Our Coaching & Consulting Services

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The Right Expertise, Configured for Your Exact Need

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Strategic conversations. Performance coaching. Organizational consulting. Workshops and speaking. OPTImind's flexible engagements give you expert guidance exactly when and how you need it.

 

Whether you're an individual seeking performance optimization, a leader navigating transition, or an organization building internal capacity, we offer flexible engagement models. Business strategy. Human performance. Wellness program development. Speaking and workshops. We configure our expertise around your actual need—not a predetermined package.

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​Tailored Expertise for Specific Challenges

 

OPTImind coaching and consulting works differently than our signature programs. There's no predetermined timeline, no required commitment structure. Instead:

You bring the challenge. We work with you to find your optimal solution.

Maybe you need:

• A strategic conversation to gain clarity on your next move

• Ongoing coaching to optimize performance through a demanding season

• One-time consulting to solve a specific organizational problem

• A workshop or speaking engagement to educate and inspire your team

• Program design support to build internal wellness infrastructure

The thread that connects everything: our integrated approach to business performance and human performance. We don't separate what your body can do from what your business needs. We optimize both.

 

Who This is For:

 

For Individuals: You're a high performer navigating something specific—a transition, a challenge, an optimization opportunity. You don't need a full transformation program, but you need expert guidance from people who understand both the business demands you're under AND the physiology of performance.

Examples:

• Solo entrepreneurs or small team leaders seeking performance coaching

• Executives preparing for new roles or major initiatives

• Athletes and high performers managing competition prep alongside business demands

• Leaders returning from burnout, injury, or major life transitions

 

For Organizations: You recognize the value of the OPTImind approach but aren't ready for (or don't need) a full Corporate Athlete engagement. Maybe you want us to assess your leadership team, design your wellness program, deliver a workshop, or provide targeted consulting.

Examples:

• Companies needing wellness program audits or development

• Organizations seeking keynote speakers or workshop facilitators for conferences, retreats, or team events

• Leadership teams wanting performance assessments and recommendations

• Companies facing retention challenges with critical employees

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What We Offer:

 

Three Core Areas of Expertise, Infinite Configurations

 

PERSONAL PERFORMANCE COACHING (Helen leads)

Optimize your physiology for the demands you're actually facing. This isn't generic wellness coaching. It's performance infrastructure tailored to your life—your schedule, your goals, your constraints. We assess what's limiting you (sleep, recovery, energy regulation, movement quality, stress response) and build sustainable systems that work.

 

Common applications:

• Energy management and cognitive optimization

• Training for endurance events while maintaining business performance

• Recovery from burnout or injury

• Performance optimization through major transitions

• Speaking and presentation performance coaching

 

Structure: As needed—one-off consultations, short-term intensive coaching, ongoing partnership, or quarterly performance reviews.

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BUSINESS STRATEGY COACHING (Terry leads)

• Clarify your path and build the capacity to execute on it.

• Strategy without execution capacity is just a plan that sits in a drawer. Terry helps you gain clarity on what you're building, why it matters, and how to structure your business and your life to actually get there.

• Common applications:

• Strategic clarity for founders and executives

• Business model optimization and growth planning

• Leadership transition coaching

• Decision-making frameworks for complex challenges

• Founder-to-CEO development

• Structure: Flexible—strategic conversations as needed, project-based consulting, or ongoing advisory relationships.

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ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING & WORKSHOPS (Collaborative)

Build performance infrastructure within your organization.

Whether you need us to assess what's not working, design what should exist, or educate your team on the intersection of human performance and business results, we bring both the clinical expertise and business acumen to create real change.

Common applications:

• Wellness program development: We assess your current initiatives, identify gaps, and design evidence-based programs your people will actually use

• Wellness program audits: You've invested in wellness and it's not moving metrics—we tell you why and how to fix it

• Leadership team assessments: We evaluate your executive team's performance capacity and deliver actionable recommendations

• Speaking engagements: Keynotes, workshops, and training sessions on performance optimization, resilience, leadership capacity, and sustainable execution

• Retreat facilitation: Multi-day intensive experiences combining education, assessment, and transformation

• Crisis performance management: Your organization is navigating chaos—we help leaders maintain capacity through it

Structure: Ranges from one-time speaking engagements to ongoing consulting partnerships. In-person preferred for local clients; virtual available nationally.​

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Meet Your Facilitators

Our Coaching and Consulting services are led by:

 

Dr. Helen Harrod Clark

Helen brings deep expertise in human performance, physiology, and behavior change.

As a PT and performance specialist, she understands how your body works as a system

and how to translate complex science into practical strategies.

Helen is also an endurance athlete who transformed from finishing last

in high school cross-country to competing in ultramarathons and triathlons—

she knows what it takes to build sustainable performance from the ground up.

 

She owns The Performance Lab, a specialized gym in Yarmouth, Maine

focused on strength training and longevity science.

Her body-first approach helps founders understand that peak cognitive performance,

sustained energy, and business success all start with optimizing your physiology.
 

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Terry Johnson

Terry brings decades of experience across startups and Fortune 500 companies,

with deep expertise in business optimization, operations, and strategic planning.

He knows how to cut through complexity, identify constraints, and implement changes that

actually move the needle.

Terry understands that sustainable business growth requires sustainable founder

performance—which is why he partners with Helen to address both simultaneously.
 

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How It Works:

 

Start With a Conversation, Design From There

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Unlike our structured programs (Resilient Founders Lab and Corporate Athlete), coaching and consulting begins with understanding your specific need.

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Step 1: Discovery Call We talk about what you're facing, what you've tried, and what success looks like. No sales pitch—just an honest conversation about whether we're the right fit.

Step 2: Custom Proposal If we're aligned, we design an engagement structure that makes sense for your situation. 

Step 3: Flexible Delivery We work the way that serves you best—in-person when possible (especially for local Southern Maine clients), virtual when needed, hybrid when it makes sense.

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No forced timelines. No cookie-cutter approaches. Just expertise configured around your actual need.

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The OPTImind Difference:

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Why OPTImind Coaching & Consulting Isn't Like Hiring Any Other Coach

You're not getting isolated business advice or disconnected wellness coaching. You're getting:

• Integrated expertise: Business strategy (Terry) + human performance (Helen, DPT) working together

• Clinical rigor: Assessment and intervention informed by doctorate-level training, not generic frameworks

• High-performer focus: We understand the demands you're under because we work exclusively with people operating at your level

• Evidence-based methods: No fads, no fluff—just physiology, strategy, and what actually works

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Whether you hire us for an hour or a year, you get the full depth of OPTImind's approach.

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Ready to Explore What's Possible?

 

Let's Talk.​

 

Every engagement starts with a conversation. No pressure, no predetermined packages—just an honest discussion about your challenge and whether OPTImind is the right solution.

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Book a discovery call with Helen and Terry. We'll figure out together what makes sense.