Mental Performance Therapy 
Dr.Vernice Richards

Over the years of working with high performers across sport, business and the performing arts, I’ve noticed something fascinating. The challenges aren’t actually that different.

There is something about imposter feelings that I find really interesting, particularly when I see them in people who have already done the thing they are afraid they are not good enough to do. They have the degree, the position, the clients, the results, the experience, the reputation. People trust them, ask for their opinion, and hand them things that matter. From the outside, there is often very little evidence that they are where they are by accident, and yet there can st

There is a particular kind of overthinking I see often in people who are very good at what they do. It doesn’t always look like anxiety, and it certainly does not always look like indecision. From the outside, it can look like competence.

Strip away the uniforms, the venues and the audiences, and what remains is surprisingly similar. They’re all trying to solve the same problem: How do I consistently perform at my best when the pressure is highest?

As the year winds down, we often slip into projection mode without even realizing it. We rush to plan the next quarter, predict outcomes, set targets, and sketch out a shinier version of ourselves. It feels productive, like forward motion. But this season invites something quieter, and braver. Look inward before look ahead.