Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Nigel Smith, Richard Dean and Nicola Bennett.

Nigel is the Founder of LIFE AFTER SPORT. Life After Sport provides professional athletes with community and holistic career transition services globally, to benefit both their existing and post-career life.

Richard Dean has been helping elite athletes perform better for the last 20 years. He has worked in several World Championship Boxing fights, with ATP Tennis players, International Cricketers, Footballers from non-league to Premier League and NFL players.

Nicola is one of the most recognisable female professional golfers, motivational speakers, and coaches. Having spent many years competing as a professional golfer, Nicola qualified as a PGA Coach and is currently the only black female PGA coach in the UK. She has developed and manages the most successful women's golf programme in the country and she is an ambassador for The Golf Foundation.

Nigel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lifeaftersport?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

Richard: mindgamepsych.com

Nicola: https://www.instagram.com/nicolabennettofficial?igsh=djFsaXJtOThqNm80

Greg: www.arcope.co.uk

George: www.focuperform.co.uk

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Jo Kelleher.

Jo-Anne Kelleher is a UK-based Sport and High-Performance Psychologist specialising in emotional regulation and performance under pressure. She works with athletes, coaches and high achievers to help them understand their nervous system, perform consistently when it matters most, and turn ADHD into a competitive advantage rather than a limitation.

Jo-Anne is the creator of the Regulate, Reconnect, Reengage, Reflect™ framework, supporting coaches to apply neuroscience-informed strategies in real time without lowering performance standards.

She also offers a free resource, The Ultimate Performance Toolkit: Turn Your ADHD into Your Competitive Edge, designed to help athletes optimise focus, manage emotional intensity and build sustainable high-performance habits.

Download the free guide here:

https://keyaspirationssuccess.com/optimising-performance-for-adhd-athletes

For more information of her services, you can contact her at success@keyaspirations.co.uk

Jo-Anne's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-anne-kelleher/

Greg: www.arcope.co.uk

George: www.focuperform.co.uk

Dr Amber M. Shipherd is an award-winning scholar and leader in sport, exercise, and performance psychology and serves as an Associate Professor and Performance Psychology Program Coordinator at Texas A&M University–Kingsville. Recognised for excellence in teaching, research, and service, she has over 15 years of experience developing and delivering undergraduate and graduate coursework across sport and exercise psychology, injury psychology, research methods, and various applied performance domains.

Dr. Shipherd is a nationally recognised authority on teaching in sport, exercise, and performance psychology and is co-editor (with Dr. John Coumbe-Lilley) of the field's only two pedagogy-focused texts: High Impact Teaching for Sport and Exercise Psychology Educators (2020) and Equitable and Innovative Teaching Practices for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Educators (2025). Her research program advances the science and application of self-efficacy, stress mindset, sport injury prevention and rehabilitation, and evidence-based instructional practices. Her work has been widely published and supported by competitive funding from organisations including the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the NCAA.

A Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) and Fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Dr Shipherd currently serves as Chair of the Student Development Committee and Coordinator of the Teaching Sport and Exercise Psychology Special Interest Group. She is also the owner and Lead Mental Performance Consultant of Next Level Mind Consulting and has delivered applied mental performance services since 2008 to athletes, coaches, teams, and injured individuals ranging from youth to Olympic and professional levels. She resides in south Texas with her husband and their two dogs and enjoys hiking and weightlifting.

Amber's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/docshipherd?igsh=MWIyaWhwdnY1eW12ZQ==

Amber's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-shipherd-phd-cmpc-faasp-9a655613/

Book: https://www.routledge.com/Equitable-and-Innovative-Teaching-Practices-for-Sport-Exercise-and-Performance-Psychology-Educators/Shipherd-Coumbe-Lilley/p/book/9781032697093

Greg: www.arcope.co.uk

George: www.focuperform.co.uk