Olympic Athlete. Speaker. Coach. Woman of Faith.
Friends, though you've had an insight into the realities of sport through my perspective on this blogsite, there are many other untold narratives, one of which I'm keen to share today—a story of struggle, resilience, and the quest for validation - through a different lens, personhood and sport. "As athletes, we give our heart and… Continue reading Unveiling the Reality of Athlete Welfare: A Conversation with Mimi Cesar
From Manchester to New Delhi, India, last week Monday I returned to the UK, and with less than a couple of hours' sleep, headed straight to Glasgow for the Indoor World Athletics Championships. The last couple of weeks have been an absolute whirlwind of experiences that has left me feeling incredibly grateful and inspired. The… Continue reading A Global Journey of Learning and Discovery in the World of Sports & Geopolitics
18 athletes, coaches and their high performance team consultants feature in this latest episode of the Define Your Success podcast that was released on Tuesday 10th January 2023. The aim is weekly releases each Tuesday, featuring in-depth conversations with Britain's best athletes - Olympians, Paralympians and their High Performance Teams. I also have guests that… Continue reading How Britain’s Best Athletes Define Success
Hi! If you're looking for book inspo, fun courses to start and a health and beauty science project I'm trialling, here's a short 60 second post you may enjoy. At the end, I also share one quick thought to inspire you for your week ahead. What I'm reading Ending... Lioness Arising by Lisa Bevere (This… Continue reading What I’m Reading, Researching & Reducing
Nope, being an athlete is not my full time job. At Host 50, Salford speaking at the final event of the FreelanceHer100 Business Accelerator Even when I wasn’t ‘working’ in terms of curating my career and being paid, even then, I still didn’t do athletics full time. I’ve been a student-athlete. I’ve been a working-athlete,… Continue reading Ask Abs: Is being an athlete your full time job?
I'm going to let you in on a little secret... But before that, let me remind you of the first two parts in this series - In Part 1 of my 2022 season debrief, I remind myself and you guys of the victories I’ve achieved in this second wind of my athletics’ career, culminating in… Continue reading 2022 Part 3 (Finale): A little secret…
I've been in the room for a fair few memorable team captain speeches. But, perhaps for the pure simplicity of it, Jodie Williams' 2021 European Indoor Champs speech is the stickiest. Two words: Back yourself. It sticks all the more because of what I know (who really knows what someone has or is going through?)… Continue reading 2022 Part 2: Three Questions to ask for a better shot next time!
A podcast partial-transcript of key quotes, links and facts from a conversation with 9 x British Triple Jump Champion, Naomi Metzger on what she does aside from sport - dabbling in NFTs, cryptocurrency, blogging and brand collaborations to give athlete's ownership and empowerment around their own stories.
Am I thinking about retiring again? Well yes, but not anytime soon! This is more of a reminder to athletes out there to prepare for life after sport and some of the options to help them do that, especially for those on the UK Sport WCPP and British Athletes. Find out more...
It takes me TWO HOURS to drive to training. I currently take this journey twice a week, so that’s a total of EIGHT HOURS of travel within the space of three days. I dread the journey every single time. But I still do it. Why? The destination is worth it! The value that I experience… Continue reading Tuesday Thoughts #1 – How to beat frustration & fatigue!
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