What's the Mood? with The Illinois Human Performance Project What's the Mood? with The Illinois Human Performance Project

On this episode of What’s The Mood, we chat with Anthony from Applied Performance Sciences (APS). APS is dedicated to expanding the capacity for performance in human beings at the individual and organizational levels.


Founded by US Navy SEALs and developed in conjunction with Olympic and professional sport coaches, APS delivers content and training that are applicable to any environment in which peak performance is desired.


Our conversation focuses on a practical strategy to help strengthen resilience among youth and a benefit to partnering with an organization like APS and HPP. Enjoy!

In today's episode, we have a collaboration with Dhruv and Agastya from Stevenson High School's Catalyst prevention club. Join us as we talk about substances, their effect on the human body, and also the mission of Catalyst as a whole. Hope you enjoy it!

Mary Voight, Program Lead in Community Based Services with OMNI’s Counseling team joins us on What's the Mood to discuss the importance of validating students experiences and knowing the importance between when to listen and when to give advice. 

Our conversation with Tyler, a sports psychologist, picks up from a Performance Clinic we hosted where we talked about the most important thing an adult can do to influence positive behavior change in adolescents and the nitty gritty of powerful communication. 

Our conversation with Nate is full of the good stuff; vulnerability, nutrition, advocacy, and mental health. Worth your time. 

IL HPP joins Dennis Mellen, a positive leadership trainer and consultant. Dennis shares his personal story of how Full Throttle came to be and shares his unique style of leadership centered around positivity, strong connection and commitment, and how to  improving overall performance.