by Josephine Perry | Jan 1, 2024 | Athlete Wellbeing, Book reviews
There is No Wall is an incredibly easy to read book with incredibly tough content. Bailey writes about her life; growing up, working in the music industry and weaves her extensive ultra running races and challenges alongside it. It covers her alcohol addiction,...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 2, 2023 | Athlete Wellbeing
It seems like ages since I used cash in real life – the pandemic has made many of us much more dependent on tapping our debit cards in stores. Mentally though, I use coins (little virtual modules of energy, effort and attention) all the time. I don’t know who...
by Josephine Perry | Jun 26, 2023 | Athlete Wellbeing, Exercise psychology, Uncategorized
Today I chatted to Kaye Adams on BBC Radio Scotland about Rod Stewart’s daily SAS style training to get into shape for his tour. We chatted about whether that is good idea for those in their 70s… and I wanted to highlight there are some brilliant benefits to tough...
by Josephine Perry | May 17, 2023 | Athlete Wellbeing, Improve
I work a lot with ultra runners and with new runners and something both groups can experience is getting a stitch. It is really annoying and painful so here are some ways to reduce the risk of one appearing, and suggestions on how to handle it if it does. What is a...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 14, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Book reviews, Books
When I began looking into Sport Psychology in 2013 there were not many books on it to investigate. Over the last nine years probably hundreds have been published. Is there room for one more? What can yet another one add? In the case of Perform and Thrive from Sarah...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 20, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Media, Social media
This week I had my first ever work experience student. Amelia Casey is just about to begin her third year at Birmingham Uni studying Psychology and she wanted to find out if Sport Psychology is a career she would enjoy. Much of my work as a Sport Psychologist is...
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