Shaun Goodsell has had a passion for working with and helping kids and
adolescents for the better part of his life. He has been working with kids in
adverse situations for twenty years and has seen many of them through the most
horrific of situations. He grew up playing hockey and running cross-country for
his local high school and has also run an amazing six marathons! With a
Bachelor's Degree in Communications, a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology
and his undying love for athletics and young people, Shaun has combined his
academic background, his innate love for working with kids and adolescents and
finally, his passion for sports in general to create The Mental Edge. A company
which not only guides athletes toward a higher ground in measures of
performance, but also in their every day lives.
Shaun has worked with LPGA Golfers, National Championship Hockey Players,
Professional Triathletes, State Champions Football and Hockey Players, as well
as those athletes who simply want to make “the team.” Every athlete deals with
certain mental interferences and life impairments, no matter what level they may
be at competitively. Read More
Justin Johnson has been a hockey goaltender for over twenty years. He grew up
playing in the Blaine Youth Hockey Association through High School where he set
school records, participated in a State Consolation Championship, and was
elected All-State Honorable Mention in 1999. After two years of competing at the
junior level, Justin went on to play at the Division I level for four years with
the University of Minnesota's Golden Gophers where he was a three-time winner of
the Donald M. Clark Community Service Award, selected for the 2003 WCHA
All-Tournament Team, and was a two-time National Champion in the years of 2002
and 2003. Throughout his career, Justin went through times of overwhelming
disappointment to the breaking point of nearly quitting hockey altogether in the
year 2000. In persevering through these difficult times in his life, Justin's
greatest asset was his ability to lead by example – through hard work, a
reconnection with, and the strong belief in his abilities and his strengths, he
was able to get himself back on track athletically and in his every day life.
I've always felt that my ability to lead through my passion for hard work and my
love for competition has been what has kept me going.
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EXPERTS AGREE one’s mental approach can
separate the ordinary achiever from the exceptional one. A positive
mental approach
is also strongly correlated with those individuals who derive a
positive experience from their participation in athletic
competition.
However, the skills required to achieve individual goals are often
overlooked because the primary focus for development is
concentrated more on physical attributes than mental approach. At
Mental Edge, our mission is to increase personal achievement
and elevate the experience of individuals through mentoring and the
teaching of competencies necessary to achieve a positive experience,
on and off the field of play. We believe personal satisfaction is
fundamental to participation in sports ... and in life.
