achieve great heights.
performance optimization training & consulting
brain-based performance training for leadership development
unlocking your full potential
Reach Your Full Potential
COACHING: Living the Life You Want
BIOFEEDBACK: Think, Feel, & Perform at Your Highest Level
Why Use Neurofeedback?
Why Use Neurofeedback?
“Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics gave neurofeedback a high scientific evidence rating for ADD/ADHD treatment. In my own experience with neurofeedback and ADD, many people are able to improve their reading skills and significantly decrease or eliminate their need for medication. Neurofeedback has also been shown to help decrease impulsivity and aggressiveness. It is a powerful tool, in part because the patient becomes part of the treatment process by taking more control over his or her own physiological processing…Neurofeedback training can also be used for limbic system (mood), basal ganglia (anxiety), anterior cingulate (overfocusing), and temporal lobe (mood instability, learning, and memory) issues.”
– Daniel Amen, MD, Author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (2015)
You. But better.
Professional Edge utilizes cutting edge technology, including LORETA z-score brain mapping (quantitative electroencephalography) and neurofeedback training to allow individuals perform at their highest levels.
Daily stress, illness, and poor life style behaviors can lead to detrimental hindrances to one’s performance level. Learn where you stand and what changes you can make to today for a better, smarter, and stronger tomorrow.
Performance assessments provide a comprehensive view into one’s mental, emotional, and behavioral performance. How does your brain compare to the world’s top performers?
Helping You Achieve Success
Unlock Your Full Potential.
Professional Edge combines the latest peak performance research and techniques and applies them to take your performance to the next level and beyond.
Perform your best when the stakes are high.
Make decisions with confidence and precision.
Eliminate anxiety and other ineffective behaviors.
Turn fear into fun and unleash your full potential!
Goal Setting
Create a solid, fool-proof road map to turn your dreams into reality.
Leadership Development
Not only bring out the best in you, bring out the best in those around you.
Stress Management
Go from surviving to thriving in the toughest and most demanding circumstances.
Flexible Training
Remote, in-person, and on-site training options designed to fit your life.
What Is Peak Performance Training? Who Benefits?
Peak performance training, or performance optimization training, focuses on elevating an individual’s mental and physical performance. When both the mind and body work together smoothly, performance thrives and success flourishes. Peak performance training benefits individuals who must perform at a high level, in stress-provoking situations, without room for error.
Perform with confidence and self-assurance.
Inaction breed doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
DALE CARNEGIE
Increase motivation and drive.
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.
ZIG ZIGLAR
Replace fear of failing with the courage of progress and achievement.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
PLATO
Identify and eliminate distractions and diversions.
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
BILL COPELAND
About Me
Nicole Pacheco, PsyD, BCB, R EEG T, is President/Owner of Professional Edge where she serves as a coach and consultant to athletes, business professionals, medical professionals, and business and sport organizations. She helps them achieve success using research-based tools and techniques combined with cutting-edge technology to elevate one’s mental and physical performance.
Having studied music in undergrad at Millikin University, Nicole is familiar with the desire to achieve excellence and the challenge of performing under pressure. In addition to coaching and consulting, Nicole has presented on a number of topics related to peak performance training, leadership skills, and professional development.
Nicole Pacheco has presented on topics related to peak performance at local, state, national, and international levels. Her most recent peer-reviewed journal article, Neurofeedback for Peak Performance Training, was published in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, registered electroencephalography (EEG) technologist, and board certified in general biofeedback (BCB) by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA). She also serves as adjunct faculty at Bradley University and is currently involved in research using 19-channel EEG to assess treatment efficacy of War Veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Testimonials
“Last year I joined a women’s golf league. This was the first golf league I played where every stroke counted. With the help of a local golf pro and Dr. Pacheco, I ended up winning the league.” – Shirley B.
“Last year I joined a women’s golf league. This was the first golf league I played where every stroke counted. With the help of a local golf pro and Dr. Pacheco, I ended up winning the league.” – Shirley B.
“Dr. Pacheco’s seminar helped me to discover what types of tasks I excel at and that knowledge has helped me craft my resume as I searched for (and landed!) my first post-graduate school job.” – Lauren G., Springfield, IL
Online Coaching Resources
Free eBook!
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Do we have something to talk about?
Let me know if we should take a moment to talk about where you are and where you want to to go. Coaching is not for everyone, so let’s make sure I’m the right coach for you.
Coaching demands individuals to make changes, to replace old, ineffective habits and beliefs, with new ones that will get you to where you want to go and who you want to be. However, change can be hard, frustrating, and scary.
If you’re willing to get out of your old comfort zone to reach greater success and achievement, I think we might have something to talk about! – Nicole