#256 Dr James Munnik & Prof Leon Van Niekerk - Developing Psychological Skills and Rational Thinking
Oct 30, 2023
In this episode I’m joined by Dr James Munnik and Prof Leon Van Niekerk.
James is a Counselling Psychology Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. James has worked with a number of athletes in his own private practice as a high performance mental coach in psychotherapy and counselling. He...
Oct 23, 2023
On this week’s episode I speak to Dr Chris Mesagno. Chris is a sport psychologist, a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Victoria University, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University.
Chris has over 20 years of research expertise in stress, anxiety, attention...
Oct 16, 2023
In this episode I’m joined by Dr Ella McLoughlin and Dr Rachel Arnold. We discuss a paper that was led by Ella which examines how stressors influence sport performers’ health, well-being, and performance.
Ella is a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Her research interests span...
Oct 9, 2023
I’m excited to speak with Dr Steve Ingham this week. Steve has spent his career immersed in high performance having provided support to over 1000 athletes, of which over 200 have achieved World or Olympic medal success, including some of the world’s greatest athletes such as Jessica Ennis-Hill, Sir Steve Redgrave...
Oct 2, 2023
I’m joined by Dr Jon Rhodes in this episode. Jon is an Associate Lecturer in Motivational Psychology and Sport Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Jon is also a Chartered Cognitive Psychologist and is co-developer of Functional Imagery Training (FIT) which is a unique approach to behaviour change that uses...