S02 Ep14: Michael Caulfield

The sports psychologist.

Often the role of a sports psychologist is misunderstood, many believing that it is about a win at all costs mentality but, in actual fact, as Michael says: "they just want someone to talk to".

We talk to Michael about his career, from his early days as a wannabe jockey, to running the Professional Jockeys Association, and across the many sports he has worked and, particularly, his work at Brentford FC, where this episode was recorded.

Michael talks in glowing terms about his former colleague Rob Rowan, who was sadly lost in 2018 to a fatal cardiomyopathy episode at the age of just 28. Given Rob's legacy it seemed only right that this episode has been produced in partnership with Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) a charity that Rob's wife Suzanne has worked closely with to raise awareness and save lives. We were so grateful to Suzanne for recording the intro to this episode.

You can find out more about CRY's great work, and can support the charity, at their website: https://www.c-r-y.org.uk/ or on social media.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CRY_UK
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cardiacriskintheyoung/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CardiacRiskintheYoung

If you want to find out more about Michael then visit his website : https://www.justcaulfield.com/ or follow him (and Paisley) on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCaulfieldWay

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