Optimize your mental performance to reach your full potential.

Emily helps athletes, coaches, and teams reach their goals, surpass their perceived limits, and be well along the way.

Why mental performance?

One of the defining features that sets the best athletes apart is their mental game.

Being able to perform on-demand, united with your team, under pressure and fatigue, when it counts, requires deliberate preparation.

Being mentally prepared will allow you to…

Have bulletproof confidence
Manage stress and fears
Build emotional agility
Be resilient to setbacks
Manage your energy
Have optimal focus
Choose the mindset that will propel you to your full potential,
And more!

Just like you train your technical skills, physical fitness, and sport-specific tactics, training your mental performance can help you gain an edge over your competitors while enhancing your sporting experience.

Services to help you optimize your performance

  • Individual Sessions

    Individual sessions will give you a 1-on-1 personalized approach to helping you develop your abilities, overcome mental blocks, gain a competitive advantage, and reach your goals.

  • Workshops

    Workshops are an opportunity to work on a specific topic that the whole group can benefit from such as building bulletproof confidence. They include a mix of learning, practicing, and reflecting.

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Get started with Emily, today.

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”

— Henry Ford

Emily Riley

Driven by her curiosity to enhance her mental game, Emily was introduced to the world of mental performance. As an elite-level curler, she worked with a mental performance consultant and saw great improvements not only in her performance but also in her enjoyment and satisfaction while competing and training. This led her to study sports psychology at the University of Ottawa, earning her Master’s degree. Emily is now passionate to help other athletes optimize their mental performance using her science-based approach alongside her personal experiences.

 

Athletic Background

Emily represented Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championships (2023) winning a bronze medal. She is a Canadian Mixed gold medalist (2022) and bronze medalist (2018), as well as a Canadian Junior silver medalist (2018). She is a member of the Quebec women’s curling team who competed at the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the 2021 Olympic pre-trial qualifier. She has represented Quebec at 10 national championships.

With her sports experiences, Emily understands first-hand the pressures athletes face to perform on-demand, manage work and school obligations, and maintain relationships, all while trying to sustain well-being. If you are an athlete, you can surely appreciate the realness of this challenge!

Emily is here to tell you that you can find your balance in the world of high performance and fulfilment in the process - and she is here to help you along the way!

Qualifications

With a Master’s degree studying in the field of sports psychology, as well as a professional membership with the Canadian Sport Psychology Association, Emily is appropriately qualified and equipped with the expertise to help you reach your goals.

  • Sport Psychology

    University of Ottawa - Master of Human Kinetics: Concentration in Intervention and Consultation

  • Kinesiology

    McGill University - Bachelor of Science: Kinesiology

  • CSPA Member

    Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA), Professional member

  • Mental Health First Aid

    Mental health first aid certification from the Mental Health Commission of Canada

Questions?

Let’s connect! If you have any questions or are curious for more information, do not hesitate to send a message.