Midgie Thompson
Midgie Thompson is a professionally qualified coach, author and keynote speaker. She inspires excellence in individuals and helps them to raise their performances to higher levels.
Midgie provides mental skills coaching to individuals and teams to help them achieve peak performance in their sport while maintaining a healthy balance. She achieves this by using techniques from life coaching, sports psychology and neuro-linguistic programming (including hypnosis).
Midgie has over 20 years experience in a variety of roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors in Canada and the UK. She has worked with individuals at all levels in the corporate sector, and from beginner to world championship-level athletes. She can also communicate fluently in French and has had the opportunity to interact with individuals from many different cultures.
Midgie enjoys speaking opportunities and has presented on mental skills training and peak performance to a range of athletes and coaches both in the UK and in Canada. Additionally, Midgie is a visiting lecturer with the University of Brighton Business School and a trainer with The Coaching Academy, as well as a published author.
Midgie is a serious recreational athlete and took up marathon running as a veteran and now participates in Olympic-distance triathlons.
What Midgie's clients say....
'During the World Championships, I reflected on the techniques in the early stages of the event, smiling at their presence and then drew upon them almost as old friends when I became tired in order to access those hidden reserves.' - S. Graysmark, Burgess Hill UK, 2004 Duathlon World Championships participant and triathlete
'At the beginning of the marathon, I used the techniques to start off with the best running style, thus conserving energy. I have since used similar techniques for triathlon training and competition. I believe this technique provides me with an added psychological advantage.' - P. Wallis, Worthing UK, 2004 London Marathon participant, 2004 European Triathlon Age Group Championships participant and 2000-2 World Triathlon Age Group Championships participant
'I thought using coaching for mental preparation to the London marathon was worth a try and kept an open mind. It worked well and Midgie was flexible and able to adapt words, imagery and triggers that I related to. I felt it best to practice the techniques when actually running prior to the marathon and successfully used them during the marathon. I will continue to practice the techniques and use them for further running events.' - K. Davis, London UK, 2004 London Marathon participant
'Midgie is a passionate and dynamic speaker. Her session was extremely helpful and I left with very practical skills to use in my competition.' - J. Eyre, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
'I decided to try this type of mental training when I became ill with a cold. With the help of your technique, I was back to running within days. I truly believe it made a difference.' - K. Baker, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
