This virtual hub offers coaching support to individuals and training courses on Positive Psychology for Sport, Exercise, and Movement. The focus is on the Psychology of Performance, Stress, and Recovery.
It is also a space where I share insights from my postgraduate studies in Exercise & Sport Psychology, and reflect on my current research on the Psychophysiology of Fear, Action, and Movement.
I work in partnership with the Positive Psychology Guild (PPG), where I direct operations, research, and education, and where Inner Athletics partners on the Somatics & Kinaesthetics Initiative. The courses you see below are each accredited by PPG and due to launch in June 2021.
To discuss whether Positive Psychology could support your performance in life, work, or sport, or to explore learning or collaborative research on Positive Psychology, please drop me a line at:
Welcome to Inner Athletics!

Claire Higgins
Claire Higgins, Director
Positive Psychology Practitioner & Researcher (Somatics & Kinaesthetics), FPPG
MSc Exercise & Sport Psychology, Diploma Positive Psychology Practice, Certified Health Coach
Performance, Stress & Recovery in Life, Work & Sport
Positive Psychology & Somatic Practitice
Become a Positive Psychology Somatic Practitioner for Sport, Exercise or Movement
Qualitative Research
Past and ongoing research on:
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Motivation to teach martial arts and/or self-defence
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Motivation to practice movement, exercise, and/or sport and how this changes over time
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Exploring the relationship between fear, action, and movement
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Exploring the impact of fear on perceptual motor performance (self-defence)

"Inner Athletics is a research, coaching, and training centre grounded in the science and lived experience of Positive Psychology and Exercise & Sport Psychology. It is also a Positive Psychology Guild organisational member & approved learning centre."