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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 Champion 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. There is no such thing as right and wrong, or, good
and bad, in Shaun's mind. I do not look at life in these terms. As a
Performance Coach, it is my challenge to help each individual
athlete develop a new way of defining his/her performance – it is
not about good or bad, but about looking at what factors go into a
quality performance and what each athlete can do and/or change,
individually, to experience just that. With Shaun's ability to teach
and to inspire, along with his ability to communicate abstract ideas
clearly, he is able to help each person he works with identify and
look at ways they might be engaging in self-defeating patterns of
thinking and/or acting, which results in an overall empowering
experience for the individual, raising their level of mental
toughness and overall self-esteem. Shaun also works extensively with
coaches and parents of athletes in large groups, focusing on their
integral roles in athletes' overall mental development and their
lives in general. Each coach and parents leaves these presentations
and workshops inspired and better equipped to manage athletes with
aim, purpose and compassion.
Shaun resides in Elk River with his wife, Dawn, and their four
children: Katlynn, Elisa, Matthew and Gracie. Shaun and Dawn enjoy
exercising, golfing, movies, reading, and relaxing by the pool with
their children. Their kids are actively involved in sports and keep
them on the go between soccer fields, basketball courts, figure
skating rinks, and dance performances!
Shaun continues to take on new clients of all ages and backgrounds.
He has recently been working extensively with large associations and
boards of directors in developing cultures of excellence and strong
leadership among teams, coaches, parents, athletes, and in the
overall associations themselves.
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