Dr Amber Mosewich and Dr Leah Ferguson on self-compassion for the female athlete

The Women in Sport & Exercise Academic Network Podcast

Dr Amber Mosewich is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta. A key directive of her work is to understand the psychological skills and resources necessary to promote adaptive responses to stress and emotion and how best to foster their development. She is passionate about ensuring athletes have the resources to effectively manage demands to facilitate successful sport experiences that are also positive and healthy.

Dr Leah Ferguson, Métis, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her sport psychology research explores how athletes flourish and reach their potential, and she is particularly interested in the role of self-compassion in sport contexts. She is also a mental skills consultant for the Sport Medicine & Science Council of Saskatchewan, where she works with athletes, coaches, and parents to facilitate positive sport experiences.

In this podcast, we explore psychological issues that are pertinent to female athletes or the exercising female, and we delve into the theory and application of self-compassion.

Photo credit for Leah Ferguson to David Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan.