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Performance psychology coaching for women and athletes who’ve been through tough s**t and are ready to rise.
I help high achievers rebuild after burnout, injury, or trauma with science-backed tools to sharpen focus, protect energy, and regain confidence.
10/06/2026
Visualization isn't wishful thinking. It's practice your brain counts. 🧠
Athletes, surgeons, and performers use it because mentally rehearsing a skill builds real improvement, especially when the picture is vivid and feels like the real thing.
Try it today: 2 minutes, eyes open or closed, your choice. Walk through one moment you have coming up. What do you see, hear, feel?
📌 Save this for your next big day.
Science: Driskell et al., 1994; Holmes & Collins, 2001 (PETTLEP model).
10/02/2026
Hi, I'm Stephanie High. If you're new here, or it's been a while, here's who I am and what this space is for.
🧠 I help people and teams perform under real-world pressure without burning out.
My background is a master's in performance psychology, and I'm a PhD candidate studying trauma and community resilience. Before that, I spent 15+ years in marketing leadership at Sony and ASICS, including time living in Tokyo. I know what it's like to be the one holding it all together.
🛠️ Here's what you'll find here: tools you can actually use on a Tuesday. Science-backed skills, trauma-informed and explained like a friend would, not a textbook.
📍 I'm based in Spokane, WA and work with leaders, HR teams, and organizations who are done with one-and-done trainings.
💬 Tell me what you're carrying right now. It might become the next post.
Emotional regulation is not a personality trait.
it's a skill. and like every other skill — it's trainable.
this is the part that changes everything for the women I work with.
because most of them have spent years believing they're just wired a certain way. too reactive. too sensitive. too much.
but here's what the science actually says — emotional regulation is a learned capacity. you can build it deliberately. intentionally. over time.
it starts with understanding your emotions — what they actually are, where they come from, what they're trying to tell you. and then it moves into something harder and more powerful — deciding how you want to use them. not suppressing them. not being run by them. using them.
that's where mental toughness gets built.
not in the absence of feeling. in the deliberate practice of understanding what you feel and choosing what to do with it under pressure.
it takes time. it takes practice. and it is absolutely worth building.
That's what this workshop teaches.
DM or comment "WORKSHOP" to start a conversation about bringing this talk to your organization. 🦋
09/18/2026
Kaizen — 改善 — isn't a productivity hack the west found on Pinterest. I lived it for seven years. Small. Intentional. Compounding. That's sustainable performance.
I watched an entire culture operate from a completely different relationship to progress. Not sprinting. Adjusting. Continuously.
That's what this practice is built on.
Small changes, compounding infinitely. 🦋
#改善
09/15/2026
excited to be attending the WSPA Fall Convention this October.
I've been serving on two WSPA committees this year. if you're attending and have questions about the organization or getting involved, find me. happy to talk.
see you October 23-24, 2026. 🦋
get registered today: https://wspapsych.org/fall-convention/
09/14/2026
Every task AI can automate — it will.
What it can't replicate: the ability to read a room, regulate under pressure, hold space for someone who is struggling, make a judgment call that requires actual humanity.
Emotional intelligence isn't a soft skill. It's the skill that makes every other skill more effective — and the one that becomes more valuable the faster technology moves.
Invest in it now. For yourself and for your team.
DM me "WORKSHOP" to bring EQ training to your organization.
your brain works exactly like your muscles.
when you deadlift — you're tearing muscle fiber. the growth doesn't happen in the gym. it happens after. in the recovery. when your body rebuilds stronger than it was before.
your brain works the same way.
when you're learning something new, trying something hard, stretching beyond what's comfortable — you're creating the conditions for neuroplastic change. new synaptic connections forming. old patterns being pruned. your brain literally reorganizing itself.
but that process needs time.
it needs recovery.
not because you're weak. because that's how rebuilding actually works.
this is why I push back hard on hustle culture and the idea that more input equals more growth. more input without recovery is just accumulation. it's noise without integration.
real growth — mental or physical — happens in the space between the effort.
protect your recovery like you protect your training.
both matter equally. the science is clear on that.
DM or comment "WORKSHOP" to start a conversation about bringing this talk to your organization. 🦋
09/04/2026
Trauma doesn't show up in performance reviews. It shows up as the high performer who suddenly goes quiet.
It looks like avoidance. Disengagement. Over-functioning. None of those things get flagged as trauma — they get managed as performance issues. And the root never gets addressed.
Trauma-informed leadership changes that.
DM "WORKSHOP" to start a conversation about bringing Stephanie into the room.
08/31/2026
Nobody puts "I'm dysregulated" in their performance review.
But it shows up. In the missed deadlines. The conflict avoidance. The person who over-functions until they suddenly go completely silent. The leader who can't give feedback without shutting down.
Trauma doesn't announce itself in the workplace. It disguises itself as performance issues — and gets managed accordingly. Which means the root never gets addressed.
This is why trauma-informed training isn't optional anymore. It's the difference between managing symptoms and actually solving the problem.
DM me "WORKSHOP" to bring this framework to your team.
08/26/2026
When performance drops, most organizations double down on productivity.
But here’s what I see inside teams:
Nervous systems in survival mode.
Leaders reacting instead of responding.
High performers quietly disengaging.
Burnout isn’t a time-management issue.
It’s a regulation issue.
I lead trauma-informed performance workshops that teach teams how to:
• Recognize dysregulation
• Build psychological steadiness
• Improve decision-making under pressure
If your team feels stretched thin, let’s talk.
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