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EPISODE · Apr 8, 2026 · 13 MIN

How to Increase Your Mental Performance Like an Athlete With Emily Heird

from Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast · host Digital Trailblazers

Welcome to the Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast! In today’s episode, we’re talking about how to increase your mental performance through athletic mental training.Emily Heird spent ten years inside the mental health profession before recognizing a gap that wellness culture wasn't filling: high-performing professionals who weren't struggling clinically, but weren't performing at their ceiling either. They were sharp, driven, and quietly running on fumes — with no framework for what to do about it.That gap became Vantage View Coaching.Emily is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Performance Mastery Coach, and the creator of the Cognitive Athlete Protocol — a methodology that applies the mental training, recovery, and periodization principles of elite sport directly to professionals whose primary performance instrument is their mind. Her clients are attorneys, executives, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and leaders across industries: people for whom mental output isn't a soft skill, it's the job.Her own experience with burnout in 2019 — while founding and growing a multi-site clinical practice — is less a personal story than a proof of concept. She didn't find her way back through therapy or wellness practices. She rebuilt using a performance model, and that experience is foundational to everything she now teaches.Emily hosts the Mental Performance Unleashed podcast and regularly writes on performance and professional life for publications. She works with individuals through structured 1:1 coaching engagements and brings her methodology into organizations through workplace training and keynote speaking.She doesn't work with people who just want to feel better. She works with people who want to perform better without sacrificing what matters most — health, family, relationships, and peace of mind — and who are ready to train for it.Connect with Emily Here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-heird/https://www.instagram.com/emilyheirdhttps://www.facebook.com/vantageviewcoachinghttps://www.pinterest.com/vantageviewcoaching/https://www.pinterest.com/vantageviewcoaching/https://www.tiktok.com/@emilyheirdwww.vantageviewcoaching.comGrab the freebie here: https://emily-heird.kit.com/9c89e29b64===================================If you enjoyed this episode, remember to hit the like button and subscribe. Then share this episode with your friends.Thanks for watching the Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast. This podcast is part of the Digital Trailblazer family of podcasts. To learn more about Digital Trailblazer and what we do to help entrepreneurs, go to DigitalTrailblazer.com.Are you a coach, consultant, expert, or online course creator? Then we’d love to invite you to our FREE Facebook Group where you can learn the best strategies to land more high-ticket clients and customers. QUICK LINKS: APPLY TO BE FEATURED: https://app.digitaltrailblazer.com/podcast-guest-applicationDIGITAL TRAILBLAZER: https://digitaltrailblazer.com/

Welcome to the Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast! In today’s episode, we’re talking about how to increase your mental performance through athletic mental training.Emily Heird spent ten years inside the mental health profession before recognizing a gap that wellness culture wasn't filling: high-performing professionals who weren't struggling clinically, but weren't performing at their ceiling either. They were sharp, driven, and quietly running on fumes — with no framework for what to do about it.That gap became Vantage View Coaching.Emily is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Performance Mastery Coach, and the creator of the Cognitive Athlete Protocol — a methodology that applies the mental training, recovery, and periodization principles of elite sport directly to professionals whose primary performance instrument is their mind. Her clients are attorneys, executives, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and leaders across industries: people for whom mental output isn't a soft skill, it's the job.Her own experience with burnout in 2019 — while founding and growing a multi-site clinical practice — is less a personal story than a proof of concept. She didn't find her way back through therapy or wellness practices. She rebuilt using a performance model, and that experience is foundational to everything she now teaches.Emily hosts the Mental Performance Unleashed podcast and regularly writes on performance and professional life for publications. She works with individuals through structured 1:1 coaching engagements and brings her methodology into organizations through workplace training and keynote speaking.She doesn't work with people who just want to feel better. She works with people who want to perform better without sacrificing what matters most — health, family, relationships, and peace of mind — and who are ready to train for it.Connect with Emily Here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-heird/https://www.instagram.com/emilyheirdhttps://www.facebook.com/vantageviewcoachinghttps://www.pinterest.com/vantageviewcoaching/https://www.pinterest.com/vantageviewcoaching/https://www.tiktok.com/@emilyheirdwww.vantageviewcoaching.comGrab the freebie here: https://emily-heird.kit.com/9c89e29b64===================================If you enjoyed this episode, remember to hit the like button and subscribe. Then share this episode with your friends.Thanks for watching the Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast. This podcast is part of the Digital Trailblazer family of podcasts. To learn more about Digital Trailblazer and what we do to help entrepreneurs, go to DigitalTrailblazer.com.Are you a coach, consultant, expert, or online course creator? Then we’d love to invite you to our FREE Facebook Group where you can learn the best strategies to land more high-ticket clients and customers. QUICK LINKS: APPLY TO BE FEATURED: https://app.digitaltrailblazer.com/podcast-guest-applicationDIGITAL TRAILBLAZER: https://digitaltrailblazer.com/

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