Take power back over your mind and break the painful shackles that keep you stuck. Early January, I went into partnership with the local Chamber of Commerce to offer a six-session online program called "Manage Your Mind to Enhance Productivity and Creativity during Challenging Times". I was delighted to gain the Chamber's support [...]
Take power back over your mind and break the painful shackles that keep you stuck. Early January, I went into partnership with the local Chamber of Commerce to offer a six-session online program called "Manage Your Mind to Enhance Productivity and Creativity during Challenging Times". I was delighted to gain the Chamber's support [...]
As we creep out of lockdown and all play our part to help re-boot the economy - what's going on for businesses and how can you best operate at this time? This pandemic is an opportunity to learn and grow. In slowing down, we have seen incredible acts of kindness, creativity and resilience. So how [...]
Why does confidence appear to be such a critical factor in sports performance - How lack of confidence in sport destroyed my enjoyment and my game! During my time as a national athlete, I could have used heaps more clarity and confidence in sport. One time, I remember being in Australia on tour for the [...]
Up for the Contest - Coronavirus Support for Sportspeople My heart goes out to everyone right now, especially our youth with education, and sports suspended until further notice! Yet, deep down, I know that we all have the infinite capacity inside of us for wisdom, resilience, connection, and goodwill to each other, with or without the Coronavirus as human beings, [...]
It feels good to be back here writing again, hello my dear friends and colleagues. I never really went anywhere, just had a break in reality, as a lovely friend suggested to me recently. What took me away for a while? On 9th September 2019, my dear Mum, Shirley Day, suddenly took ill, she went to the hospital and within [...]
Eric Cantona, picked up the prestigious Uefa's President's Award at the Uefa's Champions Draw in Monaco, during which he says: "As flies to wanton boys, we are for the gods; they kill us for their sport. "Soon, the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to [...]
Professional footballers in the UK are publicly talking about their psychological suffering. This beautiful openness by elite sportspeople paves the way for sustainable change in a field riddled with suffering. Yet what of the solution? For 20 years in the field of elite sport, I witnessed athletes battle with their mental life. In some cases, it is more obvious to [...]
It's not often you hear a senior government advisor refer to the ‘spiritual’ nature of elite performance, so when I heard Sir Michael Barber mention this as part of his presentation at The Sport Performance Summit 2016, it was not only a pleasant surprise but a real relief. At last, it is recognised that to continue to evolve the sophisticated modern [...]
In November 2016, I attended the Leaders Sport Performance Summit at the Emirates Stadium, London UK. It was a great event, professionally organized and managed with world-class speakers. It was fantastic to hear from Michael Owen, how his career was plagued with hamstring injuries and limitations and the effect this had on him both physically and psychologically. As the first [...]
