Demystifying Mental Toughness

This episode is an inspiring one, where Penny Mallory, the first woman to have driven a rally car for Ford and to drive in the world championships tells David about her journey.   We go on to discuss her difficult childhood, her mentality to turn what seemed impossible into reality. Penny's story is a very inspiring one, enjoy tuning in!   Key Takeaways: Penny's experiences helped her develop qual...

In this solo episode, I share my thoughts on some difficulties that athletes are having during the coronavirus pandemic, especially now in the UK with the most recent lockdown.   How this has gone to make them feel and the impact it is had on their intensity levels in training and for those who are lucky enough to practice or still compete.   Key Takeaways: A lot of negative emotions are evident w...

Today we talk about an extremely important topic, dealing with stress so that we don't simply survive but move forwards more positively.   I'm joined by Dr John Perry who has led the exploration of specific aspects of Mental Toughness and a variety of applications – including new insights into understanding stress management all of which have direct implication for practitioners.   Key Takeaways:...

After being interviewed on a series of podcasts, I realised there were parts of me that I haven't talked about on my own podcast.   So I invited a great interviewer, resilience trainer for referees and managing director of The Third Team, Nathan Sherratt to give me a grilling and ask me some difficult questions so that you can get to know more about my background. What we cover in this episode: Wh...

Aly Dixon is an English long-distance runner who currently holds the 50km world record and won the 2019 50km World Championship in Brasov, Romania.   She has also won the British marathon championships two times.   Aly is also a proud ambassador for St Benedict's hospice in Sunderland, a charity which specialises in end of life care for cancer patients, which is close to her heart after losing fam...

David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster.  He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches.  From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes.     Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepr...

David Jueno is the founder of The Sports Business Club, an organisation which funds grassroots sport and charity / community projects across the UK.   He also works as a director for Gillingham Town Football Club.   As a youngster, he enjoyed playing football and the classical guitar.   He spent most of his adult life working as a sales professional until his life changed due to a cocaine addictio...

This is the 3 rd compilation episode which is action-packed with the best bits from the previous 9 episodes including many pearls of wisdom that the guests have shared on the show.   Listening to the advice I'm hoping will be a timely reminder for you to recognize that Mental Toughness is such an important quality for you to develop if you want to move forward and kick on in your life, sport or ca...

Lome Fa'atau is a former professional rugby player from Wellington, New Zealand.   He played for the Hurricanes and Chiefs in Super Rugby, as well as Glasgow Warriors and Nice in Europe.   Lome also played over 30 times internationally for Samoa. He is now a Personal Trainer and Rugby Coach with special interests in strength and conditioning, health and wellness and young athlete development.   Wh...

Professor Peter Clough needs little introduction. Whilst at the University of Hull, Peter initiated a programme of work which led to the development of the 4Cs concept for Mental Toughness – published in 2002 and is now comfortably the most widely adopted description of Mental Toughness globally.  Since that time, he has collaborated with researchers all over the world to examine the concept furth...

Natalie Henderson is Professional Football Coach and with many years' experience working with Premier League & International Youth Athletes, both male and female.   She was also the first ever full-time female coach to work in a Men's Premier League Academy as well as a proud winner of the Premier Leagues Eamonn Dolan Award. Natalie is football obsessed and has a huge passion for trying to get the...

David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster.  He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches.  From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes.   Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepren...

David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster.  He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches.  From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes.   Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepren...

Julian Dowe is a former professional footballer whose knee injury prematurely ended a stuttering career after nine years in the game. During this time he played at various levels in England, Spain, Scotland, Sweden & Latvia. Retirement allowed Julian to observe of grassroots and elite level football and it's needs. This led Julian to develop football4football. An industry-leading free online footb...

David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster. He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches. From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes. Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepreneurs...

Robbie Thompson is a personal trainer and lifestyle coach with over 12 years of coaching experience. He has worked with a huge range of clients from mums, dads, business owners, teachers, dentists, to professional athletes, actors and celebrities. In that time his role has changed from a Personal Trainer who helps people get in shape, to a coach who works with busy, high performing people to upgra...

Today I'm joined by Steve Hackney, a former celebrated rugby union professional who played in England's top division of domestic rugby union for Nottingham and Leicester Tigers. Since retiring from professional sport, for over 20 years, he has applied his elite sporting attributes to growing businesses, and the combination has been and is a potent and unique weapon in the world of marketing. Where...

Mental Toughness Compilation 002 Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If yo...

Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you're a motivated athlete, coach,...

Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you're a motivated athlete, coach,...

Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you're a motivated athlete, coach,...

David Charlton helps people to reach their goals, faster. Supporting footballers, golfers, rugby players, motor cyclists, triathletes, cricketers, boxers, gymnasts, tennis players, swimmers, surfers and many more highly motivated athletes and coaches. Some of whom are motivated youngsters, others are dedicated amateur athletes and others are at the top of their sport at elite professional level, p...

Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you're a motivated athlete, coach,...

David Charlton helps people to reach their goals, faster. Supporting footballers, golfers, rugby players, motor cyclists, triathletes, cricketers, boxers, gymnasts, tennis players, swimmers, surfers and many more highly motivated athletes and coaches. Some of whom are motivated youngsters, others are dedicated amateur athletes and others are at the top of their sport at elite professional level, p...

Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfill their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you're a motivated athlete, coach,...