Meet Chelsea
Certified Mental Performance Coach
I am a Certified Mental Performance Coach, Professor and Certified Yoga Instructor. I began my athletic career at the age of 4 playing soccer and played all the way through adulthood. I was also a competitive swimmer through high school where my favorite coach told me I had the ugliest freestyle she's ever seen. Nonetheless, my soccer legs made me a pretty good breaststroker. I've also dipped my toes in technical dance classes and was a cheerleader/songleader. I had my first baby in 2019 and whooo, pregnancy is not easy on the brain. I found my mental skills training to be incredibly beneficial during those months and am so happy to be a mother to a little girl who actively reminds me to be in the present moment.
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I specialize in mental performance coaching with traditional methods of practice such as confidence, visualization and attentional focus with a focus on present moment awareness to enhance performance. I work with individual athletes, teams, coaches, dancers, executives, government employees, and anyone else who performs day in and day out. My research is in the effects of a mindfulness training program on sport anxiety, general mindfulness and cognitive interference (this is where your thoughts get in the way of whatever you are doing). I created a program to strengthen emotional regulation and thought control while practicing present moment awareness. Turns out a side-effect of all of that is enhanced confidence and focus! I decided to become a certified yoga instructor because I have been practicing yoga for upwards of 13 years and the benefits of yoga related to performance are incredible so I wanted to be able to carry those benefits into my practice. I use all research-based methods to help you enhance your performance and make your mind FULL of tools to begin to "be where your feet are".
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Chelsea Rodriguez Bio
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Chelsea Rodriguez, M.S., CMPC has worked as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant since 2016 with athletes from youth sport to the professional and Olympic levels, business executives, leadership staff and performing artists. Her passion for developing individuals and teams to perform at their optimal level has provided her with opportunities to speak at various conferences, develop programs for organizations in leadership development, team cohesion & development and mental toughness. Miss. Rodriguez’ fortes include confidence, motivation, team cohesion, team development, behavior change, conflict management, concentration & focus, resilience, coaching effectiveness, and self-determination.
Miss Rodriguez is also a professor and currently teaches Sport and Performance Psychology, Applied Sport Psychology, and Psychology of Injury at California State University, Fullerton. She also teaches Exercise Psychology at Concordia University, Chicago and Sport & Aging at Sacramento State University. Her diverse class load has allowed her to develop and implement challenging and inclusive curriculums for both undergraduate and graduate students. Aside from teaching at the university level, Miss Rodriguez has co-facilitated courses for the United States Office of Personnel Management in Conflict Management and Team Development.
Chelsea holds a M.S. in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport and Performance Psychology from California State University, Fullerton and a B.S. in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Athletic Training from California State University, Fullerton. Chelsea's education gives her the deep knowledge of both the psychology of sport performance and understanding the systems people come from to better understand behaviors. She is also certified in the Thomas-Killman Conflict Mode Instrument and holds a certificate in Organizational Leadership from Harvard University Business School Online. Miss Rodriguez’ research focus is on mindfulness and its effects on sport anxiety and cognitive interference. As a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, she has accrued over 400 hours of mentored experience, completed coursework from regionally accredited institutions of higher education, and is held to ethical principles and standards of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Ethics Code. In 2015, she was awarded the Diversity Travel Grant from the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. This award is given to students from racially and diverse backgrounds who are interested in sport and exercise psychology. Chelsea is deeply educated in working with diverse populations and strives every day to connect with her clients to meet them where they are and develop them into the most effective coach, executive, athlete, performing artist and human possible.