Performance anxiety: I’ll be delving into this topic, a topic that’s close to my heart. I’ve written about this topic before (links to previous posts can be found at the end). As a psychologist who’s no stranger to the open road, I’ve had my fair share of encounters with this all-too-common foe. I’m going to […]
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Performance Anxiety Anxiety before a performance assessment can be hard to manage. Here are some tips that might help. Performance anxiety is not uncommon… and when you have to prepare for and perform as part of a VCE assessment it’s even harder! I’m sure there are music and drama teachers who assist their students to
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The elephant in the room… it’s that thing everyone knows is there but is ignoring. As we ignore the elephant it becomes more and more obvious. It starts to take up more room than you’d like it to. This metaphor has been going around my head since I used it with a client who has
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Last weekend there were 2 major endurance events that friends and team mates competed in: the Tour of Bright (ToB) and Ironman Busselton. I am always impressed when I read the race reports that they write in the days following the event. I’ve competed in the Tour of Bright a number of times,
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Sometimes we just want to stop, lie down and take a break. We might feel like giving up. We might feel like what we’re doing doesn’t matter. We might feel like the effort is just too much. We might feel like it’s not worth it. But it might be more helpful to reassess, to adjust
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Wasn’t the weekend wonderful? And isn’t next weekend going to just as good… especially given we get an extra day in Melbourne?! But what about now? What about this moment you’re living right now? Sometimes we get caught up in reminiscing, looking back or looking forward. We might sometimes forget to focus on what is
More about exercise, reaching your potential and enhancing your life. But this time in an audio format. Last week I was interviewed by the lovely Ellen Jackson for her Potential Psychology Podcast. Ellen’s practice as a psychologist, working with businesses and delivering workshops as well as her podcast is all about helping people to reach
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How many times have you been told that you need to do some exercise? How many times have you responded with a “yeah, I know” and then done nothing, or done somethings once? How many times have you actually done something about it? Do you know why exercise is good for us? There are
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I am aware that the articles published last week were focused more on the application of mindset to cycling, with a particular focus on competitive cycling. I wanted to explain the application of mindset to a more diverse range of experiences, such as work, social interactions and relationships. I live-streamed on Facebook yesterday with this
Part 3 of 3: SO, WHAT IS MINDSET? This series of articles was inspired by a few conversations I had with women who are relatively new to racing as well as a conversation in SheRace; SheRace is a closed Facebook group dedicated to encouraging more women into racing. Our mindset is made up of the
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