by Josephine Perry | Jun 21, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Performance Psychology, Sports psych profession
I needed to get a handle on a corporate contract recently and felt I was doing an awful job of it – as a psychologist my ‘wanting to help people and improve their wellbeing’ side overtook my ‘I won’t be much support to anyone if I can’t pay the mortgage’ side. A...
by Josephine Perry | Jun 21, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Books, Performance Psychology
The youngest children I work with are around 10 but, I have a 4 year old daughter and a 3 year old godson so tend to hang out with lots of little ones. And I am very privileged that sometimes they will share their worries with me. But I can feel out of my depth as to...
by Josephine Perry | May 14, 2021 | Book reviews, Books
I have a bit of an issue with books – a good one, but an expensive one; I love them. Something so special about holding one and knowing it is going to teach you something, make you feel differently about a subject or just completely sweep you away into a...
by Josephine Perry | May 9, 2021 | Book reviews, Books
I was recently working on a piece for Cycling Weekly on Imposter Syndrome and realised one of the reasons cycling can seem such a mysterious world (even to really competent riders) is the history and the language. We may know that simply grabbing our bike and going...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 10, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Exercise Addiction, Exercise psychology, Support
Over lockdown a number of people reached out who needed support for disordered eating but didn’t fit the NHS guidelines for getting support. They couldn’t afford private psychology and nutrition help and were struggling. This lack of NHS support unless you have a...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Motivation, Performance Psychology
So, hands up – I am biased. I am in this book! Just a little bit but Damian and I worked together before his epic Pennine Way record attempt in the summer of 2020 and he discusses the work we did in the book. But despite me marring the pages I still loved it. It is...
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