Gabriel & Saliba celebrating 🥳
There is a lot of tension around #Arsenal at the moment. Personally, I am choosing to be positive about this team and its chances. That’s my mindset now, and I’m hoping my son and I can take that mentality across tonight and into the Bournemouth & Sporting home games. COME ON ARSENAL 🔴⚪️
My son, to me, after discussing where #Arsenal are at the moment, and the febrile atmosphere around the club:
“Yeah, I haven’t lost faith in this team; it is still one of the world’s best.”
He’s getting frustrated at times with what he sees as Arty’s lack of courage, but I love his attitude 👌.
🔴⚪️
I think there needs to be a recognised psychological condition called Arsenal Outrage Disorder (AOD), referring to the propensity for a person to become immediately and disproportionately incensed by anything that #Arsenal do or don't do. I also think there is a strong epidemic of this at present.
Thierry Henry & Micah Richards hugging
Promo for Inside the Manosphere
Blog: Two very contrasting forms of masculinity - and why it matters.
bit.ly/41ylTLV
Wondering if this may be of interest to you or others in your networks, @arseblog.com @gunnerblog.bsky.social @amylawrence.bsky.social?
The manosphere says vulnerability is weakness.
A recent moment on television between Thierry Henry & Micah Richards said something very different.
So I wrote about it:
bit.ly/41ylTLV
#MentalHealth #Masculinity #PositiveMasculinity #Manosphere #Coaching #CoachingPsychology #Wellbeing #Arsenal
Damning:
"We let this second wave happen. We could see what was coming and could not understand why the government did not act upon the science advice by introducing effective interventions”
Thierry Henry & Micah Richards hugging.
BLOG: What Does a Real Man Look Like? What the Manosphere Gets Wrong, and What Thierry Henry & Micah Richards Got Right.
A subject that is close to my heart/stirs my blood.
www.aspenpsychologyservices.co.uk/blog
#masculinity #manosphere #positivemasculinity #arsenal
Insipid second half performance, one that bothers me way more than losing the trophy. We’d better use this as a wake-up call.
💯 %.
Hey, I am not saying I have found the *BEST* commentary for yesterday, but I think I have (Argentina). 😂
Covers both Arsenal goals, Gyökeres and Max Dowman.
I promise you won't be disappointed. 🔴⚪🔊
PS I wrote a blog article a few years ago about the psychology of writing gremlins, and how we can deal with them. If it’s of interest:
www.aspenpsychologyservices.co.uk/blog/writing...
Love your writing, Amy. Congratulations on 30 years of craft and contribution. 🥳
This was great from Vinnie 👏
Wholesome
I’m sure they will find £200M to replace them.
Absurd. Unethical, corrupt, brazen, political (isn’t FIFA meant to be anti any form of political expression?), and just nauseating. Not to mention pathetic.
Billy knows 👌
Really looking forward to hearing about this project: two of my favourite things - positive psychology AND coaching 😍
Supporting parent well-being and making a difference. This is the good stuff ✨
Join our conference 23.01.26: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/positivite...
#edpsychs @mark-adams.bsky.social
A knight facing a fearsome dragon.
BLOG: Facing Your Dragons. bit.ly/3KOsuwF
An article about a psychological & behavioural process that can help us at times of challenge or difficulty, or when experiencing emotional distress (e.g. anxiety).
#WorldMentalHealthDay
#coachingpsychology
#multiplesclerosis
It’s International Coaching Psychology Day - my area of specialism - & I’m pleased to be attending the International Society for Coaching Psychology congress to connect & top up my CPD. Lots of interesting looking sessions. What to choose? 🤔
#ISFCP2025
#ICPD2025
#coachingpsychology
Congrats on the publication @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social & @fionacoley.bsky.social. Look forward to reading it.
💭 Is Motivational Interviewing more than just an individual therapeutic intervention?
💭 How can EPs use Motivational Interviewing across ALL areas of practice?
💭 What are the latest theoretical updates in Motivational Interviewing?
💭 How do people learn Motivational Interviewing?
Integrating motivational interviewing into educational psychology practice: “a way of doing what you do”
Atkinson & Coley (2025)
👉 Check out our brand new paper: lnkd.in/eRWfJadS
🗣️ We would love to know your thoughts on this #edpsychs…
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
#motivationalinterviewing
Really intrigued to hear #edpsychs thoughts on our new paper:
Integrating motivational interviewing into educational psychology practice: “a way of doing what you do”
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We've come a long way from Mustafi and Luiz as a CB pairing... [shudder]. Gabriel and Saliba are the real deal (Mosquera looking great too), and we're lucky to have them.
Re the #Arsenal performance and result yesterday: The thing I keep coming back to is that Arteta’s behaviour at halftime, and in the second half, showed that he clearly acknowledged the mistake, whatever he said in the press conference afterwards. That gives me hope.
Me, my wife and dog on Weston pier.
A very cute 9-month Jackhuahua puppy called Scooby, happy on a beach
My wife and I at Westonbirt Arboretum in the sunshine.
Man out of wheelchair in the woods.
Had a wonderfully restorative weekend with my wife & dog, going to the beach & a woodland for walks (well, rolls for me 🦽). Feeling recharged & in a very +ve headspace, with renewed vitality. More challenges to deal with, but I’m ready. Bring it on. Time for another journey of reinvention.
Already? Low bar. You’ve hardly had a taste of me. More where that came from. 😉
I do wonder if you’d be up for an online chat about the MS thing though. I’m at a crucial point and would value swapping notes if you’re up for it.
You are welcome. Was quite taken aback by how clear and funny you are. I’ve found some of your other articles about living & working with MS and they are so salient to me right now. It’s like the Universe has put you in front of me, just when I needed it most (you can hear the melody there). 🎶👌🙏
@classroompsych.bsky.social I deleted my earlier post about you because autocorrect changed your name to ‘Core’ for some reason. Back up now, with your rightful moniker.
Link to my more detailed comments on the @edpsy.bsky.social festival, and Cora & Dan’s excellent first podcast episode 👍 #edpsychs
@edpsydan.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social
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