Ep 16 - Unstoppable x Healing Chats: Understanding Performance Anxiety in Young Athletes

Send us Fan MailEver felt your stomach hurts before a competition? You’re definitely not alone🫂In this episode of HealingChats Podcast, I am so honoured to invite Ziyan, a rising star of the Hong Kong's sailing team to unpack performance anxiety in young athletes🥺 - why it happens, how it cripples confidence, and the coping methods when experienced with performance anxiety💭As a "competitive" table tennis player, I still battle those pre-match moments where my brain won’t stop whispering to myself "what if I lose?" "what if I didn't play well?" etc😰The overthinking, the self-doubt, does it sound familiar to you? Together, Ziyan and I get real about:🔹 What performance anxiety really looks like?🔹 Proven coping strategies🔹 Coaches: Make-or-break role?🔹 How organisations help to normalise mental health?