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Our Founders
Tage Waite, MS, CMPC®
Co-Founder, Mental Performance Pop-Up | EmpowerMIND Mental PerformanceTage Waite is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC®) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the founder of EmpowerMIND Mental Performance, based in Virginia Beach.
Her path to mental performance is rooted in lived experience. Tage spent 16 years as a competitive swimmer, including competing at the Division I level at the College of William & Mary, where she earned a B.A. in Psychology. After her swimming career, she spent eight years coaching at Tide Swimming and witnessed firsthand how much the mental side of sport shapes outcomes.
That experience drove her to pursue a M.S. in Kinesiology with a specialization in Exercise and Sport Psychology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Today she brings her background as an athlete, coach, and consultant together to help high performers build the mental skills that translate across sport, competition, and life.
Theresa Mucci, MA, LPC
Theresa Mucci is the owner of Commonwealth Counseling & Wellness and Inner Piece Consulting, two practices rooted in her belief that mental well-being and peak performance often go hand in hand.
A Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and Mental Performance Consultant, with nearly two decades of experience, Theresa supports people through some of life's most meaningful challenges. Her understanding of the mental game runs deep — shaped not only by her clinical training, but by her own lived experience as an athlete, performer, and coach. That background gives her a unique ability to connect with the young people she works with, helping adolescents and young adults in sport build confidence, manage pressure, and develop the resilience that carries them far beyond the field.
Alongside her work in sport, Theresa provides therapy to individuals across a wide range of ages and life experiences, meeting each person with warmth, curiosity, and genuine care.
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