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Book Review: Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate

Book Review: Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate

by Josephine Perry | Sep 14, 2022 | Book reviews, Support

Working as a psychologist with high performers I regularly see clients with ADHD. Sometimes diagnosed but also, as wait times for adult diagnosis can be very long or very expensive, suspected. I find even if someone just suspects they may have it then it can be...
Book review: Where There’s A Hill by Sabrina Verjee

Book review: Where There’s A Hill by Sabrina Verjee

by Josephine Perry | Aug 27, 2022 | Book reviews, Performance Psychology, Support

As a runner that likes running a short distance over nice flat tarmac, Where There’s a Hill, Sabrina Verjee’s book about her four attempts at running the Wainwrights (214 hills covering 325 miles and 36,000 metres of assent in the Lake District) probably doesn’t sound...
Great advice from sporting parents – to sporting parents

Great advice from sporting parents – to sporting parents

by Josephine Perry | Nov 5, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports Psychology, Support, Youth sport

I asked the parents of young athletes on twitter for their best advice for other parents. There were some brilliant messages summarised as… Let the coach, coach.Be the taxi, the finance, the kit washer, the refueller, the PA & the micro manager.Tell your children...
Post event blues… what can we learn from Olympians?

Post event blues… what can we learn from Olympians?

by Josephine Perry | Nov 1, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Goal setting, Motivation, Support

A new paper from Holly Bradshaw (yes – the Pole Vaulter and now Sport Psychology student), a fabulous sport psychologist Dr Karen Howells and mental health researcher Mathijs Lucassen has just been published on the post-Olympic blues. While it seems like it might only...

What stresses sports parents…

by Josephine Perry | Oct 30, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports Psychology, Support, Youth sport

As the mum of a 5-year-old I’ve yet to experience the stresses and worries of seeing my child try to perform well in sport. But I have heard stories – oh so many stories about the nightmare parents who shout abuse at opponents (or even at their own kids), fight the...

The impact of media pressure on Olympic Athletes

by Josephine Perry | Jul 28, 2021 | Athlete Stories, Athlete Wellbeing, Media, Social media, Support

The modern media environment makes sport a very different experience for athletes. They don’t just perform and maybe chat about it afterwards with a journalist. They have to behave with the media in mind at all times. I researched this a few years ago and...
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