CREATING CHANGE SINCE 2011
ARE YOU DEFINED BY YOUR ATTITUDE?
WINNING IS A FRAME OF MIND
REBECCA JAEGER
THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS COACH
Mental Toughness | Emotional Intelligence | Performance Under Pressure
Mental Toughness Coach Rebecca Jaeger rebuilt her life after it spiralled out of control following a devastating back injury in 1996. At just 27 years old, with big dreams and unstoppable momentum, her world abruptly shifted from ambition to survival.
A former three-time Australian Softball Champion and six-time NRL Cheerleader, Rebecca was teaching fitness in Japan and preparing to move to the United States when her journey was forced to stop. She returned to Sydney to face the reality of her injury—an outcome that was never part of her plan. For an ambitious teenager and young adult, learning how to live again required more than physical recovery; it demanded a complete rewiring of mindset and intense shadow work.
Today, Rebecca delivers Mental Toughness from lived experience. Having survived multiple suicide attempts, she understands—at a depth few can—what it truly takes to create a new life when the old one collapses. Her work is grounded, real, and built on one core truth: emotional intelligence is the foundation of mental toughness.
Rebecca’s journey of self-evaluation for self-preservation evolved into a deep understanding of human behaviour under pressure. This insight now extends to her current work writing a 26-book children’s series, designed to guide children and parents in learning the coping mechanisms that build Emotional Intelligence for Mental Toughness from an early age.
From 2008 to 2012, Rebecca studied a Degree in Sports & Performance, completing over 400 hours of practical experience on the racetrack with V8 Ute drivers including Kim Jane, Jack Elsegood, Grant Johnson, and George Miedecke, and studying elite performance alongside David Brabham. These experiences inspired her to create specialised mental toughness programs for high-performance drivers who must regulate fear, focus, and emotional control at speed.
Since then, Rebecca has rewritten performance programs for athletes across all sports, guiding individuals to develop Emotional Intelligence as the core driver of Mental Toughness—on the field, on the track, and in life.
Rebecca has undergone significant spinal surgery: a major back operation in 2005, two cervical discs removed in 2020, followed just 36 days later by a two-level lower back reconstruction. After nearly a decade of being largely bedridden from 2012, she is now walking, sitting, and standing strong again.
Today, Rebecca supports individuals experiencing performance anxiety, fear-based behaviour, and emotional overload—offering practical tools, lived wisdom, and a grounded path forward.
This is Frame of Mind Online.
Mental Toughness built from working with the shadow self, that is where truth sits—not theory.
Frame of Mind focuses on:
The state of mind and recognises the FOG that may hinder performance;
Setting appropriate strategies to overcome performance fog;
Assessing the effectiveness of mental toughness training as it relates to performance;
Intervenes to implement the best practice principals to improve teams ideal performance state;
Guides teams to develop effective boundaries for better decision making;
Teaches the skills required to observe and reflect on their emotional responses;
To allow the flexibility to change their reaction and behaviour to any negative situation or event;
Teaching the tools to help gain a better sense of SELF and have a great awareness of the ‘REAL SELF vs. THE PERFORMER SELF';
Strengthening the teams resilience, emotional flexibility, composure and concentration for race day;
Observing behaviour, attitude and body language when stressed so to improve the recovery period and lessen the negative impact that it may have on individual or team.
Key Learning Goals & Responsibilities for developing Mental Toughness:
PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
ARE YOU EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT?
There were moments in my sporting and dance life when my body would turn against me.
Nausea.
Blankness.
A sudden sense of being trapped—stuck in place while time kept moving.
I remember standing in the batter’s box, staring at the pitcher, completely frozen. Not thinking. Not moving. Just… gone. More than a dozen times across my softball career, I raised my hand to the umpire and stepped out of the box—just to breathe, just to reset.
Then there were the moments in the Parramatta Stadium tunnel. About to take the field to dance. The lights. The noise. And suddenly—nothing. Total fog. A panic so sharp I was convinced I didn’t know the routine at all.
It was terrifying.
What saved me wasn’t toughness.
It was connection.
The girls would start calling out the steps. One by one. And just like that, the fear faded. The fog lifted. My body remembered. I could breathe. I could move. I could enjoy the performance again.
That’s when I learned something critical:
Performance anxiety is real.
And the most effective change doesn’t come from forcing confidence—it comes from understanding your state.
That insight became the foundation of the ABC’s of Mental Toughness and one simple, powerful question:
Am I living with fear—or with trust?
Because every day, in some way, we are all performing.
My question is:
How well are we?
MARCOS AMBROSE MOTORSPORT
USA NASCAR - GEORGE MIEDECKIE
Prior to my experiences working with Rebecca, I always had trouble maximising my potential over a race weekend. Among other things, I had difficulty maintaining focus and composure at the races, which too often led to inconsistent performance on the track.
Through Frame Of Mind coaching and the techniques that I learned, my performance has improved both on and off the track. In the first weekend that I started the program, I scored my first round victory and have since continued to enjoy success in racing here in the United States.
In my opinion, in motorsport mental fitness and composure is as important as physical preparation. I'm lucky enough to say that I can thank Rebecca Jaeger and Frame Of Mind for helping me to unlock and maximise my mind - and it's helped me win races!
George Miedecke
V8 Ute Series
USA JTG Daugherty Nascar Team
USA Nascar Development - Marcos Ambrose Motorsport
2013 V8 Development Series Mathew Stone Racing
2022 Touring Car Masters
