Emotional Intelligence for Athletes

Master Your Emotional Game

Learn to lead from within. Play free. Stay present. This is your training ground for clarity under pressure, deeper connection, your edge, and next-level growth — on and off the field.

Who Is This Is For?

Athletes who want more than performance. They want Presence. Clarity. Connection.

  • Pro athletes in the middle of a career-defining year

  • Rising stars feeling the pressure to always be ‘on’

  • Veterans wanting to finish well and lead strong

  • Team leaders navigating locker room tension, pressure and interpersonal dynamics

  • Coaches who want to foster stronger, more resilient teams

  • Athletes recovering from injury, burnout, or emotional fatigue or navigating transition

Why Train The Emotional Game?

Because Unaddressed Emotions Can Derail Your Performance
You’ve felt it.
Does this sound familiar?

  • Suppressed anxieties lead to lost focus.

  • Anger erupts in moments you can’t afford to lose.

  • Unprocessed emotions become performance injuries

  • Frustrations build and affect relationships.

  • You isolate—even when you’re surrounded by teammates.

  • Burnout makes you question if you even love the game anymore.

  • Guilt and shame eat away at your confidence.

  • You get caught in mental loops you can’t think your way out of.

  • Injuries heal... but the fear, frustration, and grief stay buried.

  • You feel like a leader in the locker room—but lost at home.

  • The Pressure can become overwhelming

You train your body. You drill your skill. Now it’s time to train your emotions.

The Emotional Game isn’t soft.
It’s your edge.

Imagine this instead...

  • You stay calm under fire—and choose your next move with clarity.

  • You know how to reset in the middle of chaos.

  • You move through frustration or fear mid-game—without it costing your performance.

  • You communicate clearly—whether it’s to a coach, a teammate, or your family.

  • You feel joy again. Not just in wins, but in who you're becoming.

  • You bring your full self into your sport—and into your life.

  • You stay composed under pressure without numbing out.

  • You know the difference between fear and instinct—and trust yourself again.

  • You communicate with power—not panic—when things break down.

  • You bounce back faster when setbacks hit.

  • You lead with presence—in the locker room, at home, and on the field.

This is emotional intelligence. And for athletes—it changes everything.

3 Ways To Train Your Emotional Game

 Whole-person emotional intelligence training for elite athletes.

Immersive EQ Workshops

  • Short, sharp, and powerful. These live sessions are designed to introduce core emotional intelligence concepts and immediately apply them in the athlete’s world.

    90 minutes – 2 hours

    Workshop Themes Include:

    • The Core Emotions

    • The Locker Room Mindset: Emotional Culture in Teams

    • Pressure, Presence, and Performance

    Best for:
    Pro teams, player development staff, coaching leadership, organizations wanting to build emotionally intelligent cultures.

    Format:
    Live facilitation (virtual or in-person), team-wide participation, interactive tools and post-session debrief resources.

Group Coaching

  • A curated group experience for athletes ready to deepen self-awareness, navigate the internal game, and build emotional fluency alongside others walking the same path.

    • 3 months

    • 4 x 60-minute live virtual sessions a month

    • Weekly Check-Ins & accountability

    • Private communication channel for support + practice

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Awareness: Identifying emotions under pressure

    • Ownership: Regulating responses during competition

    • Connection: Leading with empathy, not ego

    • Recovery: Processing wins, losses, and transitions

    Best for:
    Athletes and teams who want shared language and community support while building their internal skill set.

1:1 Coaching

  • This is for the athlete who wants to go all-in on the internal work. We walk with you through the highs, the lows, and the long seasons — building the emotional systems, your purpose & identity, mindset capacity, and personal rhythm that allow you to stay grounded and clear.

    Choose from: 4, 6, or 12-month containers | Personalized whole-person guidance

    What it looks like:

    • Bi-weekly or monthly 1:1 calls (custom cadence)

    • Real-time support during high-stakes moments

    • Deep-dive mapping of emotional triggers, performance patterns, recovery blocks

    • Alignment strategies across life domains: sport, family, identity, purpose

    This container is your space to:

    • Lead from the inside out

    • Let go of what's holding you back

    • Discover the power of emotional clarity under pressure

    Best for:
    Veteran pros, team leaders, captains, those navigating career-defining moments and anyone who’s ready for the next level of growth.

Meet Your Facilitator

Brad Stinson
Former pro athlete. 10x national champion. Integration coach for the world’s top performers.

Brad knows what it’s like to reach the top—and still feel something missing. After an athletic career and high-performance leadership roles, he hit a breaking point that forced him to confront the part of himself he’d long ignored: the emotional and inner world.

That moment changed everything.
It became the foundation for The Integrated Athlete.

Now, Brad helps current and former pros train what most were never taught: how to align who they are with how they live—on and off the field. So you can access all of you, not just parts of you. He’s not here to fix you. He’s here to walk with you.

With lived experience, grounded strategy, and deep empathy, Brad meets athletes where they are—and helps them grow into who they were always meant to become.

This is work from someone who’s lived it.
And leads from it.

Hear It From Others

  • "I would highly encourage you to dive into this work. This is transformational, impactful, and influential for you as an individual, but also with those you live life with."

    Ben Zobrist ⍟
    Former MLB World Series MVP & 3x All Star

    WATCH HERE

  • “I thought coming here they'd give us a list of things to do and not to do, and what I really got was more insight into my behaviors and how to cope with fear and shame and those things that keep me from being a better leader."

    Dan Alexander ⍟
    Former NFL Athlete

    WATCH HERE

  • "This has given me a greater understanding of who i am and how that relates to the world around me."

    Matt Murton ⍟
    Former MLB Athlete

    WATCH HERE

The old playbook said: hide it, hold it, push through.

But you’re not a machine. You’re a whole human.

Emotions don’t make you weak.
Unprocessed ones do.

So what if emotional mastery is your next edge?

What if emotional awareness —not just effort—is what unlocks your next level?

 FAQs

  • 100%. No information is shared outside this container. This is a safe space for growth.

  • No. We prioritize safety. Share only what feels right to you.

  • Yes. This isn’t about “powering through.” It’s about mastering your inner game in a way that actually lasts.

  • That’s exactly why this was built. We meet you where you are—no pressure, no shame.

  • No. This is not therapy. This is performance-based emotional intelligence coaching, grounded in experience and neuroscience, designed for elite athletes.

  • All of them. The principles of emotional performance apply across every arena.

  • 1 live virtual session/week + 10–20 minutes daily of practice/reflection. Built to fit within a pro schedule.

  • Yes. Athletes in-season are welcome—it’s designed for in-the-game application.

  • Yes. You can upgrade to include 1:1 coaching. Many athletes do.

  • Yes. Emotional regulation improves reaction time, clarity, focus, and leadership. It’s a competitive edge and advantage.