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ADHD: Do my traits help in sport? Or hinder?

 Helps my sportHinders my sportDon’t notice thisCommentsConstantly moving    Behaviours which disrupt others    Easily bored    Regular brain fog / headaches    Suffered a...

Book review: 31 Days by Allie Bailey

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

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...

BBC Today programme

The two hardest exams in the world

Performance in Mind July newsletter Academic exam season is over for another year. Parents rejoice, teachers and lecturers breathe a sigh of relief (or start marking contracts) and students get to go back to all the other things they love. Yet in some professions the...

March 2025 newsletter: Webinars, books and podcasts

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

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...

Gift guide for the athlete in your life

Children Working on the mental side of sports with children can feel scary but the younger they are when you help them understand their emotions, see their strengths and learn how to handle worries effectively then the easier they will find the sporting environment....

Throwing your toys out of the pram…

On Sunday night two football managers (Antonio Conte and Thomas Tuchel) watched their teams play at the Chelsea v Tottenham game – lost some emotional control and had a bust up. They both received Red Cards. I rarely comment publicly on the psychology of football...

Finding purpose

One of the hardest areas I find to work on with athletes is purpose. Why should they care about that when they just want to run fast / score more goals / jump better? But those who do want to figure out there find so many benefits. A powerful purpose gives you a...

Press release: Sporting Brain Box

Athletes spend many hours each week on their physical fitness – now they have an easy way to also train their brains to be mentally fit. The Sporting Brain Box is a full mental skills toolkit which will allow athletes at all levels to benefit from the techniques...

Sport Psychology and Performance in Mind

These Q&As with Dr Josephine Perry, Director of Performance in Mind, may help you to decide if sport and performance psychology could help you... What is sports psychology? Sports psychology developed from traditional psychology but incorporates elements of...

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