PsychologySelf-compassion isn't soft
After a bad session most of us reach for the inner critic, sure it keeps our standards high. The research says it...
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Notes on the mind behind performance — the psychology and research we’re reading, the journals we make, and conversations with people worth listening to.
Psychology
ConsistencyMotivation is unreliable
Waiting to feel motivated is a bad plan — but the fix isn't more willpower. What the research on habits, self-control and...
IdentityWho are you when you're not training?
A strong athletic identity is rocket fuel — and, the research warns, a single point of failure. On building a self that...
PerformanceNerves aren't the enemy
The racing heart before you start isn't a malfunction — it's your body mobilising. What the research on arousal, reappraisal and "challenge...