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.
The Truth About Self-Talk in High-Pressure Situations
The Truth About Self-Talk in High-Pressure Situations
3 Strategies to stop overthinking
3 Strategies to stop overthinking
Find Your Ideal Zone of Optimal Functioning Today!
Find Your Ideal Zone of Optimal Functioning Today!
World Champion Sydney McLaughlin’s Tips for Ongoing Success
World Champion Sydney McLaughlin’s Tips for Ongoing Success
Patrick Mahomes’ Mindset and Mental Toughness Post-Super Bowl 2025
Patrick Mahomes’ Mindset and Mental Toughness Post-Super Bowl 2025
Positive Thinking Overload? Try This Twist Instead
Positive Thinking Overload? Try This Twist Instead
Use Their Achievements to Reach Your Goals
Use Their Achievements to Reach Your Goals
Performance Psychology: It’s Not Just Mental Health!
Performance Psychology: It’s Not Just Mental Health!
Find out what I do instead of new year resolutions
Find out what I do instead of new year resolutions
Stay Motivated and Avoid Burnout
Stay Motivated and Avoid Burnout
Push Harder or Ease Off? Finding Your Flow
Push Harder or Ease Off? Finding Your Flow
Improve Performance with Key Patterns
Improve Performance with Key Patterns
From Couch to Conqueror: Power Words Inside!
From Couch to Conqueror: Power Words Inside!
Boost Productivity With This Tip
Boost Productivity With This Tip
Real Examples of “NOW” Goals to Guarantee Results
Real Examples of “NOW” Goals to Guarantee Results
Need to better focus? Follow these two steps
Need to better focus? Follow these two steps
Unlock Your Full Potential: Master Decision Power for Success!
Unlock Your Full Potential: Master Decision Power for Success!
Master the Art of Productive Boredom: It’s Your Secret Weapon!
Master the Art of Productive Boredom: It’s Your Secret Weapon!
Overcoming Life’s Unfairness
Overcoming Life’s Unfairness
Exploring Perfectionism: Unveiling its Connection to Mental Toughness
Exploring Perfectionism: Unveiling its Connection to Mental Toughness
Unlock Your Health Goals: Proven Strategy to Achieve Success Your Way!
Unlock Your Health Goals: Proven Strategy to Achieve Success Your Way!
Unbelievable Olympic Moments | How Mental Toughness Turned ‘I Can’t’ into Gold
Unbelievable Olympic Moments | How Mental Toughness Turned ‘I Can’t’ into Gold
Empowerment from Sheryl Crow and Michael Jackson (and me)
Empowerment from Sheryl Crow and Michael Jackson (and me)
Accountability is fundamental, but the decision of who to trust on this path is crucial
Accountability is fundamental, but the decision of who to trust on this path is crucial
Boost Your Day with Positive Vibes: A Powerful Motivation Technique for Everyone!
Boost Your Day with Positive Vibes: A Powerful Motivation Technique for Everyone!
The Most Important Lesson from Roger Federer’s Commencement Address at Dartmouth
The Most Important Lesson from Roger Federer’s Commencement Address at Dartmouth
Overturn Your Setback and Take a Lead from Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
Overturn Your Setback and Take a Lead from Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
Master the Yoga Chair Pose to Overcome Life’s Struggles / Empower Your Mind and Body
Master the Yoga Chair Pose to Overcome Life’s Struggles / Empower Your Mind and Body
Reclaiming Resilience: Essential Mental Toughness Tool for Comebacks
Reclaiming Resilience: Essential Mental Toughness Tool for Comebacks
Overcoming Irrational Unnecessary And Silly Fears With A Helpful Tip
Overcoming Irrational Unnecessary And Silly Fears With A Helpful Tip
Achieve Top Performance With This Aha!
Achieve Top Performance With This Aha!
Boost Your Motivation And Confidence In 60 Seconds Or Less
Boost Your Motivation And Confidence In 60 Seconds Or Less
Unlocking The Power Of Negative Emotions: Novak Djokovic’s Surprising Belief!
Unlocking The Power Of Negative Emotions: Novak Djokovic’s Surprising Belief!
Don’t Believe Your Own Thoughts – Here’s Why!
Don’t Believe Your Own Thoughts – Here’s Why!
Unveiling The Navy Seals’ Secrets: The Power of Intense Training
Unveiling The Navy Seals’ Secrets: The Power of Intense Training
Unleashing the Incredible Impact of Motivational Quotes
Unleashing the Incredible Impact of Motivational Quotes
Loss Does Not Have To Be A Catastrophe
Loss Does Not Have To Be A Catastrophe
Mikaela Shiffrin Is One Of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People Of 2023!
Mikaela Shiffrin Is One Of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People Of 2023!
The Confident Patrick Kane: What We Can Learn From Him
The Confident Patrick Kane: What We Can Learn From Him
How To Be A Better You: Tips For Self-discipline
How To Be A Better You: Tips For Self-discipline
Mastering ‘What If’ Thoughts: Taking Control of Your Mind’s Narrative
Mastering ‘What If’ Thoughts: Taking Control of Your Mind’s Narrative
Empower Yourself: Overcoming Intimidation and Achieving Victory
Empower Yourself: Overcoming Intimidation and Achieving Victory
Self-Compassion: Overcoming Self-Criticism and Embracing Self-Acceptance
Self-Compassion: Overcoming Self-Criticism and Embracing Self-Acceptance
Visualization To Combat Anxiety And Stop Negative Thoughts
Visualization To Combat Anxiety And Stop Negative Thoughts
Evaluate Or Judge: Which Is Better For Performance?
Evaluate Or Judge: Which Is Better For Performance?
What My 100 Year Old Grandmother Taught Me About Life And Commitment To Our Choices
What My 100 Year Old Grandmother Taught Me About Life And Commitment To Our Choices
How To Make Confident Decisions And Stop Doubting Yourself
How To Make Confident Decisions And Stop Doubting Yourself
The Secret To Breaking Bad Habits And Getting Results
The Secret To Breaking Bad Habits And Getting Results
Mindset Shift: When Things Are Tough, Try This (It’s Not Thinking Positive)
Mindset Shift: When Things Are Tough, Try This (It’s Not Thinking Positive)
You’re Thinking Of Mental Toughness All Wrong!
You’re Thinking Of Mental Toughness All Wrong!
Get A Competitive Advantage Just Like David Goggins, Brock Bowers, And Legendary Coach John Wooden
Get A Competitive Advantage Just Like David Goggins, Brock Bowers, And Legendary Coach John Wooden
Get Excited For Tomorrow With This Inspirational Quote!
Get Excited For Tomorrow With This Inspirational Quote!
It takes guts to be confident
It takes guts to be confident
Choose your best person to hold yourself accountable
Choose your best person to hold yourself accountable
Self Care FIRST!!! Stop Putting Yourself Off
Self Care FIRST!!! Stop Putting Yourself Off
Find your pain cave and thrive just like ultra runner, Courtney Dauwalter
Find your pain cave and thrive just like ultra runner, Courtney Dauwalter
Cracking the mindset code with Rory Mcllroy
Cracking the mindset code with Rory Mcllroy
Spring HUGE results
Spring HUGE results
Mental training for your fears
Mental training for your fears
Mental toughness from NBA 69ers PJ Tucker
Mental toughness from NBA 69ers PJ Tucker
Stress awareness is stress appreciation
Stress awareness is stress appreciation
Best quote and advice from Mikaela Shiffrin
Best quote and advice from Mikaela Shiffrin
A new perspective on coping with the pressure to perform
A new perspective on coping with the pressure to perform
Having a bad day? Use this tip to gain perspective
Having a bad day? Use this tip to gain perspective
How to suffer a loss without losing heart
How to suffer a loss without losing heart
Set an outcome goal that will actually work
Set an outcome goal that will actually work
These are the most important goals you can set for optimal success!
These are the most important goals you can set for optimal success!
Unusual goal setting tip: don’t miss other opportunities
Unusual goal setting tip: don’t miss other opportunities
Set goals to conquer performance barriers
Set goals to conquer performance barriers
The best tip for exercising consistently
The best tip for exercising consistently
Be different to gain a competitive advantage
Be different to gain a competitive advantage
What we can learn from Karen Khachanov and Nick Kyrgios’ emotional resilience
What we can learn from Karen Khachanov and Nick Kyrgios’ emotional resilience
The best mindset for overcoming challenges
The best mindset for overcoming challenges
Gain confidence and remove some fear with these three strategies
Gain confidence and remove some fear with these three strategies
Don’t do it alone!
Don’t do it alone!
How to motivate when days are darker, colder, and shorter
How to motivate when days are darker, colder, and shorter
What Tiger Woods and Andre Agassi used to help them be great (and we all have access to it)
What Tiger Woods and Andre Agassi used to help them be great (and we all have access to it)
The sweet spot of high performance and peak experience
The sweet spot of high performance and peak experience
How to make the most of a rival and win
How to make the most of a rival and win
How to reframe the win and stay motivated
How to reframe the win and stay motivated
No matter how chaotic or challenging life gets, take a moment to look around
No matter how chaotic or challenging life gets, take a moment to look around
The truth about mental health and how to be your best
The truth about mental health and how to be your best
Is perfectionism a sign of mental toughness?
Is perfectionism a sign of mental toughness?
This lie will not help you cope with anxiety
This lie will not help you cope with anxiety
How to feel the fear and do it anyway
How to feel the fear and do it anyway
Are you recovering the right way?
Are you recovering the right way?
Someone will win, it might as well be you!
Someone will win, it might as well be you!
Is Simone Biles brave and mentally tough to have pulled out of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics?
Is Simone Biles brave and mentally tough to have pulled out of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics?
Bring back play and then achieve your goals
Bring back play and then achieve your goals
Mental toughness for returning to sport
Mental toughness for returning to sport
Deep breathing on purpose
Deep breathing on purpose
The only two ways to prevent and treat burnout
The only two ways to prevent and treat burnout
How Tiger Woods and Andre Agassi climbed their way back to the top
How Tiger Woods and Andre Agassi climbed their way back to the top
What emotions have to do with the 2021 Euro Championship, Wimbledon, Stanley Cup, and Olympics
What emotions have to do with the 2021 Euro Championship, Wimbledon, Stanley Cup, and Olympics
Emotional Resilience: A New Approach
Emotional Resilience: A New Approach
The most important tool to have in your mental toolbox
The most important tool to have in your mental toolbox
How Rafael Nadal shows mental toughness for the French Open & 20th Grand Slam title
How Rafael Nadal shows mental toughness for the French Open & 20th Grand Slam title
Do you compare yourself today with your old best self?
Do you compare yourself today with your old best self?
Struggle to overcome negative thinking? This will help!
Struggle to overcome negative thinking? This will help!
Formula for positive thinking
Formula for positive thinking
Jordan Spieth wins Texas Open with these two mental toughness tools
Jordan Spieth wins Texas Open with these two mental toughness tools
Tip for getting in the zone
Tip for getting in the zone
How to stay mentally tough even with failure
How to stay mentally tough even with failure
How Australian cricketer Steven Waugh won the inner battle between positive and negative self-talk
How Australian cricketer Steven Waugh won the inner battle between positive and negative self-talk
Need more time to get things done? Here’s how
Need more time to get things done? Here’s how
Harry Potter’s JK Rowling on failure and mindset
Harry Potter’s JK Rowling on failure and mindset
An easy 1-minute activity for visualization, concentration, mindset and burnout
An easy 1-minute activity for visualization, concentration, mindset and burnout
The Mental Toughness Behind Drew Brees’ Decision to Stay in the NFL or Retire
The Mental Toughness Behind Drew Brees’ Decision to Stay in the NFL or Retire
How Free Solo Alex Honnold controls his fear and stays confident and focused
How Free Solo Alex Honnold controls his fear and stays confident and focused
Conquering Nevis Bungy: Preparation, Motivation, Confidence & the Jump
Conquering Nevis Bungy: Preparation, Motivation, Confidence & the Jump
Michael Jordan and LA Dodgers Enrique Hernandez live by this mantra (the best I’ve ever heard!).
Michael Jordan and LA Dodgers Enrique Hernandez live by this mantra (the best I’ve ever heard!).
Mental grit from a NBA star
Mental grit from a NBA star
What Bryson DeChambeau and Frank Sinatra have in common
What Bryson DeChambeau and Frank Sinatra have in common
Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr.’s back-to-back home runs: Celebrating and learning from them
Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr.’s back-to-back home runs: Celebrating and learning from them
The best way to push through a fitness challenge
The best way to push through a fitness challenge
"Perform with heart. Win with mind."
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