We MAKE THE
EXTRAORDINARY,
ORDINARY.
Performance and Leadership Under Pressure
We Believe
Talent opens doors.
Skill builds trust.
Mastery endures through awareness—the ability to know yourself under pressure, understand what drives you, and stay composed when it counts.
We Deliver
Our work integrates three disciplines that shape sustained excellence:
Sport & Performance Psychology – Applied mental skills and performance science.
Depth Psychology – Understanding the patterns and structures beneath performance.
Exercise Physiology – How the body responds to and recovers from stress.
Each engagement is individualized, research-grounded, and designed to build durable performance over time.
WE SERVE
Elite performers who refuse to settle for reactive performance.
Professional athletes. Executives. Founders. Medical and tactical professionals.
Individuals and teams committed to excellence that lasts.
OUR APPROACH
The Integration That Sets This Work Apart
Most performance work focuses on the surface—techniques and conscious mental skills.
This work goes deeper.
The Physiological Dimension
Your nervous system, recovery capacity, and physical state determine how you perform under sustained pressure. Exercise physiology reveals what your body needs to perform and recover at the highest level.
The Psychological Dimension
Unconscious patterns, defensive structures, and psychological dynamics shape performance under stress. Depth psychology reveals what drives behavior—especially what you don't consciously recognize.
The Performance Dimension
True mastery translates self-awareness into consistent, high-level execution. Sport psychology provides the applied science and mental skills that make insight actionable.
Most practitioners work in one domain. This work integrates all three.
The result:
Performance consulting informed by how people actually function—physiologically, psychologically, and under pressure. Not surface-level optimization. Sustainable excellence built on self-knowledge.
Grounded in science. Shaped by insight.
About the founder
Adam Wright, Ph.D., LAC, CMPC
Director of Mental Performance, Washington Nationals
Co-Founder, The Antifragile AcademyAdam holds a Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology, certifications in mental performance consulting and executive coaching, and clinical training in counseling and psychoanalytic theory.
His background is unusual: exercise physiology, sport psychology, and clinical training in depth psychology and psychoanalysis.
This combination shapes how he sees performance—not just as a set of skills to optimize, but as an expression of the whole person: body, mind, conscious intention, and unconscious structure.
For more than two decades, he has worked with professional athletes, elite teams, founders, and senior leaders across sport, business, medicine, and tactical domains.
"Performance isn't only about outcomes—it's about understanding the self that drives them."
The services offered through this website are performance consulting and coaching, designed to help high performers sustain excellence under pressure. This is not therapy or clinical counseling.
What Sets Us Apart
WHY DEPTH MATTERS IN PERFORMANCE WORK
Elite performers don't fail because they lack mental skills.
They struggle because:
Unconscious patterns sabotage conscious intentions
Defensive structures limit adaptability
Identity and meaning shape how pressure is experienced
The body's physiological state constrains what the mind can execute
Most performance work addresses symptoms.
This work addresses structure.
By integrating sport psychology, exercise physiology, and depth psychology, we work at the level where sustainable change actually happens—not just at the level of conscious technique.
For those who want to understand themselves as deeply as they understand their craft.
TRUSTED BY
MLB | NWSL | Medicine | Law | Finance | Startups | Fortune 500 Leadership
How We Serve
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Personalized Performance Coaching
We provide one-on-one coaching for individuals in high-stakes environments.
Sharpen focus, strengthen emotional awareness, and sustain both performance and well-being through a tailored, science-based approach that integrates mental skills and counseling depth.Ideal for: Professional athletes, executives, and creative leaders.
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Organizational Consulting and Training
Through The Antifragile Academy, we design consulting and training programs that transform teams and cultures.
We help organizations build resilience, elevate leadership, and sustain performance under pressure—combining sport science, psychology, and values-based leadership principles.Ideal for: Sports organizations, corporate teams, medical systems, and tactical professions.
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Speaking, Podcast and, Media Engagement
We deliver high-impact keynotes, thought-provoking podcast conversations, and publications that challenge conventional views on performance, resilience, and mental health.
Our aim: to provoke insight, inspire growth, and shift how people think about the mental game.
Ideal for: Conferences, leadership events, and media platforms seeking depth over hype.
The Principles of Performance
by Eric D’ Agati / Mental Health and Being Anti-Fragile with Dr. Adam Wright and Dr. Nick Holton
WHAT TO EXPECT
When you reach out:
Share your goals, challenges, and what you're looking to build
We'll review your message and follow up within 48 hours
If there's alignment, we'll schedule a 30-minute discovery call
On that call, we'll explore fit, approach, and whether this work is right for you
No obligation. Just an honest conversation about whether the work aligns with what you need.
Let’s Get to Work
Mastery is built through consistent practice and honest self-examination.
If you're ready to explore that process—how you perform, recover, and lead under pressure—let's start the work.