by Josephine Perry | Aug 13, 2025 | Athlete Stories, Book reviews, Performance Psychology
Three chapters into And so I run I was ready to email the publishers and say I couldn’t review this book because I only put out reviews of books I love (feels mean to proactively publish a negative review) and I just didn’t like it enough. It came across as...
by Josephine Perry | Jul 1, 2025 | News
Performance in Mind July newsletter Academic exam season is over for another year. Parents rejoice, teachers and lecturers breathe a sigh of relief (or start marking contracts) and students get to go back to all the other things they love. Yet in some professions the...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 23, 2025 | Book reviews, Books
My lovely friend (and Be Braver podcast co-host) Annie Emmerson told me to read this book. I am a big fan of Anya Hindmarsh’s bags (if you have been stared at by my backpack – it has eyes – then it is one of hers) but never reflected on who she might be as a...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 21, 2025 | Book reviews, Books
I love to start a book review with a great phrase from the book that sums up the book. With Steve Magness’ new book: Win the Inside Game I can’t because there are just too many. Almost every page in my copy has a line underlined or a star drawn to indicate a key piece...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 21, 2025 | Exercise Addiction
When athletes come to me with worries that their performance has declined, or parents seek help because they can see their junior athlete has lost weight or is overly focused on ‘clean eating’ I will often ask them to see the endocrinologist Dr Nicky Keay...
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