winning two and being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player in 2010.
Currently, Ben plays for Red Bull Munich in the German Ice Hockey League where he has won two championships.
LISTEN
As in life, setbacks are common in sports.
Learn how to regain your motivation after a loss, mistake, or bump in the road.
Build the feeling of security in your own abilities,
qualities and practices with Coach Flowers by identifying who you are as an athlete.
Learn about resilience and how to use it to be
mentally tough in the moment and gritty for the long haul.
Being injured brings with it a range of emotions.
Use the simple R.E.C.O.V.E.R principle to guide you through your injury layoff.
Join Isaiah Wynn as he tells you how he grew in confidence
from high school hopeful to NFL starter.
For Athletes
A modern and on-demand approach to mental skills training that actively engages today’s athlete.
Content created by the leading minds in mental performance who have worked throughout the MLB, NFL, NBA, and more.
Content that covers all the key foundations of sport psychology as well as sport specific mental skills that will enhance performance.
An easy, digital solution that requires no training.
Streamlined platform for sending in-house content directly to athletes.
Monitor individual, group, team, and organizational engagement with OMP data & analytics.
Unlock the bandwidth of your team and continue building a holistic approach to mental skills training throughout your organization.
Scale your mental skills training program throughout your organization by reaching your athletes digitally at anytime and anywhere.
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