Enriched Athletes

24/11/2025

Uncertainty is part of every athlete’s world, yet we rarely talk about how much it shapes the way we perform.

This week’s article explores why uncertainty impacts us so deeply and how differently we show up when we change our relationship and learn to work with it rather than fight against it.

Read it through the link in the bio.
I hope it helps you meet the unknown with a little more clarity and confidence 🫶

22/11/2025

21/11/2025

Learning to change your state is one of the most important skills in performance.

It’s not about removing emotion, it’s about recognising when it’s taken over.
When emotion is driving, everything tightens. We rush. We force. We react.

But when you can shift your state back to instinct, back to rhythm, you free up your game.
You stop overthinking and start flowing.
That’s when performance feels good again. That’s when it clicks.

It is not only about training your body, but learning how to come back to the state where your body can do what it knows.

19/11/2025

Chasing the next outcome won’t fix how you feel.
It won’t make you enough.
It won’t rewrite your identity.

Fulfilment comes from who you become along the way.
Your habits, your standards, your attitude, your growth.

If the result never came, would you still be proud of who you’re becoming?

Learn more in the latest article, link in bio 🫶

07/11/2025

One of my athletes thought confidence came from results...until she realised she’d been building it all along through her actions.

Confidence isn’t earned in a moment.
It’s built over time.
So keep focusing on the little things that grow it 🫶

05/11/2025

It’s easy to believe the next achievement will finally make you feel enough.
That once you hit that milestone, the feeling will follow.

But fulfilment doesn’t come from what you win; it comes from who you become in the pursuit of it.
That’s where the real win is.

Read more on this week's The Medal Trap 🫶

03/11/2025

It can’t be about chasing the next thing. The medal, the car, the promotion, the grade.
Because the next thing won’t fix how you feel.

It won’t make you more worthy.
It won’t make you less empty.
It won’t make you finally feel good enough.

The win isn’t what changes you.
The work you put in, your effort, your values, your attitude, that’s what does.

Don’t pin it on the medal.
Pin it on the person you’re becoming along the way.

Take a moment to think about what’s driving you:
Is it the love of what you do, or the need to prove something?
If the outcome never came, would you still be proud of who you’re becoming?

Read more in the latest substack The Medal Trap, link in bio 🫶

31/10/2025

This week’s session was a reminder that there’s more to performing than points.
When you stop chasing outcomes and start focusing on effort, attitude, and impact, you play free and your best version comes through.

Where are you measuring success by results instead of effort?

29/10/2025

Trying to prove yourself feels like motivation...until it doesn’t.
It tightens you up, makes you overthink, and pulls you away from the instincts that make you good in the first place.

Confidence doesn’t come from proving anything.
It comes from trusting what’s already there.

Next time you feel that pressure to prove, ask:
→ What do I know I’ve already done the work on?
→ What’s one thing I can control right now?

Read the full article “The Cost of Trying to Prove Yourself” link in bio 🫶

24/10/2025

Often, it’s not your skills that are holding you back, it’s the fear of how you’ll be seen.

This athlete wasn’t short on ability.
She was just trying so hard to be liked, she forgot to let herself play.

The key to playing your best is recognising when fear is shaping your decisions, and choosing to show up assertively anyway.

Where are you still playing it safe to avoid judgment?

21/10/2025

On tour with the teams, I was reminded how easy it is to fall into the trap of trying to prove yourself, and what it can cost you.

It feels like motivation at first, but it’s actually what pulls you away from your best.

You don’t prove you belong by forcing it.
You let it come by trusting what’s already there and letting that come through on the field.

Read the full piece: The Cost of Trying to Prove Yourself — link in bio 🫶