The Performance Psychcast

Greg Parry & George Mitchell
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The Performance Psychcast

Welcome to our podcast around the mental side of performance, both in sport and business. Your hosts are Greg Parry from Arcope and George Mitchell from FocusPerform. Here we will speak to a variety of guests such as sportspeople, sports psychologists, members of the army, businesspeople, so basically anywhere where psychology can be applied to mental health and performance. We are hoping to shed a light on what it is like to work in performance psychology and how it can be applied to the individual and the real world. www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk

  1. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 51 - B.E.T on it: A Psychological Approach to Coaching Gen Z and Beyond - David Durand

    16 OCT

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 51 - B.E.T on it: A Psychological Approach to Coaching Gen Z and Beyond - David Durand

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with David Durand.  David Durand is a sports performance and psychology coach. His background and training is in clinical psychology, while he also has a strength and conditioning certification from the NSCA and a mental performance consultant certification from the AASP.  His business, Real Development LLC, offers sports training services that combine mental, physical, and skill development for athletes. David focuses on helping individuals develop through a holistic perspective that increases their long-term potential rather than over emphasizing short-term success.  His new book, B.E.T. On It: A Psychological Approach to Coaching Gen Z and Beyond, is a guide for coaches looking to make a difference in modern athletes' lives by understanding their brains and bodies on a deeper level and equipping them with tools to increase their health, well-being, and performance.  https://www.amazon.com/B-T-Psychological-Approach-Coaching/dp/B0DB6SFDRK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NUQJJCKPWGMG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eoaf9FTSjdtYtTMZE78B8ettggUH6hP5Xd8Et6UOi1MWliBOfilpx9uhNBwUz7zBRIiEpSUgzh01s4g_h5U7d856oXNi6J2FDDpUqgGwHfA.nHVlSaU_r8iqkSfsGvpBJyUcFFkTms88aCfs6sJfjqM&dib_tag=se&keywords=bet+on+it+a+psychological+approach&qid=1722423966&sprefix=%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1  And here's the study referenced in the podcast: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2799812#:~:text=Motivated%20by%20the%20anticipation%20of,brain%20responds%20to%20its%20environment. Citation: Maza MT, Fox KA, Kwon S, et al. Association of Habitual Checking Behaviors on Social Media With Longitudinal Functional Brain Development. JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(2):160–167. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4924 www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!

    52 min
  2. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 50 - Catching up - The Performance Psychchcast Updates

    3 OCT

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 50 - Catching up - The Performance Psychchcast Updates

    Episode 50  Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast.  George:  www.focusperform.co.uk  X: GeorgeMBases  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-mitchell-sportpsychology?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app Insta: https://www.instagram.com/focusperformsportpsychology/profilecard/?igsh=MWkyNGtpb2x3YXU1dw==  Greg: www.arcope.co.uk  X: gregsportpsych  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-parry-888732124?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app Insta: https://www.instagram.com/greg.parry2?igsh=cHFkbjVnbjRsNW94 www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!      #focusperform #arcope #sport #performance #pressure #psychology #stress #anxiety #motivation #confidence #coaching #podcast #podcastsofinsta #business #performance #ThePerformancePsychcast #support #toughconversations #mind #sportingbounce  #appliedpractitioner #science #sport #flow #mind #unconscious

    1h 5m
  3. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 49 - Intuition, Peak Performance, Flow, the Unconscious and Conscious Mind and Performing at their Ultimate Best - Melissa Dhillon

    22 AUG

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 49 - Intuition, Peak Performance, Flow, the Unconscious and Conscious Mind and Performing at their Ultimate Best - Melissa Dhillon

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Melissa Dhillon.  Accredited Sports & Exercise Scientist (Psychology)   Owner & Performance Psychologist of Athletes InThe Zone  Melissa’s deep-rooted passion for psychology came from her tennis career as an LTA player. Additionally, her curiosity stemmed further into psychology by wanting to understand human thoughts, behaviours and emotions to become the greatest. Her driving force is to become the best version of herself in all parts of her life. Melissa believes psychology is a huge part of our lives. She continues to explain that our mindsets impact our successes and failures. Our mindset matters because it directs our lives. Melissa provides every athlete with supreme levels of confidence, resilience, focus and optimism that enhance their inspired performances. Melissa is the driving force behind her Performance Psychology consultancy, “Athletes In the Zone”, which holds seven national and international partnerships with esteemed organizations in elite sports and business. Melissa’s elite sports and high-performance business collaborations: - Birmingham City Women’s & Girls FC - University of Warwick - Salford City FC - Birmingham City University - International Tennis Federation (ITF) - Julius Baer - Circle Rehabilitation - Aston Villa FC Foundation Privately, Melissa works with ITF & LTA players and academy footballer players. She has successfully worked with English League footballers, Alps Tour golfers and British gymnasts. Melissa’s vision is to inspire individuals to be the best version of themselves.  Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-dhillon-4ab7a2b4?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissadhillonitz?igsh=MXJhaXlzOHkzeDlxag== www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!

    59 min
  4. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 48 - How Neuroscience Intersects in Sport Psychology and Mental Health - Dr Alex Diaz

    5 AUG

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 48 - How Neuroscience Intersects in Sport Psychology and Mental Health - Dr Alex Diaz

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Alex Diaz. Dr. Alex Diaz is a licensed psychotherapist and a Certified Performance Coach with over 25 years of experience providing mindset strategies. His Clinical Psychology degree focused on the Relationship between Mental Toughness and Body Awareness in Collegiate Athletes. Dr. Diaz provides mental wellness support to athletes and non-athletes seeking coping skills to manage the highly stressful demands of sports performance and personal life.  He teaches emotional resilience using neuroscience-based strategies thatpromote emotional regulation, stress management, andattention awareness.  Dr. Diaz conducts his work in private practice in New York. He is listed in the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the NFL Player Association Mental Health Registry Directory. Dr. Diaz has spoken and written about sport psychology and mental wellnessstrategies, stress management, injury rehabilitation, team building, motivation, post-concussionrehabilitation, and coach-athlete relationships.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-diaz-phd?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!    #focusperform #arcope #sport #performance #pressure #psychology #stress #anxiety #motivation #confidence #coaching #podcast #podcastsofinsta #business #performance #ThePerformancePsychcast #support #toughconversations #mind #sportingbounce  #appliedpractitioner #science #sport

    1h 8m
  5. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 47 - Promoting Thriving in a British Olympic Sport Organisation - Dr Michael Passports & Dr Dan Brown

    24 JUL

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 47 - Promoting Thriving in a British Olympic Sport Organisation - Dr Michael Passports & Dr Dan Brown

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Michael Passaportis and Dr Dan Brown.  Michael Passportis is a lecturer in sport and exercise psychology at the University of Sussex. He teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students on topics such as stress, coping, motivation, and emotion in sport. He also conducts and publishes research on the psychosocial factors that influence thriving in elite sport organisations.  As a sport and exercise psychologist in training, he provides tailored psychological support to individuals, teams, and organisations who want to reach their full potential and thrive in their sporting pursuits. Drawing on established psychological principles and his personal experiences of elite sport performance, he works collaboratively with clients to improve their understanding of how their psychological functioning affects their performance and well-being.  Dan Brown is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dan joined the University of Portsmouth in 2017. He completed a BSc (Hons) Psychology at the University of Bath, an MSc Psychology of Sport and Exercise at Loughborough University, and received his PhD from the University of Bath.  Dan’s doctoral research focussed on developing an understanding of thriving in humans and the application of this knowledge to sport performers.  Dan’s current research centres on the psychology of human excellence and well-being. Specifically, his work focuses on understanding and facilitating thriving in humans, athlete transitions and developmental experiences, and the development and assessment of interventions used in sport and performance psychology. Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-passo/ Dan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-brown-38248739/  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!

    55 min
  6. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 46 - Hypnotherapy for Sports Performance - Jimmy Petruzzi

    8 JUL

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 46 - Hypnotherapy for Sports Performance - Jimmy Petruzzi

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Jimmy Petruzzi.  Three times a nominated  candidate proceeding to the ballot, for the position of President-Elect for The British Psychological Society. Jimmy Petruzzi is University lecturer, a world-renowned high-performance coach, hypnotherapist and NLP trainer, award-winning coach, bestselling author, award-winning speaker, radio broadcaster, musician, committee member communications officer and Post Chair elect for the North West England BPS British Psychological Society, former editor for BPS British Psychological Society North of England Bulletin.  He also works as a coach for Barnsley Women's Football Club, Australasian Soccer Academy and Bacup Borough Football Club. A lifelong learner, Jimmy has studied several different modalities over the past 20 years, ranging from NLP, CBT, hypnotherapy, including studying the intensives and masterclasses at The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix, AZ.  Including completing teacher training, including several coaching courses in sport and business and continues to expand his knowledge by incorporating several modalities, principles from the arts, martial arts, sport and business into his delivery Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jimmy_Petruzzi HYPNOTHERAPY FOR SPORTS PERFORMANCE: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367071684_HYPNOTHERAPY_FOR_SPORTS_PERFORMANCE Amazon author: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJimmy+Petruzzi&s=relevancerank&text=Jimmy+Petruzzi&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 ITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnosis-guided-meditations-and-chill-out-tunes-with/id579916647 Confidence for football hypnosis: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/confidence-for-football-hypnosis-by-jimmy-petruzzi/id579916647?i=1000397822926 Talks at The Best You EXPO. Jimmy Petruzzi. How to thrive in XXIst Century: https://youtu.be/OVXsma2FWaA www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!

    1h 17m
  7. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 45 - Helping Fitness Coaches From a Psychological Perspective - Ella Whitcomb-Khan

    10 JUN

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 45 - Helping Fitness Coaches From a Psychological Perspective - Ella Whitcomb-Khan

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Ella Whitcomb-Khan, who you may remember from episode 22.  Ella is currently completing her Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology at LJMU. She works within the fitness industry, applying exercise psychology to support fitness coaches to enhance client retention and adherence. https://www.instagram.com/thefitnesspsych_?igsh=MW4xdDRycGlybTRkcw==  https://www.linkedin.com/company/skilledcoachclub/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellawhitcomb-khan?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app https://x.com/ellawhitcomb_?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!

    35 min
  8. The Performance Psychcast - Episode 44 - Media Coverage of Sport Psychology - John Nassoori

    3 JUN

    The Performance Psychcast - Episode 44 - Media Coverage of Sport Psychology - John Nassoori

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with John Nassoori.  John is a freelance journalist writing about psychology's influence on sport. He works with titles including the BBC and The Guardian, telling stories on subjects ranging from the first World Cup-winning psychologist to the impact of unregulated mental health support.  You can read more of his work - and subscribe to his newsletter, 'The Mind Room', - here:  https://themindroom.substack.com/about  Contact: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnassoori?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app  X : https://x.com/johnnassoori?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w  Greg: www.arcope.co.uk  George: www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!

    49 min
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Welcome to our podcast around the mental side of performance, both in sport and business. Your hosts are Greg Parry from Arcope and George Mitchell from FocusPerform. Here we will speak to a variety of guests such as sportspeople, sports psychologists, members of the army, businesspeople, so basically anywhere where psychology can be applied to mental health and performance. We are hoping to shed a light on what it is like to work in performance psychology and how it can be applied to the individual and the real world. www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk

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