The Power & Control Wheel: Abuse in Sports

8 Common Therapy Types

In today’s episode, Mat and Kayla give you the skinny on types of therapy you might encounter as a client along with the benefits and limitations of each. The goal is to help you (the client) advocate for yourself and provide listeners with insight into past therapeutic experiences. The podcast includes a Q & A with a non-therapist (Minah), who asks the burning questions folks have prior to their first session.

The Power & Control Wheel: Abuse in Sports

The Power & Control Wheel in Sports series discusses challenges in athletic and team cultures where power dynamics are unavoidable. In this conversation, Mat and Lindsay discuss how intentional and unintentional actions can decrease or diminish the confidence, performance, and well-being of players. Both draw from personal and clinical experience, examining how controlling behavior manifests in athletic spaces.

What is confidence? EP 2 |Pt. 3

In this episode of the confidence series, you'll learn the role that inner voices play in nurturing or breaking down confidence and the importance of self-compassion. Mat and Kayla explore what happens internally when we make a mistake and how our response relates to self-esteem. The discussion elaborates on the f-words of stress response (fight, freeze, flight, fawn, feign and flop), leaving space for big feelings, and how to move through difficult emotions and experiences without becoming stuck. Enjoy improved self-awareness with your two favourite confidence coaches.

New Year's Resolution: Audit Your Friend Group

In this episode, Sport & Performance Psychologists Mat de Moissac and Kayla Unrau explore the importance of connection, the loneliness epidemic, and how shaking up your social groups can be an excellent way to orient your life around your values. Recalling lessons learned from recent experiences, they discuss why this topic feels personally important and what research says about just how many friends it takes to be inoculated against loneliness.

What is Confidence? Ep 2 | Pt. 2

In this episode of the confidence series, we discuss the roles that our priorities, self talk, and community play in building the foundation of how we see ourselves. Mat and Kayla also explore how an athlete’s ability to recognize and meet their own needs can support confidence development and how reframing performance anxiety in the moment can build a history of self-belief.