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

by Josephine Perry | September 8, 2025 | Books, Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology | 0 Comments

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

by Josephine Perry | August 15, 2025 | ADHD in Sport | 0 Comments

The two hardest exams in the world

by Josephine Perry | July 1, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

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

by Josephine Perry | March 6, 2025 | News, Performance Psychology, Podcasts, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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

by Josephine Perry | February 6, 2025 | News, Performance Psychology, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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

by Josephine Perry | November 8, 2024 | Christmas, Improve, News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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…

by Josephine Perry | August 18, 2022 | 10 Pillars of Success, News, Performance Psychology | 0 Comments

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

by Josephine Perry | August 18, 2022 | 10 Pillars of Success, Improve, News, Performance Psychology | 0 Comments

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...

What makes a great leader…

by Josephine Perry | July 8, 2022 | 10 Pillars of Success, News | 0 Comments

The current political situation in the UK means there is going to be a lot of chat and analysis over the next few weeks on what makes a good leader. From all the research I did for The 10 Pillars of Success here is why I think good leadership needs to be based around...

Performance Postcards

by Josephine Perry | June 19, 2022 | Confidence, Improve, News | 0 Comments

For every race or challenge we need to enter into it being clear what we want to achieve and remembering all the efforts we have put into achieving that goal. It can really help our confidence. With my clients (and for my own races) we complete these postcards. On the...

Sport Psychology and Performance in Mind

by Josephine Perry | Sep 28, 2017 | News

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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