by Josephine Perry | Jan 1, 2020 | Athlete Wellbeing
Dr David Lee is the Clinical Director of Sleep Unlimited (www.sleepunlimited.co.uk). Most of his work is helping people with insomnia get some decent sleep but actually lots of what he teaches is brilliant for athletes – helping us understand ourselves, our...
by Josephine Perry | Jan 2, 2018 | Athlete Wellbeing, Performance Psychology, Support
January provides the obvious opportunity to assess where we are in life, and where we want to be. We may have had some time over the Christmas break to reflect and we may have set resolutions, or goals for the new year. This can be really positive and give us a...
by Josephine Perry | Oct 3, 2017 | Athlete Wellbeing
As it is Sport Parent week I’ve been reflecting on some of the younger athletes I’ve worked with. What struck me was that often these young athletes don’t just excel in their sport. They excel in every area of their lives; their sporting performance,...
by Josephine Perry | Sep 28, 2017 | Athlete Wellbeing
Having heard a great interview with Kirk Parsley recently on Marathon Talk (Episode 299 and Episode 300 – listen here ) about the importance of sleep I was really interested to see what Lindsay Thornton, Senior Sports Psychologist at the US Olympic Committee would say...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 6, 2017 | Athlete Wellbeing, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
In sport comparison is inescapable. If you are racing or competing there will always be numbers ranking us, digitizing us, making easy comparison to anyone else. It is a very quick way for athletes to lose confidence and develop low self-esteem. This social comparison...
by Josephine Perry | Jul 16, 2017 | Athlete Wellbeing
Sport is really important for children. The physical benefits are obvious but research has also found school children who exercise improve their sociable behaviour, their classroom conduct, control their emotions better and perform better on school tests. It also...
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