I often get asked about confidence, or can I give someone confidence. The answer is always no. And here’s why: We are told, or we tell ourselves: If only I had more confidence… I’ve lost my confidence… I need to find my confidence first… As if the confidence thing we Read more…
Without a change of mind, there is no change of behaviour As today is World Mental Health Day sponsored by the World Health Organisation I’ve written this article on how the Principles behind Skicology™ have been applied in a slightly different setting: preventing young people being radicalised in to extremist Read more…
I was asked yesterday how long do I work with a client? I replied: anything from 10 minutes to a few hours. He seemed surprised. He thought it would be days or years. Well, what’s the difference? The intellect – or the desire for analysis. Like with skiing, when we’re Read more…
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 answers the most frequent question I get I thought I’d share 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. When in fact, answer is behind all of that. The fact 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 (cause) makes a huge difference when it arrives at behaviour Read more…
Definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing time and time again and expecting a different result! Albert Einstein I’ve just read an interesting article referring to the red and blue pills taken in the Matrix movies. In the movie you can either choose to take the Red Pill or the Read more…
Yesterday I put up on my flipchart a series of questions, including: Are you a nervous skier? Fearful in your skiing and lacking confidence? Wanting to overcome a bad skiing experience or returning after a break? And within minutes skiers were reading it and sharing stories of bad falls, accidents, Read more…
Today is the first day of business for Skicology. Working with skiers is something I’ve been doing for 10 years now, that started with my brother introducing me to a ski instructor who was interested in NLP and would it help with teaching skiers. Well, that winter I ran a Read more…