Gerry Hussey: I don’t let my anxiety define me 

Gerry Hussey: I don’t let my anxiety define me 

CHANGING your way of thinking can transform your life, unlocking your potential to achieve personal and professional success. That’s the message sports psychologist and performance coach Gerry Hussey hopes to spread at an event at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork on June 23. It’s a message the Galway native applies to his own … Read more

Overcoming the challenge of committing to exercise is down to these three things – ABC Everyday

Overcoming the challenge of committing to exercise is down to these three things – ABC Everyday

Have you ever started a workout routine only to think, “What’s the point?” The cycle of throwing your hat in the ring before trying well is what’s often referred to as a “defeat mentality,” and it’s not just you, professional athletes also suffer from it. So what do you do on those days when you … Read more

Golf Guru Aims To Bring Mental Coaching To The Masses

Golf Guru Aims To Bring Mental Coaching To The Masses

Joohyung Kim credits patience as the key to his first PGA Tour win. He started the tournament in … [+] Sedgefield Country Club with a quadruple bogey on his first hole, overcame that setback and clinched the Wyndham Championship Trophy on Sunday. (Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Sportswire Icon via Getty Images … Read more

Prioritizing mental health: UC hires first-ever director of sport psychology

Prioritizing mental health: UC hires first-ever director of sport psychology

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats athletics department is pushing to prioritize mental health for its more than 450 student-athletes amid national attention after hiring the department’s first director of sports psychology. Lenecia D. Nickell will assume the new role when she leaves Cypress, Texas, where she ran her own counseling and consulting service practice for … Read more