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Alison Lincoln
Dec 9, 2020
Helping horses learn
Calm first Learning and memory are state dependent. What this means is that the emotional or physiological state of the horse will...


Alison Lincoln
Nov 3, 2020
Goal Setting - the good, the bad, the alternative?
“In the measurement world you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility you set the context and let life unfold.”...


Alison Lincoln
Sep 4, 2020
Motivation - you can be too committed for your own good!
"How committed do you have to be in order to be an Olympic Champion? Most people would say 10/10 but in reality it is 8 or 9/10 because...


Alison Lincoln
Aug 14, 2020
Analysing Your Show Jumping Performance
Observation is the most common method we, as riders, use to analyse our competition performance. However, studies have shown that...


Alison Lincoln
Aug 11, 2020
What Type Of Coach Are you?
Usually when asked this question my first, rather flippant, response is that I didn’t know coaches had a type. My second, equally...


Alison Lincoln
Aug 9, 2020
Dressage Performance Analysis
As a dressage rider it can feel, at times, that you have very little control over the marks awarded for your test. Of course, to some...


Alison Lincoln
Aug 1, 2020
What the science says about ... Weight loss
There’s a lot written about the most effective ways to lose weight, some of it is backed up by science and some not so much. Here are the...


Alison Lincoln
Jul 27, 2020
Live healthily to 100 - lessons from the Blue Zones
I don’t know about you but I’m planning to live to 100, strange goal I know and subject to all sorts of things outside of my control....


Alison Lincoln
Jul 23, 2020
3 realists walk into a conference centre ...
Except they don’t because we’re in the middle of a pandemic! But, for argument’s sake, let’s assume they’re wearing full PPE and are...


Alison Lincoln
Jul 20, 2020
Think Like An Astronaut
In 2017, NASA received 18,300 applications for its’ Astronaut Selection board - only 12 were picked. As of May 2020, NASA has 48 active...


Alison Lincoln
Jul 17, 2020
Treat emotions like mental weather
“See thoughts and emotions as mental weather, as things that happen to us and with which we can co-exist in peace.” Oliver Burkeman, The...


Alison Lincoln
Jul 12, 2020
Wisdom is the anticipation of consequence
Being on the wrong side of 40 and rapidly heading towards 50 I was delighted to learn from Daniel Levitin’s book, The Changing Mind, that...


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Jul 1, 2020
Your Brain Can't Tell The Difference Between What's Real And What's Imagined
A Guide To Using Imagery In Your Practice Research has shown that when an individual engages in vivid and absorbing imagery the brain...
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