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The Be Brave approach

The Be Brave approach

by Josephine Perry | Mar 26, 2026 | Improve, Motivation, Nerves and emotions, Performance Psychology

Josephine works from a psychological perspective called ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) (in short where we acknowledge that there are things that make us feel uncomfortable and keen to avoid, and yet we do them anyway because we want to stretch ourselves to...
Book review: 31 Days by Allie Bailey

Book review: 31 Days by Allie Bailey

by Josephine Perry | Dec 30, 2025 | Book reviews, Books, News, Performance Psychology, Uncategorized

I loved Allie’s first book (There is no wall – review here) and invited her onto our podcast in September right after her Dragons Back race. It was an emotional episode. You can listen here. On the episode she mentioned she was working on her second book and...
Values, Strengths, AI & Lessons: September Performance in Mind newsletter

Values, Strengths, AI & Lessons: September Performance in Mind newsletter

by Josephine Perry | Sep 8, 2025 | Books, Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology

A career for life? I am a mum whose daughter has three more years at primary school. In our bit of west London the planning for senior schools starts early and trying to figure out where a child will thrive early on is hard. How can you possibly know what will help...

Book review: And so I run by Jamie Doward

by Josephine Perry | Aug 13, 2025 | Athlete Stories, Book reviews, Performance Psychology

Three chapters into And so I run I was ready to email the publishers and say I couldn’t review this book because I only put out reviews of books I love (feels mean to proactively publish a negative review) and I just didn’t like it enough. It came across as...
March 2025 newsletter: Webinars, books and podcasts

March 2025 newsletter: Webinars, books and podcasts

by Josephine Perry | Mar 6, 2025 | News, Performance Psychology, Podcasts, Uncategorized

Free webinar on ADHD in Sport: Strategies for Success. In 2023 I started to notice that a number of the athletes I was working with who were struggling with high levels of performance anxiety were also showing a number of traits we would see in those with ADHD. After...
January 2025 Newsletter

January 2025 Newsletter

by Josephine Perry | Feb 6, 2025 | News, Performance Psychology, Uncategorized

Six reflections on starting out in a new career Sleep Tool to try: Cognitive Restructuring Coaching Cards: Now available to purchase Interview to read: Cath Bishop with Dr Kate Hays Book review: Teenagers Site of the month: Women’s Sport Collective Jobs board This...
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