Emotional performance · Emotion regulation
Expand Your Emotional Capacity to Handle More
Emotional performance coaching for executives, high achievers and athletes. Learn to regulate stress and emotion in the moment, stay composed under pressure and build the capacity to hold more responsibility and more success.
- Who
- Leaders, founders, athletes, parents & high achievers
- Where
- Phoenix office or Zoom, nationwide
- Format
- Private 1:1 sessions
- Investment
- From $250/hour, private pay
- First step
- Short application + strategy call
What is emotional performance?
Your performance has a ceiling. It's emotional.
Emotional performance is your ability to feel what you feel, stay clear-headed and still act at your best. It is what separates people who perform in practice from people who perform when it counts.
Most high achievers are trained in skills and strategy. Very few are trained in emotion regulation. So pressure builds, sleep suffers, reactions get sharper, and success starts to feel heavier instead of better.
Emotional performance coaching with Alexandra teaches you how your nervous system responds to stress and how to work with it. You will build practical tools you can use in a meeting, before a race, in an argument with your partner or at 2 a.m. when your mind will not stop.
Emotional intelligence · Nervous system · Burnout
Emotional intelligence coaching that works under pressure
Emotional intelligence coaching is often taught as theory. Alexandra teaches it as a skill you can use in the moment. Her emotional regulation coaching combines emotional intelligence, nervous system regulation and practical breathwork, grounded in her training as a licensed professional counselor.
Nervous system regulation coaching
Your nervous system decides how you respond before your thinking brain catches up. Learning to regulate it helps you stay calm under pressure, recover faster and stop living in fight-or-flight.
Burnout coaching for high achievers
If you're dealing with burnout from work, coaching helps you understand what's driving it, protect your energy and rebuild a pace you can sustain without giving up your ambitions.
Help with overthinking and stress
Overthinking, racing thoughts and constant tension are common in high performers. Coaching gives you tools to quiet your mind and get out of your head and into action.
Signs you're ready
Emotion regulation coaching may help if you…
- Feel calm and capable most days, then react in ways you regret under pressure
- Carry stress in your body: tight chest, poor sleep, constant tension
- Are close to burnout but cannot see how to slow down
- Freeze, overthink or lose focus in high-stakes moments
- Bring work stress home to your partner and children
- Feel success should feel better than it does
- Want to grow your business or career but already feel at capacity
- Compete or perform and want a stronger mental and emotional game
What you'll build
The skills behind steady, high-level performance
Emotion regulation
Notice emotion early, name it and shift it before it takes over your decisions or your tone.
Stress tolerance
Stay in the room, stay present and think clearly when stakes and pressure rise.
Nervous system capacity
Widen your window of tolerance so you can handle more without tipping into overwhelm or shutdown.
Recovery
Come down from high-pressure days faster so you can sleep, rest and be present at home.
Confidence under pressure
Trust yourself in the moments that matter: presentations, negotiations, competition and big decisions.
Capacity for success
Prepare yourself to hold a bigger role, more visibility and more income without it costing your well-being.
Breathwork for emotional regulation
Your breath is the fastest way to change your state
You can't always control what happens in a meeting, a negotiation or a competition. You can control how you breathe through it.
Alexandra is a certified yoga instructor, credentialed to teach breathwork. She weaves practical breathwork into emotional performance coaching so you have tools you can use anywhere: before a presentation, in a hard conversation, at the start line or at 2 a.m. when your mind won't settle.
- Breathing techniques to calm the nervous system in under a minute
- Breathwork for focus and energy before high-stakes moments
- Recovery practices to downshift after demanding days
- Simple daily routines that build long-term stress resilience
Sports psychology · Athletes & performers
Sports psychology-informed coaching for athletes
Alexandra applies principles from sports psychology and her clinical background to mental performance: focus, confidence, composure, motivation and recovering from setbacks. Coaching builds the mental game the same way training builds the physical one.
Athletes are trained to push through. But fear, frustration, pressure and past setbacks live in the body and show up in competition. Alexandra works with athletes and performers on focus, composure, confidence and recovering from setbacks, so the training they have put in can show up on competition day.
When a past injury, fall, accident or traumatic event is holding an athlete back, coaching may not be enough. For Arizona residents, Alexandra, an advanced EMDRIA-trained EMDR provider, also offers EMDR therapy and EMDR intensives. She recently helped an athlete recover from a traumatic event in three EMDR sessions.
Corporate professionals
Many emotional performance clients are corporate professionals who look composed at work and feel depleted everywhere else. Coaching helps you take better care of yourself without stepping back from your ambitions.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is emotional performance coaching?
Emotional performance coaching helps high achievers manage stress and emotion so they can perform at their best under pressure. It combines emotion regulation skills, nervous system awareness and practical strategy.
Do you teach breathwork?
Yes. Alexandra is a certified yoga instructor, credentialed to teach breathwork. Breathwork is built into emotional performance coaching as a practical tool for calming the nervous system, sharpening focus and recovering from stress.
What is emotion regulation coaching?
Emotion regulation coaching teaches you to notice, understand and shift emotional reactions in real time. It is useful for leaders, parents, partners and athletes who want to respond instead of react.
Is emotional performance coaching the same as therapy?
No. Coaching is focused on growth and performance and does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions. If you are looking for treatment for trauma, anxiety or ADHD and live in Arizona, see our counseling services.
Do you work with athletes?
Yes. Alexandra coaches athletes and performers nationwide on emotional and mental performance. Arizona residents may also be eligible for EMDR therapy for sport-related trauma.
What is nervous system regulation?
Nervous system regulation is the ability to move out of stress responses like fight, flight or freeze and return to a calm, focused state. It can be learned with practices such as breathwork, awareness and recovery routines.
What is emotional intelligence coaching?
Emotional intelligence coaching helps you recognize and manage your own emotions and read others accurately, so you communicate, lead and handle conflict more effectively.
Can coaching help with burnout?
Yes. Burnout coaching helps high achievers identify what's draining them, set boundaries, regulate stress and build a sustainable pace. If burnout comes with symptoms of depression or anxiety, therapy may also be helpful.
Keep exploring
Next step
Ready to expand what you can handle?
Coaching with Alexandra starts at $250/hour, with limited availability. Virtual nationwide or in person in Phoenix. Apply in about two minutes, and Alexandra will respond within a few hours.