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Preparation, Trust, and Joy – What the Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics Revealed About Flow and High Performance
The Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics offered a rare window into the psychology of elite performance. From the stillness at the start gate to the joy of athletes performing at their best, these moments reveal how preparation, trust, and intrinsic motivation create the conditions for flow. These same principles apply far beyond sport.
Finding Flow: Why Our Experiences Matter (More Than Our Achievements)
Living a fulfilling life is not just about what we achieve, but about how deeply we experience the moments along the way, and that’s what the psychology of flow is all about.
5 Performance Psychology Tips for Doctors, Nurses & Other Medical Professionals
What can medical professionals learn from Sport, or Performance, Psychology? Just like in medicine, athletes need to be able to perform in high-pressure, time-sensitive, and high stakes environments. Doctors, nurses, surgeons, & other medical professionals have...
Relaxation Practices help with coping with COVID-19
Feeling the effects of isolation? Try a targeted relaxation practice to help ease anxiety and improve sleep Like most, I have found the physical isolation and social distancing occurring in light of COVID-19 a significant challenge. I don’t know anyone who has...
Control the Things You can Control – A Stoic’s Guide to 2020
What You Can Control At the start of this year, I started reading Ryan Holiday’s book, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living, and soon started journaling in the accompanying Daily Stoic Journal. There’s so much wisdom in Stoic...
Unifying the Mind and the Body with Aerial Therapeutics
“The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”Gautama Buddha Wellness means nurturing not just the mind, but also the body. Too often, our culture atomises health into two separate categories: the mental and the...
Focus to Flow: Learn how to hone your attention
“The skilful management of attention is the sine qua non of the good life and the key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience” Once flow has been experienced, there is generally a high level of motivation to return to this state. Not only because when...
How to Find Flow in Yoga & Meditation
Yoga and meditation are noteworthy activities if we are interested in unlocking the door to experiencing flow. And even if yoga and meditation are not go-to activities for us, we can learn about processes that lead to flow through examining the relationship of yoga...
Creating Meaningful Intentions
With a new year often comes new year’s resolutions. Perhaps you’ve engaged in a detailed process of resolution-making, or perhaps you’ve resolved to NOT make any resolutions! Either way, the choice was motivated, and will influence the pathway you take going forward....
Perth Mindfulness Conference Recap
At the recently held Perth Mindfulness Conference, there was a rich and diverse program of presentations and workshops on mindfulness in today’s world. Timothea Goddard, Director of Openground and Mindfulness Training Institute Australia and New...