About Sarah

Sarah Stickell is passionate about supporting dancers, athletes, and performers in developing both performance and wellbeing within high-pressure training and performance environments. Her work integrates movement-informed insight with evidence-informed principles from sport and performance psychology, with a focus on sustainable performance, confidence, self-awareness, and long-term development.

 

Sarah’s approach is shaped by her combined background in dance, education, and psychology. Through years of teaching and working within performance settings, she developed a strong interest in how training environments, organisational culture, identity, and wellbeing influence both performance and long-term development in performers and athletes. This has led to a broader professional focus on helping individuals and organisations create healthier, more supportive, and psychologically informed performance environments.

 

She believes performance development should support the whole person, not only technical or physical achievement, but also confidence, emotional regulation, wellbeing, and sustainable engagement within sport and performance settings. Her work values collaboration, inclusivity, empathy, and open communication; creating spaces where performers feel respected, supported, and empowered to develop both personally and professionally.

 

She is a Cerified Mental Performance Consultant Trainee under supervisor Kelley Castle. Her academic and professional interests focus on performer well-being, identity, and the creation of psychologically supportive environments within dance, sport, and performance settings.

 

Through Kinetic Mind Consulting, Sarah aims to bridge performance psychology, movement education, and organisational wellbeing to support healthier, more sustainable approaches to performance development for both individuals and the systems they train within.

 

Services are educational and performance-focused and do not replace clinical or therapeutic support.