Workshop Description

Flow is an optimal psychological state where we are totally focused on the performance, or task, at hand. When in flow, we extend our skills to meet a high challenge, and we become totally absorbed in the present moment. Flow is enjoyable, and for athletes and coaches’ times in flow are often treasured as being among the best moments in their sport experiences. In this workshop, Sue will help participants to understand flow, through sharing a model to understand how flow occurs, and the characteristics of being in this optimal psychological state. Sue will discuss some key findings from having extensively researched flow in elite athletes, and from her work as a performance psychologist with high performers in many domains. The role of mindfulness as a pathway to flow will be discussed, as well as a mindset that will make flow more likely to be experienced in one’s endeavours.

What You'll Gain from this Event

Understand the characteristics of flow and how it occurs through a practical model.

Discover mindset strategies to enhance the likelihood of experiencing flow.

Discover the role of mindfulness as a pathway to flow.

Gain insights from cutting-edge research on flow in elite athletes and high performers across various fields.

Meet Our Speaker

Sue

Performance Psychologist

Dr Sue Jackson is an experienced psychologist with a special interest in working with individuals in high-performance domains (including athletes, medical doctors, business professionals, artists) to help them tap into their potential to find the optimal psychological state of flow in performance challenges, or simply with life as it is happening in each present moment. With a strong academic background, Sue brings to her consulting an in-depth understanding of the science behind flow state & optimal performance, complementing her extensive practical toolkit of psychological strategies and skills to help clients create positive change in their lives. In 1999, Sue co-authored the ground-breaking Flow in Sports: The Keys to Optimal Experiences and Performances, with the founder of flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, while working as an academic researcher in sport psychology. In 2024, Sue published a new book on flow, Experiencing Flow: Life Beyond Boredom and Anxiety. In Experiencing Flow, Sue shares her learnings about flow from having researched this optimal psychological state for many years, as well as insights from her work with high-level performers across different domains.