Practical writing on pressure, behaviour and change, from the ring, the coaching room and a house with three boys. Every article comes with an audio interview.
Fight camp builds your fitness, skills and weight management. The mental side usually gets left to chance. Here is why it deserves a place in your camp.
Nerves before a fight are normal. Learn what is happening in your body and a few practical ways to work with the feeling instead of fighting it.
Minimising your own work and living with a steady background of self-doubt can quietly cost you in the ring. Here is how to spot both habits and start changing them.
Fight week has a physical plan for weight, food and rest. It also needs a mental plan. Here is a simple way to build one before you need it.
I lost to Maddie Barone on decision in May 2026 and again in the rematch in August. Here is the mental work I think matters when you have to step back in against someone who has beaten you.
You do not need to feel certain to act with confidence. Here is how to build the kind of confidence that holds up when the outcome is unknown.
Your patterns were learned over a lifetime, which means they can be learned differently. Here is a plain-language look at how behaviour gets conditioned and what reconditioning involves.
Perfectionism, people-pleasing, withdrawing and over-controlling all started as ways of coping. Understanding what they protected you from is the first step to changing them.
New habits tend to fall apart when life gets busy or stressful. Here is how to design changes that hold up on your worst days, not only your best ones.
Internal Family Systems is a well-known model that sees the mind as made up of parts. Here is a plain-language introduction and how the idea can help with everyday patterns.
Pressure rarely arrives as a conversation. It shows up in sleep, mood, avoidance and small changes at home. Here are 11 signs to watch for and what to do next.
Emotional regulation is a skill, and skills can be taught. Six practical tools teens can use in the moment, and how parents can help them stick.
Nerves before a game are normal. Fear that takes the joy out of sport needs a different response. Practical ways to help your teen play freely, from a fighter and coach.
Setbacks hurt to watch. Here is how to stay steady, resist fixing, and help your teen build resilience, drawing on coaching and raising three boys.
Challenging behaviour usually carries a message about a need, a trigger or a skill that has not developed yet. Here is how to read it and respond.
Young people borrow calm from the adults around them before they can generate it themselves. Here is what co-regulation is and how to practise it.
Escalation often follows a predictable build. Learn the early signs, what to say and do, and how to stay steady when a young person is not.
Caring for young people costs energy. Learn the signs of compassion fatigue and burnout, and the daily habits and reflective practice that help you keep going.
Trauma-informed coaching is a way of working that prioritises safety, choice and respect. It is not trauma therapy. Here is what it means in practice and where its limits are.
Coaching and therapy do different jobs. Here is a plain-language guide to the difference, when each might help, and when to see a GP or psychologist first.