mastering the media for athletes

Book review: Squad Safe by Joey Gamper Cuthbert

Squad Safe is written for coaches and gym owners to keep cheerleaders safe. It is actually applicable to a far wider audience though; coaches working with female athletes in any sports, commercial gym staff, S&C coaches and Sport Psychologists. It is evidence...

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...

Teenagers: The Evidence Base by Matilda Gosling

This is a book on how to use research evidence to parent children from 10-18. As the mum of an 8 year old (and am dreading the teenage years) and who works with junior athletes aged 10 and over I really wanted to delve in and see what I could learn for myself and the...

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....

The benefits of exercise

Today I chatted to Kaye Adams on BBC Radio Scotland about Rod Stewart’s daily SAS style training to get into shape for his tour. We chatted about whether that is  good idea for those in their 70s… and I wanted to highlight there are some brilliant benefits to tough...

Keynote speaking and broadcast examples

Local legend and former footballer, Dion Dublin, and Sport Psychologist Dr Josephine Perry visit Monkspath Infant and Junior School, Shirley, to give a very different type of team talk – in collaboration with ClearScore - to help pupils improve their confidence of and...

Client Information Sheet

Performance in Mind is a performance psychology consultancy run by Dr Josephine Perry. Dr Perry is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist. She is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Association of Applied Sport Psychologists (AASP). Dr...

They don’t tell you this stuff – it is such a reality check

Each Monday I start my week in the loveliest way - I have two pro bono slots to chat to those who are looking to have a career in Sport or Exercise Psychology about how it works (in my experience) and offer advice on how they can get started. There are three questions...

How can elite athletes navigate social media?

This week I had my first ever work experience student. Amelia Casey is just about to begin her third year at Birmingham Uni studying Psychology and she wanted to find out if Sport Psychology is a career she would enjoy. Much of my work as a Sport Psychologist is...

Latest research: Teenage girls, perfectionism and social media

I regularly work with teenage girls who have high levels of perfectionism (a trait where we have incredibly high standards and harsh self-criticism) and find this has become a double edged sword for them. On the one hand it means they set super high goals, they will...
Keynote speaking and broadcast examples

Keynote speaking and broadcast examples

Local legend and former footballer, Dion Dublin, and Sport Psychologist Dr Josephine Perry visit Monkspath Infant and Junior School, Shirley, to give a very different type of team talk – in collaboration with ClearScore - to help pupils improve their confidence of and...

Client Information Sheet

Performance in Mind is a performance psychology consultancy run by Dr Josephine Perry. Dr Perry is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist. She is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Association of Applied Sport Psychologists (AASP). Dr...

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