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0:54 — Personal & Professional Background

5:07 — What is Resilience and Why is it Important in Sport?

6:47 — Resilience Framework Overview

20:53 — Practical Recommendations For Coaches/Athletes

29:09 — The Importance of an Athlete’s Environment

31:57 — Practical Recommendations For Coaches/Athletes #2

35:44 — Common Mistakes Made During Goal-Setting

36:38 — SMART Goal-Setting Framework

41:55 — Three Main Types of Goals

46:49 — Example of SMART Goals in Golf

52:01 — SMART Open Goals

55:31 — The Role of Self-Compassion and Perfectionism in Goal-Setting

58:47 — Key Takeaways From Discussion on Goal-Setting

1:05:54 — What’s Something You’ve Changed Your Mind About Over Your Career?

1:08:51 — Book Recommendations

1:11:59 — Current Projects

Resources

Book Recommendation #1: Man’s Search For Meaning

Book Recommendation #2: Love's Executioner

Book Recommendation #3: Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

Book Recommendation #4: Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction

Book Recommendation: #5: Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Book Recommendation #6: The Kite Runner

Paper #1: The sporting resilience model: A systematic review of resilience in sport performers

Paper #2: Set Goals to Get Goals: Sowing Seeds for Success in Sports

About Dr. Sahen Gupta

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Dr Sahen Gupta is an applied psychologist trained under the BPS-HCPC route and Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport Psychology at University of Portsmouth. He divides his time between mental health support and high-performance striving to help individuals achieve a balance. He works with individuals in sport and other high-pressure professions for sustainable high performance. Dr Sahen's research interests are focused on the themes of resilience for mental health and performance, cultural sport psychology and applied field interventions in sport psychology. As a scientist-practitioner he draws upon his experience in the field to inform research for context-based evidence. Dr Sahen reads far too much, laughs as much as he can and learns too many things. He is the Founder of Discovery Sport & Performance Lab, a collective of global practice and cutting edge multicultural research. His leading scientific research and applied work have been published in international peer-reviewed journals, books and has been showcased in BBC and The Times. In his spare time, Dr Sahen writes a column for Telegraph India,called "Mind Games".

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