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"What is confidence and do we need it? We chat to a performance psychologist to find out" is an episode of Runner's World Podcast. Runtime 42 min. Published October 13, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
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More often than not, when preparing for a run or a race, we can lack confidence in our potential performance, but why is that?
We're joined by Charlotte Ricca on the podcast this week, performance psychologist and founder of Kinda Brilliant to break down what confidence is, how we build it, why we shouldn't always trust it and best route to achieving it.
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