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...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 18, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
A psychological approach called ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is becoming increasingly popular in sport psychology. It is the approach I use – it can be a little hard to understand what the process is – so I saw this new paper from Laura Swettenham and Amy...
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...
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