"It’s not anxiety, I’m adrenalised" - Dealing with motivation, self doubt and anxiety around big events with Dr Josie Perry

Simon Ward, The High Performance Human Triathlon Podcast

When you're getting close to the day of your big event it’s natural to feel some nerves and even a little anxiety. It happens to everyone, even the very top performers. In fact, if you felt no anxiety or nerves at all, that would probably be a bad thing. It’s one thing to feel a little anxious, but to get to the point where you feel unable to make a decision or you're so uptight that it has a negative influence on your event, that's another matter altogether. Today we have sports psychologist Dr. Josie Perry back on the show. Josie is a wife and mother, a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a member of the Association of Applied Sports Psychologists (AASP), and a published author with 6 books to her name. She is going to help us with some really practical advice on some of the mental challenges that athletes have, leading up to, during, and after their main events. As a keen triathlete, she has personal experience of some of the topics we chat about today, including:

• How to stay motivated during training
• Self doubts prior to the race
• What you can do to avoid crumbling, when your plan is disrupted by injury/illness/life events
• How to stay focussed on race morning
• Avoiding distraction during boring parts of your event
• How to ignore the voices in your head telling you to walk or quit during the hard parts of your event
• How to celebrate your achievements post race rather than assigning a good performance to luck

To find out more about Dr Perry please use the following channels: Website: performanceinmind.co.uk X = @Josephine Perry Insta: josephineperry76 Josie has written 6 books, and you can find links to them all HERE. In the podcast Josie also mentioned this book: 71/2 lessons about the brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett

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