Mike Van Hoozer is an expert in the psychology of human performance, serving as a mental performance coach and leadership consultant for elite athletes and global business leaders. As the founder of Van Hoozer and Associates and Life Beyond Athletics, he has helped thousands of athletes and leaders master their ""mental game"" to achieve peak performance and build a resilient mindset. His clients include professional NFL and MLB players, high school and college athletes, coaches, and teams across all sports, Fortune 500 executives and companies, non-profit organizations, and churches.
""Mike is one of the most competent and genuine peak performance coaches I know. We have walked together through life for 25 years. This uplifting book is full of amazing wisdom and guidance that will inspire and equip you as you continue to seek your dreams on this grand sacred journey!"" David L. Cook, PhD, Peak Performance Coach, Author ""Seven Days in Utopia"" and ""greatness,"" Executive Producer and screenwriter ""Seven Days in Utopia"" ""Mike Van Hoozer has spent a lifetime helping athletes understand that the most important battles in sports and in life are rarely physical - they are fought in the mind and won in the heart. In The Journey of Janell, Mike does something special. He tells a story that reminds us that true greatness isn't measured by trophies or scorecards, but by the character we build and the lives we lift along the way. Janell's story is one of grit, grace, faith, and purpose, and Mike guides the reader through her story with the wisdom of a coach who understands that sport is one of life's greatest classrooms."" Spencer Tillman, Super Bowl Champion, Collegiate National Champion, and College Football Analyst, FOX Sports ""Once again, Mike Van Hoozer gives us some of the most practical tools for our journey as he honors an incredible athlete, Janell Lysack Joslin. Whatever your game, Mike's ability to distill life-changing principles will elevate your life and leadership. He's a great coach and storyteller, and I know it is one of the great honors of his life to have both coached Janell, and to share her story with the world."" Roger Patterson, Senior Pastor, CityRise Church, Houston, TX, and Author of 40 Days of Faith ""I am blessed to call Mike both a brother and a friend. I was also blessed to know Janell through our years of service in the FCA ministry. Her personality and spirit for the Lord and for people were infectious, her competitive spirit was fierce, and her focus was laser like. My hope is that The Journey of Janell, through Mike's pen, not only will help you develop keys to a championship mindset in all areas of life, but I pray also that Janell's life blesses, inspires, and even challenges you to grow and bear much fruit."" Mikado Hinson, Chaplain, Houston, Texans ""So much of my team's mental game is built upon Mike's Keys to a Championship Mindset. The Journey of Janell is an in-depth look at the wisdom he has brought to my team and to so many others...wisdom that not only applies to growing athletes in sports, but to growing leaders in everyday life."" Sydney Zimmerman, Head Volleyball Coach, Fulshear High School