Peak Performance Foundation

✨ When Control Controls You ✨

Athletes are known for discipline. But what happens when discipline turns into anxiety?

If you: ➡️ Obsess over food or your body
➡️ Panic when routines change
➡️ Use control to cope with uncertainty…

You’re not alone—and you’re not broken.

This blog dives into how disordered eating can become a form of over-controlled anxiety, especially in high-achieving athletes. It’s not about food—it’s about fear. And real freedom starts with learning to let go.

When Control Controls You: Disordered Eating and Anxiety As a Sport Psychologist in Colorado Springs, I’ve worked with athletes at every level. What I often see beneath the surface is this: incredible discipline, but also an intense need to control everything. Especially food....

Are you training hard but not seeing the results you want? Many endurance athletes push their limits without realizing that smarter training—not just harder training—leads to real breakthroughs. At Summit Sport Psychology, we help athletes develop the mental skills, confidence, and recovery strategies needed to reach peak performance. Whether you're struggling with overtraining, mental fatigue, or race-day nerves, a sport psychologist can help you train your mind like you train your body. Ready to take your performance to the next level? Contact us today! 🚀

4 Signs You’re Training Hard but Not Training Smart Every endurance athlete—whether you're a weekend warrior, a collegiate competitor, or a seasoned pro—knows that training requires dedication, grit, and consistency. But what if your hard work isn’t translating into bette...

Feeling overwhelmed by performance anxiety? 🤯 Learn what it is, how it affects your mind and body, and proven strategies to overcome it—including insights from polyvagal theory! 🌟 Take control of your nervous system, conquer mental blocks, and perform with confidence. 💪

Ready to unlock your potential? Read our latest blog post now! 🔗

Understanding Performance Anxiety: Causes, Symptoms, and Solution Performance anxiety is a common yet often misunderstood challenge that affects athletes, performers, and professionals alike. Whether you're stepping onto a stage, field, or into a high-pressure meeting, the fear of fail...

Sports have the power to shape more than just champions—they can redefine what it means to be a man. 💪🏽⚽ By challenging harmful masculine norms and focusing on connection, empathy, and purpose, we can use sports to create healthier, more inclusive futures. 🌟

Let’s move beyond the spectacle and help men find purpose on and off the field. Read more about how we can transform sports into a platform for growth and equity. 🏅

Masculinity in Sports: From Spectacle to Purposeful Engagement Sports hold a profound position in our society, shaping identities and providing arenas for self-expression, camaraderie, and achievement. For many men, sports are a powerful vehicle through which masculinity is both per...

Our lead sport and performance psychologist was recently interviewed for some tips on raising body positive children! Check out page 26 for the article!

Colorado Parent February 2021 Crush-worthy Valentine's Day recipes and crafts, nurturing your child's body positivity, dance workouts for families and more!

While traditionally sport psych teaches techniques that impact your autonomic nervous system, everything we do at Peak Performance Foundation comes from an explicit understanding and maximization of how the nervous system works. Put simply, if you don’t learn how to regulate your nervous system you’re limiting your potential as an athlete. We harness the power of neuropsychology and sport psychology to offer our clients a truly unique experience!

We help athletes obtain excellence through goal setting, mental toughness/resiliency training, imagery, attention control, adaptive thinking, strategic use of emotions, heart rate variability training, and brain entrainment. Give us a call or send a message to take your training and ability to the next level!