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KIRSTEN PETERSON CONSULTING

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    It's Time to Champion Mental Health and Performance
    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    It's Time to Champion Mental Health and Performance

    Most of you would have heard the story about tennis player Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from the French Open this past week. In...
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    Why Grit Might Not Always Be Enough
    Kirsten Peterson
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Why Grit Might Not Always Be Enough

    When Angela Duckworth coined the term grit (and wrote her book with the same title) back in 2016, it took the sport world by storm. In...
    35 views0 comments
    4 Performance Lessons From Sport For People Who Could Care Less About It
    Kirsten Peterson
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    4 Performance Lessons From Sport For People Who Could Care Less About It

    When I started my own performance psychology business, many well-wishers encouraged me with a version of this chestnut: “with your...
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    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Thriving Through Relationships

    We thrive through our relationships. Though, to be fair, sometimes in spite of them. In the Thriving in Uncertainty event, I learned...
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    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Optimistic Uncertainty??

    When I think of the words people use to describe their realities in response to today's uncertainties, optimism does not come up often....
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    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    How do you deal with uncertainty, anyway?

    When I was creating the title for my Thriving in Uncertainty event, I wondered, should it be "Thriving IN Uncertainty," or even "THROUGH...
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    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    How's your present moment?

    Sometimes it's good, while other times, not so much. Whatever the case, it's a gift to even notice it. There's even research to back that...
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    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Here's an Irony

    So I just hosted this event, Thriving in Uncertainty. A two-day event devoted to expert performance psychologists sharing their insights...
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    Thriving in Uncertainty: First Know When You Are Not
    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Thriving in Uncertainty: First Know When You Are Not

    It was 2011, I was relatively new to my job as head of the performance psychology team at the Australian Institute of Sport, and things...
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    3 Simple Sanity Strategies for Hard Times: Be Here. Be Nice. Do Good. (Part 3 of 3)
    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    3 Simple Sanity Strategies for Hard Times: Be Here. Be Nice. Do Good. (Part 3 of 3)

    The pandemic tidal wave — obliterating our work lives, our sense of control and safety, our relationships, and for many of us, our...
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    3 Simple Sanity Strategies for Hard Times: Be Here. Be Nice. Do Good. (Part 2 of 3)
    Kirsten Peterson
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    3 Simple Sanity Strategies for Hard Times: Be Here. Be Nice. Do Good. (Part 2 of 3)

    The pandemic tidal wave — obliterating our work lives, our sense of control and safety, our relationships, and for many of us, our...
    21 views0 comments
    3 Simple Sanity Strategies for Hard Times: Be Here, Be Nice, Do Good. (Part 1 of 3)
    Kirsten Peterson
    • May 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    3 Simple Sanity Strategies for Hard Times: Be Here, Be Nice, Do Good. (Part 1 of 3)

    Be Here. Much has been said about the power of present-moment mindfulness, but this wisdom bears repeating in these hard times. We are...
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    Kirsten Peterson
    • Mar 1, 2020
    • 7 min

    Simple and Easy: 4 Things Elite Athletes Do (and You Can too) to Help Your Mind Work for You

    Life is hard enough but can feel almost impossible when you are fighting your mind along the way. Have you ever experienced crippling...
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