by Josephine Perry | Apr 20, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing
Burnout is horrible. It is described as happening when we experience of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion, caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding”. You’ll notice it if you are feeling exhausted, distance yourself or...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 20, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Bounce Back
We have had a very strange two years. While it might feel now all is getting back to normal and we are ‘living’ with Covid the repercussions rumble on. One of these repercussions feels like a large number of people struggling with Burnout. Burnout comes when we have...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 19, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Bounce Back, Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
Psychology is the study of human behaviour. Sport psychology then helps us use our knowledge of behaviour in a sporting environment to reduce unhelpful behaviours, build positive ones and maximise success. That success might be focused on enjoyment, getting healthier,...
by Josephine Perry | Mar 23, 2022 | Books, News, Sports Psychology
The last two years have been ummm… interesting. For some they have been really tough. For others just different. A few thrived despite all the ambiguity. Most of us didn’t. I loved the phrase being used a lot at the start of the pandemic of ‘we might all be in...
by Josephine Perry | Mar 19, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Exercise psychology
Years ago when I worked for a big health charity we commissioned some research from the London School of Economics to see how much exercise people were really doing each day. They found the average was 21 minutes a day. That was it. If you are reading this and have...
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