Jul 30, 2019 | anxiety, coaching, Depression, mental health, resilient, sports, support, teamwork
I am reflecting on the helping athletes succeed workshop last night and am so very grateful for all that attended and contributed to discussions, offered opinions and shared their coaching struggles when supporting athletes with mental illness. There are so few...
Jul 17, 2019 | anxiety, fear, mental health, resilient, support
When I started this talk, it was just after my auntie had passed away, Jamie Denyer had made me tear up with his inspirational talk and he’d had a huge response. My nerves were uncontrollable, I was shaking, sweating, stammering and bang I was on stage not sure...
Jul 16, 2019 | anxiety, Bullying, children, choice, Depression, mental health, support, teamwork
More photos from last week’s Think Tank event in Swansea. The topic for debate was the issues faced by young people in Wales experiencing mental ill health. A huge privilege to be part of a discussion with experienced, passionate people who turned up with one...
Jul 15, 2019 | anxiety, children, coaching, Depression, mental health, resilient, sports, teamwork
I recently wrote a post saying that 1 in 10 children live with a diagnosable mental health condition in the UK. A government research paper published new figures in Feb 19 of 1 in 8 children, this epidemic is not showing signs of slowing down or stopping any time...
Jul 14, 2019 | boundaries, choice, coaching, leader, mental health, resilient
We collect beliefs about life, relationships, ourselves, people, family, etc throughout our life but did you know that we can often have a belief but act in a contradicting way without knowing it?It doesn’t mean the belief is wrong, we may not have acknowledged...