2021 — My Year in Steps

No, I didn’t spend the year with Claire, Faye, H, Lee and Lisa from the 1990s dance-pop quintet. Can’t sing. Won’t dance. But for that, I could have been there with them, on their 2021 arena tour… But I have continued to record my activity via a Fitbit step counter. And the numbers don’t lie. …

Moral injury, moral resilience, and the consequences of expectation

There have been several recent allegations of abusive coaching behaviours in British Olympic and Paralympic sports. Not in any way to condone what has been reported recently, but I find it difficult to believe the coaches involved are (or started out as) the bullies and abusers they are now revealed (alleged) to be. Or that …