My name is, Tara Costello. I am a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Certified Mindfulness Facilitator and behaviour change specialist focused on strengthening habits for performance excellence and personal well-being. My soul’s purpose is to help you optimize your mental performance abilities for mentally demanding work and high-level competitive and professional sport domains.
Trusted Clients
I have been working with athletes, coaches and professionals to strengthen their mental performance for over 30 years. From my experience, when you bring curiosity to “the behaviors of the mind” and a commitment to mental training, great things can happen.
I am thankful to have provided mental training/personal development services to many great teams and individuals over the years.
Achievements include multiple World Championships, National Championships, Par-Olympic Gold, deeper playoff runs, NHL Contracts, AHL Records, NLB Contracts, NCCA Scholarships, AUS Championships, Pro Basketball Contracts, Provincial and National level golf achievements and many more personal bests.
For the medical and business professionals, I see career satisfaction improve, better management of cognitive/emotional load, more resilience and better work/life balance. I have accumulated a depth and breadth of experience that I love to share.
Position yourself to feel better, perform better and keep work vitality alive.
Services
Pro, High Performance, Amateur, Varsity & Youth Competitive Athletes
Mental performance training is the foundation for athletic success, sharpening focus, strengthening resilience, and enabling peak performance under pressure.
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Professionals in High-Demand Careers
A professional’s mindset and mental skills are key to sustained success, enabling clear decision-making, adaptability, and performing under pressure.
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Secondary and Post Secondary Students
Amateur and Competitive Coaches
Strengthen your own mental game in buffering stress and enhancing personal performance AND access resources to build principles of sport psychology and mental performance into your athletes programs.
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What People Are Saying
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“Tennis skills and fitness are obviously important for performance, however the strength of your mental game to stay focused, and deal with nervousness often determines the winner…I have learned to manage my emotions more skillfully and put my mindset on what I need to do to win...”
— Top Amateur Tennis Competitor
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“Working with Tara has revolutionized my medical career; I am more effective, confident, focused and satisfied with my day-to-day work, as well as managing my work-life balance overall.”
— Ontario Surgeon
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" The more focused my mind was on task the more relaxed Cooper was … I’m now able to refocus my mind on the very present task at hand and be mindful of what is happening…definitely made me more focused and mindful.”
— Olivia, Equine Competitor
News/Events
m.S.O.A.R. – Canadian Surgery Forum, September 16th – 19th, Halifax N.S. - Level Up: Applying Sport Psychology and Mental Performance principles to surgical practice" Stay Tuned…
M.A.P. – Mindfulness Attitudes Project, A collaboration to animate, emphasize and define nine core mindfulness attitudes and nine foundational mindfulness principles. Launching August 2026. Stay Tuned…
