The eight dimensions of mental toughness
Mental toughness isn't just pushing through adversity. Learn the skills that make athletes mentally tough.
How to improve mental performance
Learn strategies to improve upon specific mental obstacles, which improve mental toughness as a whole.
How the pros use mental toughness
Hear examples of professionals at the top of their sport and how they employ mental toughness strategies.
Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Meet your instructor
Joanna competed as a professional triathlete from 1998-2010. She placed 4th in the Sydney Olympics and was the 2008 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion. She excelled at all 3 distances in the sport of triathlon, winning races in the Olympic, Half IRONMAN, and IRONMAN distances in additional to qualifiying for Olympic trials in marathon, triathlon and swimming.
Joanna has been a coach and mentor to endurance athletes of all ages and abilities since 2003. In 2013, Joanna created Race Ready Coaching with partner Jared Berg. After receiving a B.A. in Psychology (1992) at Brown University, she went on to Northwestern University to earn her M.S. in Genetic Counseling (1995). Motivated by the excitement of independent research, Joanna earned her Ph.D. in Genetic Epidemiology (2001) at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She continued her education as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the same institution.