That was her light bulb moment

That was her
light bulb moment

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.

Keynote Speaker – Author – Presenter
ABOUT Josephine

Dr Josephine Perry is a Chartered Sport Psychologist

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.

Josephine Perry

Books

Performing Under Pressure
Strategies for Sporting Success
Performing Under Pressure is an essential resource offering coaches and psychologists a toolkit of 64 evidence-based, accessible sport psychology strategies and interventions to help athletes improve their sporting performances in high-pressure situations.
The Psychology of Exercise
The Psychology of Exercise uses life stages to consider when, why, and how we exercise. It explores the barriers and motivators to exercise for children, teenagers, adults, and retirees as well as for those living with a chronic health condition, showing how, when we personalise activity programmes, exercise becomes a life-affirming, life-lengthening habit.
I Can The teenage athlete’s guide to mental fitness
I can is the mantra of many successful athletes. These athletes don’t just work physically hard – they learn how to use their brain really well too and this book is designed to help you become one of these athletes; mastering all the mental skills.
The 10 Pillars of Success: Written and narrated by Josephine
A book to hear from those (Olympic and Paralympic athletes, actors, stunt doubles, economists, Broadway choreographers and comedians) who have excelled in their field discussing their route to success and learn how you can emulate them. The pillars; a sense of belonging, mastery, autonomy, purpose, confidence, process, courage, optimism, internal insight or gratitude are all vital in helping us overcome setbacks that can stand in the way of achieving our goals.
Power Down to Power Up: Cowritten and co-narrated by Josephine
In this concise programme, sports psychologist Dr Josephine Perry and yoga for sports specialist Lexie Williamson will guide you through tried-and-tested relaxation techniques designed especially for busy people—which, let’s face it, is all of us. Optimise your downtime, boost your performance, improve your productivity and wellbeing—power down to power up.
ADHD in Sport
Strategies for Success
ADHD in Sport: Strategies for Success illuminates the ADHD brain in sporting environments, looking at the benefits of exercise on ADHD and the impact of ADHD traits on sporting performance. It has chapters full of tools to help wellbeing, training and competition, information on cooccurring conditions and ADHD medication in sport and concludes with chapters for coaches, parents and partners to help them successfully support and scaffold.
ABOUT Josephine

Keynote Speaker – Author – Presenter

Alongside her thriving private practice Josephine communicates and presents performance psychology concepts, strategies and tools to help her audiences have their own lightbulb moments.

Had a lightbulb moment in an Ironman Triathlon race prompting career change.
Expert on performance anxiety and being able to perform under pressure.
Author of six books on high performance and strategies for success.
Podcast

The Be Braver podcast

Josephine and Annie host the Be Braver podcast – because they truly believe that life is not a dress rehearsal and so we need to follow our dreams – even if they are way outside of your comfort zone. The Be Braver Podcast brings experts and guests together to tell the stories of those who have found the courage to step outside their comfort zone and chase big seemingly unrealistic goals.
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