Standing on a beach in Frankston, Australia, shivering in a wetsuit, feeling her tummy flip with fear as the sea got rougher and rougher and regretting her life choices, Josephine tuned into the Ironman Melbourne commentators trying to keep the athletes buoyed up before the race started. “You cannot control those waves,” she heard. “You can only control how you feel about them”. That was her lightbulb moment.
She was never very sporty but realised that if she tried to think differently about the challenge ahead, and use her intelligence, she might be more successful. That morning it worked. She made it into the water, swam the sea course, rode the 180 kilometre bike and finished by running the marathon. She crossed the finish line in under 11 hours and, in the process, started a whole career change. That was her light bulb moment.
From 15 years in Corporate and Crisis Communications Josephine then spent five years retraining (you have to take a MSc in Psychology, an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology and then 3 years in supervised practice) and gained her Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist title in 2018.
Alongside her thriving private practice Josephine communicates and presents performance psychology concepts, strategies and tools to help her audiences have their own lightbulb moments.
Keynote Speaker – Author – Presenter
Using Sport Psychology to give you lightbulb moments.
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