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18/12/2025

Conference Week Part 2: Mental well-being for jockeys at the International Conference for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Jockeys ( )

From global sport psychology to the very specific world of horseracing..
At the ICHSWJ conference last week, I had the honor of speaking on behalf of The Hong Kong Jockey Club on mental well-being for jockeys – a group of athletes who carry enormous pressure in a very small, high-risk world.

In my presentation, “Balancing the Saddle: Jockeys’ Challenges in Athletic Identity”, I shared how a trapped and intensely narrow jockey identity, constant weight management, injury risks, and unstable opportunities can combine to make it hard to switch off, ask for help, or imagine life beyond the saddle. The same factors that drive performance can, over time, contribute to burnout, distress, and silence, leading to poorer decision-making, more accidents, and greater threats to well-being.

In the panel discussion with Ciara Losty and Michael Caulfield, sport psychologists from Ireland and the UK respectively, we discussed ways for industry stakeholders to create psychologically informed environments: not only offering individual support, but also changing systems so that speaking up is safe, welfare is embedded in daily practice, and jockeys are seen as people, not just results on a race card.

Grateful to the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, ICHSWJ, and the wider racing community for opening up these conversations, and for the chance to connect my work on identity, culture, and mental health with the lived realities of jockeys around the world.

17/12/2025

Two conferences in one week — what a ride!! It’s been intense, humbling, and one of those experiences that make you pause and take it all in.

Conference Week Part 1:

International Society of Sport Psychology World Congress 2025: grateful to have shared my work in 3 main areas — (1) student-athlete identity exploration with Alan Chu, (2) being in private practice and working at the Olympic Games with Peter Haberl, and Miyako Tanaka-Oulevey, and (3) perspectives on foreign coaches working for National teams and its psychological implications of cross-cultural leadership in elite sport with Masato Kawabata and Susumu Iwasaki (Kaori Araki, you were with us in spirit!).

Being surrounded by close colleagues and good friends who “get it” – many of whom I had not seen since Covid – was both grounding and energizing. So grateful for the conversations, the questions, new friends, and the reminder that sport psychology is at its best when it is relational, culturally aware, and grounded in the lived realities of the people we serve.

See you all in Cologne in 2029 🇩🇪

21/11/2025

重遇昔日實習生，好難得！☺️

04/10/2025

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Internship period: November 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026

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29/09/2025

《運動心理學 2 -- 除了運動員，你還是誰？》入圍香港教育城第 22 屆「十本好讀」🙌🙌
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18/09/2025

Thank you for the feature, HKU Alumni!


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13/08/2025

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29/07/2025

今年已是第二年跟 中國香港跳繩總會 Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association, China 合作，為即將於日本川崎舉行的世界跳繩錦標賽2025 參賽的代表隊成員、教練進行一系列的運動心理訓練。世界賽於上週末開幕，而港隊運動員今天已正式投入第一天比賽。 🇭🇰

備戰大型國際運動賽事，體能、心理訓練缺一不可。在賽馬會「齊跳高飛」跳繩計劃的支持下，我有幸繼續協助他們在心理層面做足充分預備，以最佳的狀態迎接國際舞台。願港隊在賽事中發揮實力。加油！

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19/07/2025

書展 2025 已於7月16日正式開幕！運動心理學日益普及，不僅關乎運動員的競爭力和表現，也關乎一般人的運動參與和健康促進。 想深入了解運動與心理之間複雜而奇妙的互動關係、理論與實務應用，歡迎親臨書展 1B-C02 （泛華發行）攤位，購買 📚《運動心理學 — 建立自信、盡展所長》增訂版和《運動心理學 2 — 除了運動員，你還是誰？》（花千樹出版有限公司）。

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15/07/2025

A very heartfelt gratitude to Prestige Hong Kong 40 Under 40 for this incredible honor. It is a privilege to be recognized alongside the city’s most visionary leaders in tech, fashion, art, sport, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise. This milestone is especially meaningful as it coincides with the 10th anniversary of Inner Edge!

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24/06/2025

Thank you so much for hosting the at the 13th International Conference on Sport and Exercise Science, Sports Medicine Association of Thailand!

For their Advancing Psychology and Neuroscience in Sports symposium, Karen was invited to speak about “Rehabilitation Profiling for Injured Athletes: A Psychological Intervention for Smoother Return to Play Transitions” to sports medicine and science professionals that work closely with injured athletes. Karen emphasized the importance of athletes’ perceptions regarding their recovery journey. Understanding their mental constructs is crucial for facilitating a successful transition back to play, as many countries prepare their athletes for the upcoming South East Asian Games in Dec 2025.

Looking forward to more scientific and evidence-based exchanges in the future!

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05/06/2025

In this video for Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Karen discusses the nuances between high and low context communication styles and how sport psychology professionals might best be able to approach working with athletes from various cultural backgrounds to ensure appropriate communication patterns.

Communication within sport and performance is critical to success. One unique consideration for understanding communication is recognizing that communication...