Bruce Stankavage,
founder of MindSports Consulting, has provided mental performance
coaching to a variety of athletes and coaches. His counter-cultural approach is changing the way his clients understand and interpret their experiences on and off the playing field. This understanding of the role of thought and how it shapes our mind-set, perceptions, and experience is leading more and more athletes to greater success and improved performance.
“Regardless of your performance, thinking, or feelings, you are OKAY and always will be. You have what you seek.”
Simplifying Mental Coaching
Sport performance is not all about the body. Any athlete knows that. But few truly understand the role of thought and how it shapes our mind-set, perceptions, and experience. Our thinking, and not our circumstances, drives our internal feelings. We experience the world from the inside-out. Deepening one’s understanding of this thought-feeling connection and all of its ramifications is how athletes maximize performance, win games, realize their own personal development, and enjoy life to the fullest. Are you:
- Struggling with fear of failure or intense anxiety?
- Lacking confidence?
- A perfectionist?
- In a slump?
- Easily distracted or having trouble focusing?
- Prone to temper tantrums, self-condemnation, or harsh self-talk?
- Trying too hard?
- Stopped enjoying the game?
- Seeking a “mental” edge?
Free 30 Minute Phone Consultation
Spend some time with Bruce learning the principles of thought and state of mind. It will change your game, change your world, change your life.
WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING…
Bruce has been the single most important influence pointing me to the truth that my feelings come from my thinking and not from the events in my life. When we speak, I feel completely heard, and his response is filled with truth and love. I am grateful for our many conversations.
~Entrepreneur and Former Athlete
Bruce has been a huge benefit to me and my staff. He has a great way of seeing the best in me and those he works with. He’s got a big heart and a ton of wisdom.
~Basketball Trainer, Business Owner and Former Pro Athlete
Bruce was absolutely fantastic during his workshop with our team. He communicated with passion and insight and offered a paradigm our players needed to hear.
~High School Basketball Coach, Former College Coach and Athlete
I am grateful for my time connecting with Bruce not only about golf but, more importantly, about life. His impact is deep and wide ranging.
~College Golfer
Bruce Stankavage
My Story
I know what my clients have been through.
I too have struggled with performance anxiety, worrying about what everyone thinks, the fear of failure, striving for perfectionism, wanting to be liked, excessive self-condemnation, and missing the joy of competition.
Even though I was a successful high school and Division I standout athlete and am now an entrepreneur, husband, and father of three boys, I have spent most of my mental life in torment and lonely. I searched for greater mental freedom and clarity in various places: self-help, religion, education (Master’s in counseling psychology), countless retreats, counseling, seminars, and group training sessions.
I was working for a well-respected mental skills/leadership development training company when one Saturday morning, while looking at Twitter, I stumbled on a paradigm that intuitively connected with my heart, soul, and experience.
It changed everything. I realized my strategies (and most popular performance and sports psychology paradigms, tips, tools, and techniques) significantly increased an already excessive workload for my clients, cluttered their minds, reduced their effectiveness, and limited their innate psychological functioning.
For decades, I had strived to control outcomes and believed my achievements (wins, money, success, children, marriage) would reduce my insecure feelings and enhance my well-being. I was looking at the world from outside-in.
Now, I seek answers from the inside-out. And I found what I had been looking for: mental freedom, contentment and clarity by understanding how the mind works.
I left the comfort zone of my established company and started MindSports Consulting.
I teach the understanding of inside-out and how it can change your athletic and personal life. I help clients learn the source of their feelings, what to do with their endless thoughts and habitual ruminating, and how to create and interpret their experiences.
My clients discover what I have learned: That the foundation of human performance is understanding the principle of thought, the impact of mind-set, and seeing the truth in the thought-feeling connection.
ARTICLES
Way to Go, Einstein! A Morning Thought Storm
I was sitting in the drive-through line at Einstein Bagel early one Sunday morning when I suddenly remembered I had a frequent customer card. I opened my wallet, found the card, and quickly noticed the 12th bagel hole wasn’t punched. I counted the hole punches. There...
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I Missed It-A Parenting Tip
Parenting is tough, especially when our child is unhappy and all we want to do is fix the problem. That was the case on a recent ride home from lacrosse practice with my 11-year-old son, Brooks. Clearly, he was unsettled. I have been in enough car rides after sporting...
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Anxiety or Fear? Is There a Difference?
I tweeted the word picture on the left and felt proud to share my new understanding. Historically, I associated my internal angst to my circumstances and sought relief by working really, really hard trying to control life—to no avail. For decades fear dominated my...
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Transitioning from Strategies to Understanding = Freedom and Clarity
I know what my clients have been through. I too have struggled with performance anxiety, worrying about what everyone thinks, the fear of failure, striving for perfectionism, wanting to be liked, excessive self-condemnation, and missing the joy of competition. Even...
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