S1-E12 || Dr Hannah Stoyel || Gain Control of your mind - Unleash your true potential || Optimise Potential

Is it really your mind which is preventing you achieve your potential? ** contact information below
Are you stuck in that 'half recovery' phase following an eating disorder? Do you have disordered eating? Are you struggling produce the race result you know you are capable of? Is life making it tough for you to find the headspace to train? Are nerves getting in the way? Not sure you look or feel like an 'athlete'?
The brain and the power of the brain are immense and so often forgotten about and overlooked in sport.
Recently athlete mental health has made a surge in terms of importance, but lets dive into what is behind this! The brain, the mind, how you control you!
So many athletes are missing out on achieving their true potential because they don't know how to engage their mind in the right way. As athletes we are trying to push ourselves as hard as we can, but without a 'real threat'.
But our bodies are smart, or at least still tuned into our cave man days - they don't randomly want to expend energy, and this is where sports psychology comes in.
To race your best you have to be in a good place in both your personal and athlete life, and you have to be in the right mindset as soon as your toe touches that line. But how do you do this?

This week I am joined by the super highly qualified and experienced Dr Hannah Stoyel who has her own practice - Optimise Potential -
THE TEAM | London, England | Optimise Potential (optimisepotentialsport.com)Dr Hannah Stoyel (Cooper), MSc, CPsychol, HCPC
Founder and Director of Optimise Potential. Hannah is an HCPC registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist and a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society. Beyond her private practice at Optimise Potential, Hannah is a Sport Psychologist for the English Institute of Sport (EIS) working with British Diving. Hannah also works across aquatic sport working for many years as the also lead Sport Psychologist for Swim England's talent pathway and currently works with World Class Programme swimmers funded by British Swimming. 
Hannah is also the Sport Psychologist for League 1's Oxford United FC Men's first team. 
Hannah is a British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) registered practitioner. ​
Hannah uses an integrative approach with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. ​
Hannah has a PhD from University College London (UCL) in Clinical Sport Psychology. Her PhD research focussed on disordered eating and eating disorders in athletes.  She has a BA in Psychology from Kenyon College in the US, and an MSc in Applied Sport Psychology from St Mary's University Twickenham.
TO GET IN CONTACT WITH OPTMISE POTENTIAL Sport Psychology | London, England | Optimise Potential (optimisepotentialsport.com)

Topics Covered Include:
Body Image
Eating disorders and disordered eating
Female specific challenges and psychology
Perfectionists personalities
Steps and actions to work on the issues discussed in the podcast
Racing performance
Racing confidence
Mental strength


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