Dr. Jesse Michel, CMPC is the Owner of Mindset for Excellence. Over the last 20 years, he has had the privilege of providing Mental Training services to MLB MVPs, CEOs, World Series champions, NBA lottery picks, US Soldiers, Olympians, and NCAA champions.

Dr. Jesse Michel, CMPC

Owner, Mindset For Excellence, LLC

“You’ve Trained Your Body, Now Train Your Mind”

Our company has one mission:

Provide athletes, coaches, military, and business leaders with the skills, strategies, and resources to train the most important factor for success: Our Mind.

Through our work together, you will learn and develop the same evidence-based mental game strategies and skills that top athletes and leaders use to achieve peak performance. Learn techniques to

Improve Confidence
Enhance Focus
Manage Emotions
Thrive During Stressful Situations
Shift and Adjust Perspectives
Strengthen Resilience
Become Psychologically Flexible
Enhance Motivation
Perform at YOUR PEAK

Jesse is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant via the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and listed on the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry. He currently helps lead the Deloitte Performance Psychology program, working with 9,000+ PPMDs and 85,000 professionals on how to thrive in high performance environments.

From 2017-2021, Jesse was the Mental Skills Coordinator for the Houston Astros, during which the organization won the 2017 World Series and the 2019 & 2021 American League Championship. Prior to working in professional baseball, Jesse spent four years working for the United States Army as the Lead Master Resilience Trainer – Performance Expert at the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) Training Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. In his role with CSF2, Jesse provided hands-on training and self-development tools so that members of the Army family were better able to cope with adversity, perform better in stressful situations, and thrive on and off the battlefield.

Jesse has a Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology and Masters degree in Counseling from West Virginia University, a Masters degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences from Ithaca College, and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.

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If you have questions or want explore how Jesse can work with you or your team, contact him today!

Jesse Michel, Ph.D., CMPC #457
Member - United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry

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What People Are Saying About Jesse?

Josh James (Houston Astros)

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“ I’d give [mental skills training] more credit than anything…The year before I kind of would have been down on myself or I probably would’ve come in the next day and not worked as hard. But that [mental skills work] kind of helped keep me even, not ride the highs too high or the lows too low.” “If it wasn't for him I think I'd still have gotten here, but I don't know if I'd be able to be as good as I am or have the ceiling that I can have without him helping me, I owe a lot to him.”
- Josh James
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Patrick Sandoval (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)

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Last year, I didn’t progress as well as I should have. I took that into the offseason. I knew I had to step it up a lot. It was just confidence. He helped me get my mind right, helped me get confidence and helped me slow the game down. That has been big for me this year.
- Patrick Sandoval
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Jeff Albert (St. Louis Cardinals Hitting Coach)

"Mental skills are part of the performance side. I’ve been around a couple of good mental-skills coaches. Jesse Michel, in Houston, is one. Something I appreciated is that he explained things in a way that didn’t lessen the value of the actual physical skills that are necessary. You can be a driver with strong mental skills, but if you have a flat tire, you’re going to have issues. The car needs to be ready to go. You work on that together.”
- Jeff Albert

Jeff Luhnow (Houston Astros GM 2011-2019)

"Jesse’s background is in training military forces and nobody has to be more ready and more focused than our military forces in combat. We’re excited that he’s going to bring a lot of the learnings from his education and his prior experience to the Astros and we hope that our players that want to benefit from mental skills training can do that through him.”
- Jeff Luhnow
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Reggie Johnson, MiLB Pitcher

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“Ever since I talked to him, things have completely changed. He was always saying, ‘Stay positive. If something’s not going right now, say it’ll happen the next pitch. I was putting too much pressure on myself instead of really having fun. The more pressure I put on myself, things didn’t go my way and it just got worse and worse. Just go out and have fun".
- Reggie Johnson

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Mindset for Excellence, LLC provides a variety of team, business, coaching, and 1-1 service options through in-person and virtual platforms. Fees vary by contract type, length, and service agreement. Mindset For Excellence, LLC does not accept insurance.

Employees have education, training, expertise, and coaching experience in the field of sport and performance psychology. Mindset For Excellence, LLC does not provide mental health counseling or psychological services, and employees are not licensed mental health counselors, psychologists, or psychiatrists.

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Jesse has helped professional, NCAA, high school, youth, and amateur athletes improve performance via mental training. We provide team and 1-1 coaching, training, and speaking services to athletes, teams, corporations, individuals, military, and first-responders.