The Athlete's Voice

In todays episode I discuss the challenges with book writing, my problem with my health problems, Anthony Joshua's 'meltdown', and discovering my own secrets to success

In todays episode I discuss a good conversation I had with the JOA President, the end of my three and a half year sober spell, and a girl I met!

On today's episode I discuss the encouragement Ady gave to me before competing, my new-found attention to detail in competition training, Adam Peaty's controversial comments, my overthinking issues, a compliment of being hard to follow, and finally a feeling of happiness at the end of a competition season!

In today's episode I discuss how I need to be less passive, why Levi Roots is now more than just a sponsor, my out of character moment, the release of my eBook, and an interesting Team Jamaica meeting here at the Commonwealth Games.

On today's episode I discuss what a meltdown looks like for me, whether I failed deliberately, the synergy between the build up for this and the last Commonwealth Games, my avoidance of being told to stop, and the completion of The A.I.M. Introduction.

In today's episode I discuss why I no longer feel like I need to prove myself in Leeds, the virtual school visits I did, my focus on body management until Commonwealths, why my opinions of Mo Farah have been completely reversed, and more exciting changes from FINA.

In today's episode I discuss my goal to win an Olympic Silver Medal, why my efforts on YouTube were worthwhile if not for financial gain, and my upcoming eBook

On today's episode I discuss my semi-final struggles, my social connections, taking a risk and failing, taking a risk and succeeding, the gift and curse of high expectations, and the benefits of informed internal decision making.

On today's episode I discuss my hopes for being more charitable in the future, hiding likes on instagram, my support of FINA's new transgender ruling, protecting value, a huge test of my resilience, and my split World Championship prelim vision coming true!

In today's episode I discuss my Dad's excellent advice, learning Spanish, signing autographs, the by-product of confidence, who I want my results to mean something for, and the relationship between goal-setting and prioritising.

In today's episode I discuss the locus of control and why "safe flight" bugs me, the post-retirement transition, why context can't be ignored, what I would like to see done differently in diving, and the growth of my international medal collection!

In today's episode I discuss why/how/if I'm always so motivated, the fear of being disliked, persistence and discipline, my freakish ability, my social transformation, and Rafael Nadal's greatness as a perfect display of my performance principles.

In this weeks episode I revisit a conversation I had with Jack Laugher about experience and instinct, social media, talking, sharing and accountability, searching for humility, avoiding comparison, and remembering my achievements.

In today's episode I speak about completing my coaching & mentoring qualification, my next steps with it regarding business, what you can learn from young people, how I would feel about winning the lottery, and the fact that shortcuts actually get you nowhere.

In today's episode I discuss my energy when a week begins and how I maintain it, my appreciation for the opportunities I've had, the value of my time, my weird enjoyment of coaches, a well handled stressful situation and an excellent weekend in Plymouth! It's a long one!

In today's episode I discuss rebuilding my social life, my first ever mentoring session, and why my confidence is high right now.

In this episode I discuss a test of my dedication, my stress-management strategies, my obsessions, student life, my guilt with my diet taking a nose-dive for the weekend, and when is the right time to give up on something.

In today's episode I discuss ambition...a lot, why Jen is a great coach, my coaching qualification, jeopardy and opportunity, the newest Jamaican diver, and appreciating my true self.

In this weeks episode I discuss my improved eating habits, my story of when I first truly felt like an Olympian thanks to Allyson Felix, learning styles, Duncan Robinson's work ethic, but most importantly I'm reminding myself to trust the process that I'm in.

In this episode I talk about my time with covid, my experience of the post Olympic blues, working with young people, my social circles (or lack of), and my opinions of Manchester United.

In today's episode I discuss my goal to win an Olympic Silver Medal, why my efforts on YouTube were worthwhile if not for financial gain, and my upcoming eBook

On today's episode I discuss my semi-final struggles, my social connections, taking a risk and failing, taking a risk and succeeding, the gift and curse of high expectations, and the benefits of informed internal decision making.

On today's episode I discuss my hopes for being more charitable in the future, hiding likes on instagram, my support of FINA's new transgender ruling, protecting value, a huge test of my resilience, and my split World Championship prelim vision coming true!

In today's episode I discuss my Dad's excellent advice, learning Spanish, signing autographs, the by-product of confidence, who I want my results to mean something for, and the relationship between goal-setting and prioritising.

In today's episode I discuss the locus of control and why "safe flight" bugs me, the post-retirement transition, why context can't be ignored, what I would like to see done differently in diving, and the growth of my international medal collection!

In today's episode I discuss why/how/if I'm always so motivated, the fear of being disliked, persistence and discipline, my freakish ability, my social transformation, and Rafael Nadal's greatness as a perfect display of my performance principles.

In this weeks episode I revisit a conversation I had with Jack Laugher about experience and instinct, social media, talking, sharing and accountability, searching for humility, avoiding comparison, and remembering my achievements.

In today's episode I speak about completing my coaching & mentoring qualification, my next steps with it regarding business, what you can learn from young people, how I would feel about winning the lottery, and the fact that shortcuts actually get you nowhere.

In today's episode I discuss my energy when a week begins and how I maintain it, my appreciation for the opportunities I've had, the value of my time, my weird enjoyment of coaches, a well handled stressful situation and an excellent weekend in Plymouth! It's a long one!

In today's episode I discuss rebuilding my social life, my first ever mentoring session, and why my confidence is high right now.

In this episode I discuss a test of my dedication, my stress-management strategies, my obsessions, student life, my guilt with my diet taking a nose-dive for the weekend, and when is the right time to give up on something.

In today's episode I discuss ambition...a lot, why Jen is a great coach, my coaching qualification, jeopardy and opportunity, the newest Jamaican diver, and appreciating my true self.

In this weeks episode I discuss my improved eating habits, my story of when I first truly felt like an Olympian thanks to Allyson Felix, learning styles, Duncan Robinson's work ethic, but most importantly I'm reminding myself to trust the process that I'm in.

In this episode I talk about my time with covid, my experience of the post Olympic blues, working with young people, my social circles (or lack of), and my opinions of Manchester United.

Practice comp didn't go as smoothly as it could have, but still plenty of time until my competition begins, so plenty of time to improve! Two more days left before I travel to Tokyo!

England play in the Euro 2020 Final TODAY! Will they win? Also I'm about to head on my training camp for the Olympics!

Had an embarrassing encounter with my drug testers this week, but the positives of a good meeting with a coaching and mentoring tutor was balanced out by some sad news.

Pollen has started to attack me, bringing me even further down during my hardest week of training, but we soldier on, right after I wake up from my relaxing massage nap.

Using my story and journey through diving to inspire and motivate kids, the same way I seemed inspiration and motivation from my favourite athletes at their age! Also fake news spread to the JOA and a minor reaction in my back.

After seeing what happened to Christian Eriksen, the value of CPR has been shown to the world. Also I had my first vaccine and had a great catch up with an old friend!

Got told to get out before I finished my session... not a great week of training, but it all counts in the long term!

United lost on penalties...let's hope the same doesn't happen to England at the Euro's, I don't know if I can handle it!

Valuable financial lessons from my Sports Management course! Also, coming to terms with the events of Tokyo and what my return to the Olympics really means.

I turned 26 this week! That and getting my new British passport was probably the most exciting thing to happen...back to training soon though!

All the effort, the stress and the challenge of the last 12 months have been absolutely worth it, it my first competition back I managed to go over 400 points in a World prelim for the first time, and secured my spot at Tokyo 2020ne!! No time for celebration, got to get the head back down and back to work.

What a process to go through in order to get to Japan, but I made it safely and quickly began adjusting to the time difference and getting used to the new environment! It's been fun so far!

Officially tested negative for COVID, so I am FitToFly to Tokyo on Tuesday! Also its been a hectic week, Edinburgh to Leeds to London and back, two elite athlete panels, as well as lots of training.

The last couple weeks have been challenging as training hasn't been as smooth as usual, but with just over a week until I travel to Tokyo I need to go get my visa!

One week after the drastic decision to cancel the 2021 World Cup, it seems FINA and Japan have managed to agree on their (probably financial) differences, and organise new dates for the hosting of this event!

Biggest plot twist of the year so far... what next?!

I set myself an ambitious challenge on Saturday morning, some would say it was too ambitious, and I failed! But it was a tough week and there were plenty of positives to take away.