Dr. Josephine Perry on Teens, Psychology & Sport

This episode we’re joined by Dr Josephine Perry, Chartered Psychologist, Founder of Performance in Mind, journalist and author. Having worked across a breadth of communications roles, from lobbying to being Communications Director at Nuffield Health, her own sporting experience took her into performance psychology, where she has worked with a breadth of athletes and written several books, including her latest book about teenage athletes. 

https://performanceinmind.co.uk/about/ 

@Josephineperry

Her Books: Performing Under Pressure, The Psychology of Exercise, I Can: The Teenage Athlete’s Guide to Mental Fitness

On the episode we mention: 

The Self Determination Theory 

https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/ 

Tsundoku - the Japanese term for buying too many books! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku#:~:text=Tsundoku%20(Japanese%3A%20%E7%A9%8D%E3%82%93%E8%AA%AD),%E2%80%931912)%20as%20Japanese%20slang. 

Dr Perry’s recommendations: 

Barbie campaigns https://barbie.mattel.com/en-us/about/you-can-be-anything.html 

We talk about teenagers and why music is so important to them https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-teens-need-their-musi_b_9113178 

Her Spirit Podcast with BBC Presenter Louise Minchim and Triathlon Coach Annie Emmerson https://herspirit.buzzsprout.com/ 

Lockdown Parenting Hell Podcast with Josh Widdacombe and Rob Beckett https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rob-beckett-and-josh-widdicombes-lockdown-parenting-hell/id1510251497  

Doing it for the Kids Podcast with Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland http://www.doingitforthekids.net/diftk-podcast/ 

Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women’s newsletter https://carolinecriadoperez.com/ 

Alexander Preece, All Things Sport newsletter https://allthingssport.libsyn.com/ 

Sharn Meades-Williams newsletter https://www.sianmeadeswilliams.com/freelance-writing-jobs