Pressure isn’t the enemy.
It’s the invitation.
Since I was 12 (and turned a coach’s bet into a championship win), I’ve been obsessed with the mindset behind peak performance. Today, I share that edge with Olympic hopefuls, corporate leaders, and anyone ready to rise to the occasion when it matters most.
As a former elite athlete, coach, and fitness professional with a Ph.D. in Sport Psychology, I bring both personal experience and proven expertise to every stage, workshop, and coaching session.
My approach is practical, results-driven, and designed to help people embrace pressure, strengthen their mental game and optimize performance.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
BOOK ME“The thing I love most was her ability to take really complex psychological models and distill them down into really tangible messages, mantras and tools for my leaders and my friends to take away.”
James Laughlin7x World Champion, Author, and Executive Leadership Coach
Introducing the Peak Performance Triad
The Peak Performance Triad aligns competence, capacity, and culture to make high performance sustainable and repeatable. It helps leaders and organizations build peak performance that lasts.
Haley has spoken at:
Sample speaking topics:
Harnessing Stress as a Performance Enhancer (And Preventing Burnout in the Process)
Dr. Haley Perlus shares how to harness stress to fuel performance. Tap into your strengths to stay locked into your goals. Maintain peak concentration during key moments of distraction, uncertainty and overwhelm. Make recovery a mandatory component of your routine to stay energized and motivated. Combine these strategies to navigate high-pressure situations and maximize performance with resilience and mental strength.
Optimal Energy Flow® for Optimal Success
This training solution is focused on creating opportunities to develop and sustain mental, emotional and physical energy necessary to achieve your personal and professional best. Dr. Haley Perlus will share specific tools and techniques that will help you take full advantage of the Optimum Energy Flow® to enhance performance and overall happiness in life.
The Elite Mindset: Proven Champion Strategies to Achieve Excellence in Business and Beyond
Why is it that people on the same team, with the same knowledge, resources, and strengths have different levels of performance? When all else is equal, there is a specific mindset that enables a select group to gain a competitive edge. This training is a compilation of what has been scientifically proven in the field of performance psychology to help individuals and teams optimize their daily desire, develop unshakeable confidence and focus on what really matters for maximum results.
Sample speaking topics:
Harnessing Stress as a Performance Enhancer (And Preventing Burnout in the Process)
Dr. Haley Perlus shares how to harness stress to fuel performance. Tap into your strengths to stay locked into your goals. Maintain peak concentration during key moments of distraction, uncertainty and overwhelm. Make recovery a mandatory component of your routine to stay energized and motivated. Combine these strategies to navigate high-pressure situations and maximize performance with resilience and mental strength.
Optimal Energy Flow® for Optimal Success
This training solution is focused on creating opportunities to develop and sustain mental, emotional and physical energy necessary to achieve your personal and professional best. Dr. Haley Perlus will share specific tools and techniques that will help you take full advantage of the Optimum Energy Flow® to enhance performance and overall happiness in life.
The Elite Mindset: Proven Champion Strategies to Achieve Excellence in Business and Beyond
Why is it that people on the same team, with the same knowledge, resources, and strengths have different levels of performance? When all else is equal, there is a specific mindset that enables a select group to gain a competitive edge. This training is a compilation of what has been scientifically proven in the field of performance psychology to help individuals and teams optimize their daily desire, develop unshakeable confidence and focus on what really matters for maximum results.
Additional speaking topics:
My approach is practical, results-driven, and designed to help people embrace pressure, strengthen their mental game and optimize performance.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
BOOK ME“Haley did an absolutely amazing job facilitating the session. I have attended many workshops before, but she was outstanding. Comments of ‘phenomenal’ were shared by some of the attendees and she has set a strong example and lead for our trainers. Over the two days, she held everyone’s full attention and engagement, creating a trusted and safe environment where participants felt comfortable to share their experiences and observations with the group.”
Clare GowarGlobal Health & Wellbeing Lead, PHILIPS
What You'll Learn
Sample of theories and concepts applied in Dr. Perlus’ keynotes and trainings.
- Flow State (Csikszentmihallyi)
- Achievement Goal Theory/Growth Mindset/Motivational Climate (Dweck, Ames, Maehr & Nicholls)
- Mastery Approach to Coaching (Smith & Smoll)
- Expert Performance Approach (Ericsson & Smith)
- Cognitive techniques for building confidence and enhancing performance (e.g. thought stopping, reframing, ABC cognitive restructuring, countering, etc.)
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy/The Pygmalion Effect (Merton, Rosenthal & Jacobson)
- Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura)
- Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura)
- Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan)
- Attentional Control Training Principles (dimensions of attention, process vs outcome, selective awareness, etc.)
- Emotional quadrant and regulation
- Leader-Member Exchange Theory (Graen)
- Leadership Cognitive Framework (Gardner)
- Cognitive Experiential Leadership Model (Cerni, Curtis & Colmar)
- Role ambiguity, Role Efficacy and Role Performance (Beauchamp & Carron)
- Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning (Hanin)
- Inverted-U Theory (Yerkes & Dodson)
- Goal Setting Theory (Locke)
- Group and Task Cohesion
- Muscle to Mind Relaxation Techniques
- Mind to Muscle Relaxation Techniques
- Drive Theory (Spence & Spence)
- PETTLEP imagery (Holmes & Collins)
- Burnout (Maslach & Jackson)
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“Perform with heart.
Win with mind.”
Haley Perlus is a Doctor of Performance Psychology, speaker, author and coach. She specializes in applying sport specific techniques to help athletes, business leaders, and high achievers optimize their mental game. To discuss consulting sessions, speaking appearances or media projects (including virtual sessions!), don’t hesitate to get in touch with Haley.
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