114: Mindfulness and Peak Performance | Luke Doherty

Luke is a former U18’s England rugby player who has devoted his life to working with athletes from Premiership and Championship football teams, elite rugby, GB skateboarding, weightlifting and disadvantaged young adults in relation to mindfulness and mental wellbeing. The link between mental health and performance is now well known and something every leader must consider for him or herself and their teams. 

Luke had a very goal driven attitude and was always searching for external validation, however two players from his peer group who went on to play professional rugby took their own lives and this was the catalyst for Luke to focus on the power of mindfulness and mental health for 6 years with the London Buddhist Centre which in turn deepened his need to change the image of mental health in the workplace. 

Meditation was at the core of Luke’s work, where he understood the ability to balance the nervous system and also find meaning by creating space for refection. Luke focuses on the human being as opposed to the human achieving and you may be surprised as to the single greatest result of mindfulness for athletes and business leaders that Luke reveals. 

The pandemic forced people into different routines with different pressures and mental health became more of a reality for all of us. All leaders need to forward think their own and their team’s mental health and away from purely goal driven approaches for a more balanced drive, increased self-awareness and performance. Luke also shares a very personal story of how a single question asked of him by a schoolchild forced him to question the whole process and application of mindfulness. 10 minutes of mindfulness or meditation a day for 6 months can change the neuro pathways and build mental muscle mass, Enjoy 

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