Professor Carla Meijen

Dr Carla Meijen is a sport and exercise psychologist and senior lecturer in applied sport psychology at St Mary’s University, United Kingdom. Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in London. Having provided mental support at running events fueled her passion for endurance performance. Her book ‘Endurance Performance in Sport’ focuses on the mental demands of endurance performance and covers psychological techniques to help manage these. Carla is fascinated by how we can turn difficult situations in a challenge, not a threat, and she believes sport psychology can be for everyone.