Experienced Psychologist
Sue is a psychologist with over 25 years of experience in helping to bring positive change in the lives of those she works with. Sue enjoys working with people across a range of presenting issues, be they in the area of personal wellbeing, or optimal performance.
Flow Expert
Dr. Sue Jackson was one of the first academic researchers to investigate the state of flow in high performance settings. Flow is that feeling of losing yourself in a task where you do your best work, or produce your optimal performance. Sue has dedicated her career to firstly researching, and now working as a consultant with others, to foster understanding of this optimal state, with the aim of helping individuals and teams to perform at their best.
High Performance Coach
Developing performance psychology skills can improve productivity, resilience, and performance. Sue is experienced in providing targeted trainings designed to help participants experience optimal mental states in their work.
Workshops & Classes
Sue speaks passionately on positive psychology, flow state, mindfulness, and values-driven perspectives. Sue currently runs meditation mini-retreats aimed at completely relaxing, gentle yoga & meditation classes, and tailor-made training programs for organisations and individuals interested in developing mindfulness, awareness, and flow.
Dr Sue Jackson
Brisbane Psychologist | Expert in Flow & Performance
Dr. Sue Jackson is a Brisbane Psychologist recognized internationally as an expert in flow state research in performance, co-authoring the foundational book, Flow in Sports: The Keys to Optimal Experiences and Performances’ with flow founder, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Dr. Sue Jackson completed her PhD on flow research at the University of North-Carolina-Greensboro. She is now recognised as an industry expert in flow research and performance psychology. Sue consults for various flow centred organisations and works with individual clients looking to unlock their best performance.
Sue has a strong and diverse background of training, and a real interest in making a positive difference to real-world challenges. Sue guides clients to uncover what they want to achieve, and develop strategies to make it happen.
Friday Morning 90min Online Meditation Class
Extended meditation practices to calm the mind and relax the body, plus discussion on how to apply meditation and mindfulness into our lives.
Thursday Evening 60min Online Meditation Class
Led meditation practices that focus on calming our mind and nervous system, and letting go of the worrying thoughts that will likely be part of our day-to-day living in this tumultuous time.
From the Blog
Relaxation Practices help with coping with COVID-19
Feeling the effects of isolation? Try a targeted relaxation practice to help ease anxiety and improve sleep Like most, I have found the physical isolation and social distancing occurring in light of COVID-19 a significant challenge. I don’t know anyone who has...
Control the Things You can Control – A Stoic’s Guide to 2020
What You Can Control At the start of this year, I started reading Ryan Holiday’s book, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living, and soon started journaling in the accompanying Daily Stoic Journal. There’s so much wisdom in Stoic...
Unifying the Mind and the Body with Aerial Therapeutics
“The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”Gautama Buddha Wellness means nurturing not just the mind, but also the body. Too often, our culture atomises health into two separate categories: the mental and the...
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Facebook Posts
I was recently interviewed by Trey Downes, who hosts a podcast called Your Superior Self. Trey is down-to-earth and interested in asking big questions, and I found this combination made for a fun interaction. I recommend checking out Trey's work.
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Your Superior Self: Performance Psychology- Dr. Sue Jackson on Apple Podcasts
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Show Your Superior Self, Ep Performance Psychology- Dr. Sue Jackson - May 3, 2020Relaxation practices help at this time. As they do with all challenges we face when anxiety can get in the way of our being the best we can be in whatever life situation we find ourselves in. In my latest newsletter, I discuss a research study recently published demonstrating that doing a learnt relaxation practice decreased levels of anxiety and improved sleep quality in individuals with COVID-19.
Contact me (sue@bodyandmindflow.com.au) if you'd like to join in on online meditation practices I'm running weekly that are focused on relaxing the body and calming the mind at this challenging time. #relaxationtime #calmyourmind.
Thanks to Insight Timer for choosing one of my meditation tracks to be one of their staff picks for today. Insight Timer is a wonderful resource, encouraging so many people to meditate each day.
On a smaller scale, I am presently offering online meditation sessions like this one below, as coping strategies for this time we live in. See www.bodyandmindflow.com.au for what's on offer.
Dear Sue,
We are reaching out to let you know that our team has chosen Relaxing The Body, Calming The Mind for today’s ‘Staff Picks.’
This means your track will appear on our home screen for the next 24 hours and be seen by approximately half a million people. (Note: Staff Picks are available on iOS only for now.)
We hope this will encourage more people in our community of 12 million meditators to discover you and your wonderful work.
With much gratitude from the Editorial team.
Insight Timer
Relaxing The Body, Calming The Mind
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This is a body scan using Progressive Muscular Relaxation (PMR) and incorporating an iRest yoga nidra sankalpa. PMR is an evidence-based practice that relaxes tight muscles and tension in the body and mind. Including the sankalpa in the practice allows the listener to personalise the practice to the...Beautiful morning for a walk in nature. #stayingactive #trailwalking #thegreatoutdoors
In my most recent newsletter, I share how I am finding the combination of meditation, movement, and stoic philosophy is helping me at this challenging time. I have also been moving some of my programs to online and you can read about these, and how you can access any of interest, here:
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#challengingtime #meditate #move #stoicphilosophy