"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."
Vince Lombardi
Testimonials
A woman of many of talents with a calm, focused, but also, it seems, endless energy! And wisdom way beyond her years... Chantale has worked with my teenage son on performance for almost a year. She is knowledgeable, compassionate, always extremely positive and open to altering her approach as she gets to know him better. We couldn't ask for a more dedicated and hard working professional to be working with him. I recently discussed a completely different project with Chantale and was greeted with fantastic enthusiasm! Thank you, Chantale! In my opinion, one of your greatest gifts: I sense that you will be a student of life forever...
Claire Gibbens, Mother to Tennis Player
Biography
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
Based in Ottawa, Chantale is a Mental Performance Consultant in sports, performing arts, and corporate creativity.
A registered professional member of the CSPA and ISSP, she has a wealth of experience working with a broad range of artists
and athletes of various disciplines, ages and competitive ranking. Feeling equally at ease working with children, adolescents,
and adults, her clients have ranged from grassroots levels all the way through to elite performers. Notably, she has recently
worked with the 2012 gold winning world champion U18 Women's National Hockey Team and the highly competitive Ottawa Senators'
Women's Hockey Junior (InterAA) team. She has also worked extensively with dancers, consulting for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Schools Professional Division (2002-2004), and the Professional Contemporary Dance program at The School of Dance (2005-present).
Since 2009, she is also a National Committee member of Physical Health Education Canada's Dance PAC. In addition, Chantale has
consulted with provincial and national competitive athletes in Manitoba and Ontario including swimmers, figure skaters, gymnasts,
martial artists, paddlers (K1 and C1 slalom), baseball and tennis players. Chantale has also worked as a researcher for the
Department of National Defenses Operational Effectiveness and Leadership Section, Director Military Personnel Operational
Research and Analysis 4 (DMPORA 4).
Herself a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballets Professional Division Teachers Course, Chantale is a professional member of the Cecchetti
Society of Canada with Associate Diploma teaching certification and Advance Cecchetti (ballet). Following a 12 year career in the performing
arts as a dancer (stage, tv, and film), choreographer, teacher, and artistic director, her interest in the human experience through movement
brought her to the University of Winnipeg where she completed a B.A. (honors) in Psychology with a minor in Kinesiology, and to the University
of Ottawa for a M.A. (human kinetics) in Mental Performance. A doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, Chantale
was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Fellowship Research Award (2006-2009) for her research at the 2008 Canada
Dance Festival on the role of feelings, emotions, and the body in creative experiences in dance, movement, and art education.
Chantale's genuine desire to serve drives her consulting work. Her compassion for others, along with her ability to walk a mile in someone
elses shoes, makes her a powerfully gentle person who values presence, authenticity, active listening, and reflection as a way to accompany, witness,
and support people on their journey towards personal excellence, well-being, joy, and creativity. In addition to her consulting practice and research,
Chantale has published a number of articles, and feels most creative when writing and photographing. A martial artist with a blue belt in taekwondo,
she has recently run her first half marathon. An avid outdoorswoman, Chantale enjoys a wide array of seasonal physical activities, and lives with her
husband, their dog, and four cats, which they have affectionately nicknamed the Zoo.
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
Herself a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballets Professional Division Teachers Course, Chantale is a professional member of the Cecchetti
Society of Canada with Associate Diploma teaching certification and Advance Cecchetti (ballet). Following a 12 year career in the performing
arts as a dancer (stage, tv, and film), choreographer, teacher, and artistic director, her interest in the human experience through movement
brought her to the University of Winnipeg where she completed a B.A. (honors) in Psychology with a minor in Kinesiology, and to the University
of Ottawa for a M.A. (human kinetics) in Mental Performance. A doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, Chantale
was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Fellowship Research Award (2006-2009) for her research at the 2008 Canada
Dance Festival on the role of feelings, emotions, and the body in creative experiences in dance, movement, and art education.
Chantale's genuine desire to serve drives her consulting work. Her compassion for others, along with her ability to walk a mile in someone
elses shoes, makes her a powerfully gentle person who values presence, authenticity, active listening, and reflection as a way to accompany, witness,
and support people on their journey towards personal excellence, well-being, joy, and creativity. In addition to her consulting practice and research,
Chantale has published a number of articles, and feels most creative when writing and photographing. A martial artist with a blue belt in taekwondo,
she has recently run her first half marathon. An avid outdoorswoman, Chantale enjoys a wide array of seasonal physical activities, and lives with her
husband, their dog, and four cats, which they have affectionately nicknamed the Zoo.
