Our Purpose
... is all about Your Purpose.
We all want to do better: As parents, as professionals, as performers, and as people. At Perform Positive, we believe that there is an innate potential in each of us for achieving greatness. What we do is help individuals, groups, and organizations learn the skills required to unlock that the potential for achievement, growth, and well-being.
Our approaches are based in decades of scientific research in the fields of sport, exercise, performance, and positive psychology. Whether you want to bring your best self to the field, on the stage, in the boardroom, and to your relationships, or you just want to learn how to experience a greater sense of well-being, we can provide you with evidence-based tools to get you there.
Gloria Park, PhD, MAPP, CMPC
Founder
I found my way to sport, performance, and positive psychology through my childhood experiences as a competitive figure skater. My passion is helping others to strive for fulfillment and well-being. I founded Perform Positive to expand the fields of performance and positive psychology through collaboration, continuing education opportunities, consulting services to individuals and organizations, and through community workshops and programs.
Currently, I am the Director of Performance Psychology with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, in support of the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP) at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. In this role, I work with a team to better understand performance demands of specific communities in the military and government agencies and provide resources to support optimal performance. I also serve as the subject matter expert for performance and mental fitness domains across our organization's leadership, education, and research initiatives. In my previous role as the Senior Mind Body Scientist, I translated research in the domains of Human Performance Optimization (HPO) for service members and their families across all military branches for the Human Performance Resources at CHAMP (HPRC) website. Prior to this role, I provided resilience and performance enhancement training for soldiers, DA civilians, and family members for 7 years, first with the University of Pennsylvania, and most recently with the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) program.
Most recently, I was the Research Director for Wharton People Analytics at the University of Pennsylvania, where I was responsible for shaping and executing the research agenda in conjunction with faculty co-directors Adam Grant, Angela Duckworth, Cade Massey, and Matthew Bidwell and the WPA research team. I have also served as part of the instructional team for the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at Penn since 2006, and am a senior member of the Penn Resiliency Project and PERMA Workshop team. I am also former Faculty for the Positive Coaching Master's Degree Program at the University of Missouri.
I was one of the first 30 people to receive my Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. I also hold a Doctorate in Kinesiology/Psychology of Human Movement from Temple University. As one of only a handful of people who have formal education in both sport/performance and positive psychology, I provide a unique perspective on enhancing both performance and well-being. I am also a Certified Mental Performance Coach (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
My most important jobs are being mom to my gregarious and spirited boy and a proud Army spouse to my husband, who retired in 2018 after 22 years of service to this country. I live in Newtown Square, PA.
