Recently, my colleague Sandie Martel interviewed me on the subject ‘Skiing with nothing on your mind’. The interview is in English, with a translation in to French below the video. I shared this a few months ago, but as it Read more…
The content of your thinking looks and feels real but there is no answer to be found in the content. If it was, all the analysis and action you have done would answer the problem you see in your skiing. Read more…
If you’ve wondered how Skicology – the mental side of skiing – works, then this interview of me by fellow Skicologist, Sandie Martel, explains it in the first 10 minutes. And I explain how the tiniest shift in perspective in Mind Read more…
There’s a huge misunderstanding of where feelings come from that gets people in to all sorts of trouble or leaves them troubled. It’s commonly misunderstood that feelings come from other things: people, circumstances, spiders, and in skiing the likes of Read more…
[here’s an article I’ve just written for Skicology’s sister business Headstuff. I thought I’d reproduce it here as it’s so relevant to skiing] Yesterday, I was listening to local band The Buskers playing a gig in Les Gets. They Read more…
Some people consider skiing to be a dangerous sport, which leads to accidents. But what’s the true cause of these accidents? A recent survey by law firm Irwin Mitchell of 1200 British skiers put their accidents down to a range of Read more…
It’s very natural for our moods to go up and down. Recognising them and when and how to act is the important thing. Take last week. Monday I went skiing with friends. I was feeling great and my skiing was Read more…
There’s a lot of misunderstanding as to what ‘listening’ to someone is. For example when listening to a ski instructor who’s trying to teach you something new. As children, we’re told to pay attention, but have you noticed the more Read more…
When your mind is open and trusting the unknown you’ll start to see new things around you. You point yourself in the direction you want to be going and you discover. If you’re getting bogged down being analytical and trying Read more…
Most people are used to having to work at: Building confidence, or Finding confidence As if it’s a mythical object or quality we somehow mislaid. Oddly, those people who have it don’t talk about it, and those that think they’ve Read more…