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In the News
Please feel free to peruse our website as many of the pages have
been updated with new and exciting information for you!
New Mental Edge Office
The Mental Edge has opened our third office! In addition to our
North and South offices, we have added a new office in Elk River.
Our new office address is 19050 Industrial Blvd., Suite 4, Elk River
MN 55330
Mental Edge begins High Impact Sports
Performance Mentoring with Spectrum High School
Mental Edge, Spectrum High School and Velocity Sports Performance
have teamed up to provide a youth development experience that
positively impacts the athletic youth culture at Spectrum High
School as well as the athletic youth culture in the Elk River
Community. The Mental Edge will provide High Impact Mentoring to
each athlete, our High Impact Coaching Series to every Spectrum
coach, and our High Impact Parent Series to all parents of Spectrum
High School students. In doing so, we are striving to put a notch
into reshaping and changing the educational and athletic scene in
America.
Spectrum High School is a charter school for grades 9-12 and they
are entering their third year of existence. Please visit their
website for more information about this amazing school...Small
School, Big Results!
www.SpectrumHighSchool.org
If you are a school’s administrator or serve on a school’s board of
directors and would be interested in exploring this type of project
at your school, please contact us at
Dawn@MentalEdgeNow.com. Thank you!
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Announcements
90-Day Challenge for Parents
The Mental Edge has launched a 90-day Challenge for any parent that
wants to revitalize and increase the quality of relationship with
his or her kids by being a better asker of quality questions. Each
month we will provide 5 or more quality questions to help you make
bids toward your son or daughter. Please email
Dawn@MentalEdgeNow.com
to accept the challenge!
Mental Edge Maintenance Program
Have you mentored with the Mental Edge yet would like an opportunity
to keep in contact with your Mental Edge Coach? We are please to
announce our High Impact Maintenance Program! You can get unlimited
phone, text, and email contact with your coach on a monthly basis
for $275.00. Please call Dawn at 763-439-5246 to begin. Open to all
past mentoring clients!
High Impact Tryouts!
Are you ready for tryouts? Get the Edge with our High Impact Tryout
Series!
Click here for details.
Did you know we offer complimentary 30-minute
telephone initial consultations? If you or someone you know
would like a first-hand experience of what we are all about, simply
call Dawn to schedule your no-obligation consultation with Shaun or
Justin today!
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A Life Changed
Shaun Goodsell, MA
What is it we are really trying to do at the Mental Edge? Help kids
play better? Have more confidence? Deal with personal challenges?
Win games? These are all potential outcomes although they are not at
the core of what we are trying to do. What is at the core is CHANGED
LIVES! With that in mind, I would like to tell you about a recent
client that mentored with us. I tell you this story with her
permission.
Joy was scared to death to meet with me. Her parents heard about
what we did and thought it would be good for her but hadn’t fully
convinced Joy of the value. Within a few minutes Joy could tell that
I was aware of her lack of inner confidence. As we would sit and
talk she would tell me about life situations that left her feeling
sad, disappointed and regretful. I listened, offered empathy,
well-timed guidance, and truthful feedback. The more we met the more
Joy opened up and told me of her dreams, passions, and deepest
fears. The continued dialogue we had grew Joy’s trust in our
relationship and she utilized much of what we talked about to deal
with some difficult relationship challenges. Because of this, little
by little, Joy’s life got better. She developed more and more trust
in herself, discarded some relationships that were destructive to
her and stopped doing some things that left her in an emotionally
heavy and dark place. Her face even brightened with the kind of joy
that sets in when a young person is listened to, cared for, believed
in, and encouraged to live an inspired life. Something wonderful
happened this summer! Joy’s life changed! She went from darkness to
light! In her words “My life was saved!”
This is what we are after at The Mental Edge. Light that finds its
way through darkness. Every athlete seems to have his or her own
version of darkness. For some it is fear, others experience
life-altering anxiety and still others are plagued with a need to
please everyone never knowing if they have done enough. When we find
a young person’s darkness we look to reveal and bring light.
If this story has touched you please let us know and we will pass on
your comments to “Joy”.
To find out more about this topic and to schedule a free
telephone consultation, please call 763.439.5246.
Shaun Goodsell
President and CEO
Mental Edge
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What They're
Saying about the Mental Edge “We wanted
to send you a thank you for the wonderful work you have done with
our son, Tyrone. Somewhere along the line, the pleasure and
enjoyment Ty got out of sports began to feel more like pressure. He
had a harder time focusing and felt frustrated with his performance.
Through the profile assessment and the individual sessions with you,
he learned tools to help him with positive thinking, managing
disappointment and diversity, focusing, and increasing his
confidence in all situations. He could apply these tools immediately
and see the results in all areas of his life… his grades, his
relationships with family, friends and teammates, and his sports
performance. Most of all, he’s having FUN again. You made an instant
connection with him and understood exactly what he was feeling. Your
honest and direct approach quickly built a high level of trust and
he valued you as a trainer and coach. We’ve spent a lot of money
over the years for sports training but the Mental Edge program was
definitely the best dollars for the results we ever invested in our
son.
Thanks to Justin Johnson for his coaching and guidance (especially
during the pre-tryout time) and to Dawn for keeping it all
organized. You have a fabulous program and we would be happy to be a
reference at any time.”
Colleen and Dan Simcoe
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Thank you for
being such caring and giving people! It is awesome for Jack to have
such a positive mentoring relationship!
Cheryl
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“I wanted to take a minute and reflect on the
time that you spent with Allison. I can’t tell you how much a change
we’ve seen in her since she started the program with you. She became
acutely aware of what issues that she needed to address if she
wanted to achieve the goals that she has for herself in hockey. She
has worked so hard on improving her physical skills – which she has,
but she really needed some focus on the mental part of the game;
both on and off the ice. You helped her so much in that area! She
feels that she is so much better prepared to handle the issues that
affected her in hockey, and I have really seen the difference in her
game since starting the program with you. As we both have told
Allison, this is just a beginning in developing a stronger mental
approach to the game, and that she has to consistently use the tools
that you gave her to continue improving her game.
What’s even better is the “blueprint” that you left her with in
which the both of you collaborated on, that will help her deal with
future situations as they arise. She now has the tools that will
help her better deal in the future with all the issues that affected
her play in the past.
From a parent’s point of view, it was great to have someone outside
the family with credibility to discuss these issues with her. She
readily accepted your ideas, guidance and counseling and again, the
results were outstanding. We know that we will be in touch again
with you soon to develop a “maintenance” program for her as she
continues down the path of achieving the high goals that she has for
herself.
Thanks so much for your time with Allison; she really enjoyed the
time she spent with you, and she feels, as my wife and I do, that
she really got a lot out of the Mental Edge program. Thanks again!”
Respectfully,
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For additional information regarding the newsletter articles or to
schedule an appointment
please call 763-439-5246 or simply email
Dawn@MentalEdgeNow.com
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