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01/05/2026

For the tenth year in a row, has been crowned the world’s best university for sports-related subjects in the QS global rankings.

For the tenth year in a row, Loughborough has been crowned the world’s best university for sports-related subjects in the QS global rankings.

01/05/2026

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Research indicates that only 26% of people often leave the office having accomplished the tasks they set out to. A good first step is to understand the mental mistakes that typically prevent us from focusing on and finishing meaningful work. Five common ones include underestimating the time you have...

27/04/2026

Using beats for box breathing keep calm, focused and in control of performance. In My Kingdom®

“Rhythmic 4x4 breathing designed for athletes and high-pressure minds. The beat, count and breathing pattern work together to interrupt racing thoughts, improve focus and help you regain control under pressure.” Designed for athletes, performers and high-pressure minds, this rhythmic 4x4 breathi...

27/04/2026

Meet the Founder – In My Kingdom
Sound Mind. Sound Performance. Practitioner with deep expertise in Behaviour Conditioning | Trauma-Informed Athlete Development | DCJ & High-Performance Systems | Mental Resilience Strategy

Pheonix bridges the worlds of elite sport and Out-of-Home Care (OOHC), creating a rare and necessary space for athletes who require more than traditional performance support.

With extensive experience across high-performance sport, , , and behavioural systems, her work is built for the athletes, , and organisations navigating pressure, , and the unseen realities that often sit beneath both.

She recognised a critical gap, elite athletes with trauma backgrounds, behavioural complexity, or high-pressure personal environments were often being managed for performance, but not supported for sustainability.
Her work meets that need.

Through trauma-informed systems, behavioural conditioning, and practical performance strategy, she helps athletes and high-performance environments build regulation, discipline, resilience, and long-term consistency—without compromising excellence.
Because performance is never separate from the person.
And sound performance always begins with a sound mind.

27/04/2026

Culture, Sport, Music.

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MUSIC | SPORT | ART | CULTURE
June 5-8, 2026

Showcasing and supporting remote indigenous communities in the Katherine region.

27/04/2026

Slow down, observe patterns, and ask better questions!

People systematically overestimate how much others agree with them. This is called the “false consensus effect.” A meta-analysis of 115 studies found that people consistently assume their own beliefs and are more common than they really are.

Even when people are warned about the bias or shown the real numbers, it often remains.

How can this relate to coaches?

do this too; assuming athletes interpret pressure, criticism, motivation, or “normal standards” the same way they do. The consensus effect means a coach can mistake personal beliefs for shared reality, leading to misread behaviour, , and .

Observe, get curious, ask better questions.
Replace judgment with curiosity: “What’s driving this behaviour?”

24/04/2026

Performance breaks where behaviour breaks.

I wrote this because too often behaviour in sport is judged as attitude, when it is actually stress, overload, survival patterns, or unaddressed trauma. Coaches were being given awareness, but not practical systems for what to do next. The missing piece was real-world implementation under pressure.

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This resource is built for coaches working in high-pressure environments where talent is not the issue, ex*****on is.

Are your athletes missing sessions, shutting down after mistakes, over-explaining, people-pleasing, avoiding feedback, or looking “lazy” under pressure?

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Great coaching is knowing the difference between poor discipline and a nervous system in survival mode.

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Performance breaks where behaviour breaks. buy clarity frameworks faster decisions better athlete outcomes language you can use immediately This evidence based resource is built for coaches working in high-pressure environments where talent is not the issue, ex*****on is. When athletes lose consiste...

23/04/2026

Recovery + working on an information booklet about injuries and recovery.

22/04/2026

Overwhelmed, burnt out or unable to switch off? ASMR Trauma Meditation for Calm offers trauma-informed, gentle guidance to help regulate your nervous system, ground into your body, and create a safe moment of rest. Perfect before bed, after a trigger, or during self-care. AU$4.99 — start your calming practice today: https://wix.to/QqLnXA1

22/04/2026

Who are you obsessed with?

From the age of 15 for me hands down it was , and later, trying to understand my horse.

I had every book I could find on Jordan. I watched every basketball movie. I watched so many times I probably knew half the scenes before they happened. I wanted to know what made people different. What made someone keep going, train harder, think differently.

When I got my first horse, I did the same thing. I started reading horse psychology books, trying to understand why she reacted the way she did, what she was scared of, why she kept trying to throw me off and run me into fences, how she thought. I remember reading this book like it was some kind of secret manual. Hoping to figure out how to get her to trust me,

Looking back, I think that is where all of this started. I have always been obsessed with understanding what is going on underneath. How to get the most out of people or .

21/04/2026

This is what the looks like.

Alyssa Pinchbeck is helping shape what happens around it too.
Through her work with and United Netball Club, Alyssa is showing that netball is more than what happens on the court. , , and are just as important to the future of the game.
Recently elected 2026 Youth Premier through the with The Y NSW, she is already using her voice to create opportunities for other young people to be heard, involved and represented. AMAZING!!!

21/04/2026

The best performers I have seen trust themselves because they have a system they can return to under pressure. They have easy access to evidence that says you are backed. Get your athletes collecting evidence. What's stopping you?