Vera Jo Bustos
Improving outcomes for athletes, leaders, and high achievers through performance psychology.
Travels from Boise ID, USA
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Speaks on:
Emotional Leadership
Leadership Development
Peak Performance
Performance Enhancement
Personal Growth
Self Awareness
Formats:
Keynote
Training
Breakout
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Key Audience Outcomes
Participants gained actionable strategies to build and maintain confidence in various aspects of life, including sports, school, and personal relationships.
Attendees learned to identify and challenge negative self-talk, replacing it with empowering and positive affirmations.
Individuals developed a new perspective on stress and nervousness, reframing these emotions as excitement and opportunities for growth.
Participants discovered the importance of self-validation and inner sources of confidence, leading to increased self-esteem and resilience.
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Vera Jo's Bio
Vera Jo Bustos—commonly known as "Coach VJ"—is a keynote speaker, author, and mental performance coach trusted by over 2,000 athletes and high performers. A former pro athlete and Hall of Famer, she now helps athletes, leaders, and high-achievers build lasting confidence, navigate adversity, and rise in the moments that most people shrink. As the founder of Mentality Solutions, Coach VJ blends performance psychology with real-life application—delivering powerful keynotes filled with mindset tools, personal stories, and actionable takeaways you can apply immediately. Her sessions are more than inspirational—they're transformational. Whether in a locker room or on a big stage, she shifts mindsets, sparks belief, and helps people perform with purpose, not pressure.
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Vera Jo Offers the Following Talks
The Confidence Blueprint
The three sources of confidence holding you back.
The three sources of confidence needed to propel you forward.
Develop an understanding of how to become a master of your thoughts.
Define specific ways to gain control of your emotions.
How to turn your confidence into action.
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One Defining Moment
Develop confidence in those you lead, love, and teach.
Learn NITE communication. A strategy to help you connect with those you lead.
Learn how words of power can transform both personal and professional relationships.
Become more self-aware and accountable of your own leadership style.
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The Gift of Stress
Escape your "Dead Zone" - You know the dead zone as your comfort zone. Depart empowered and equipped with tranformative tools to take bold action.
Change your relationship with stress - Learn the same techniques & strategies taught to college and professional athletes to bring out your best performance in high-pressure, high-stress moments.
Narrow your focus - Learn how to use the physiological responses to stress to enter your natural flow state.
Mindset shift - Harness the energy stress gives instead of wasting it trying to "manage it."
Adopt a mindset of resilience - Learn to respond thoughtfullly in stressful moments instead of mindlessly reacting.
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Customized Mental Performance Training
Confidence - Gain the confidence, belief, and motivation needed to act in pursuit of your goals.
Leadership - How to improve your leadership performance, communication, impact, and influence.
Performing Under Pressure - Create your own mental armor to change your perception of pressure so you can perform your best when it matters most.
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