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Sport Psychology With Charlotte Christopher

Welcome to My Equestrian Life with me, Charlotte Christopher BSc, MSc, SEPiT, BD Coach and Sports Psychologist in Training

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Equestrian Sports Psychology for Rider Mental Performance & Rider Well-Being

Welcome to My Equestrian Life a specialist equestrian sports psychology service dedicated to helping riders improve their mental performance, strengthen their rider psychology, and enhance their mental well-being both in and out of the arena.
If you’re ready to ride with more confidence, focus, and emotional balance, you’ve found the right place.

Transform Your Mindset, Transform Your Ride

Rider psychology plays a fundamental role in equestrian success. Your mindset affects your communication with your horse, your confidence in the saddle, and your ability to perform under pressure.
Through targeted equestrian sports psychology techniques, I help riders:

Build long-lasting riding confidence
Reduce performance anxiety and show nerves
Overcome fear after falls or setbacks
Improve mental focus, consistency, and competitive resilience
Strengthen the horse-rider partnership through emotional regulation
Support overall rider mental well-being and enjoyment of the sport

Whether you’re a competitive athlete or a recreational rider, improved mental performance leads to safer, more harmonious riding.

Specialist Rider Psychology Support

As an equestrian sports psychologist with a background in equestrian coaching, I work exclusively with riders, trainers, and equestrian athletes to address the mental and emotional challenges unique to our sport. Equestrian performance is different—because you’re managing your own mindset and the emotional energy of a sensitive, intelligent horse.

My approach combines evidence-based sports psychology with equestrian-specific insight to give riders the tools they need to perform confidently and consistently.

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“In our ridden sessions and 1-1 coaching mindset sessions, Charlotte has helped me gradually increase my confidence and helped me overcome situations I previously thought were insurmountable by breaking them down to small manageable steps. Charlotte is an excellent coach who understands me very well and knows how to help me continuously grow and develop.”

Inge Studnik

“Working with Charlotte has really enabled me to refine my mental approach to not only riding and training, but competing on the international stage. Leading into the 2020 Tokyo Games, it has been incredibly important for me to be able to focus on the key things that will ensure I can perform at my best. Working with Charlotte has definitely assisted me over the past 18 months which has only been proven by our selection to the Australian Para Dressage team heading to Tokyo!”

Amelia White

Charlotte has been a huge help with my riding generally but more importantly, for me has helped increase my overall confidence in the saddle significantly. She focuses not just on my horse and my position when teaching me, but also helps me to understand how my brain is working when I am riding, particularly when my horse is being a bit naughty or not behaving as expected. As someone who has previously lost their confidence, this is really important to me and Charlotte has given me the tools, both in terms of how I ride but also how I think about things when I ride, to help us make some big improvements in our ridden work.

Tash Wilson

The coaching sessions I have had with Charlotte have taken me from being scared to canter over a pole to being able to happily jump a small course of jumps. The sessions are really interesting and Charlotte is so supportive throughout. The skills I have learnt have not only helped me be less nervous of jumping but have also helped me with everyday aspects of my life, I couldn’t recommend the coaching enough!

Ella Compton

When competing I can get nervous, which affects my riding ability when out. Although I’m an NLP Master Practitioner, putting it into practice for me isn’t always easy. Charlotte has helped me with my competition nerves through a number of techniques including visualisation, anchoring, looking at my self schema and home practice. Although I can still get nervous in some scenarios, I’m a lot better in others to the point I’ve stopped over riding at dressage competitions and I can now actually ride instead of being a rabbit in the headlights

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