Gina Gardiner & Friends with Cathy Brown on Movement is the Key to Good Mental Health

About this episode

Cathy Brown discusses the importance of movement for mental health and her journey as a professional boxer and coach.

Cathy Brown is an ex professional British Boxer, Sporting Performance Coach, Life Coach, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, and Public Speaker. Cathy was in the vanguard of professional women’s boxing and works with passion and determination to promote equality for women in sport and other heavily male dominated environments. In 1998, she became only the 2nd woman in the UK to receive a Professional boxing licence. She spent 10 years at the top of her professional field winning English and European Titles and becoming ranked number 3 in the World in arguably the most gruelling and demanding sports there is, which is reflected in her drive to help others succeed. With more than a decade’s experience as a professional athlete in one of the world’s toughest sports, Cathy now uses her expertise to develop her clients’ mental and physical strength, and to provide much sought-after comment to international press and media outlets. She offers personal training, life coaching, therapy both in person and online. For more information, please click on button above. Cathy has been described as ‘the soul trainer’ as she is not only concerned with her client’s physical well being but also more…

People in this episode

Host: Gina Gardiner

Guest: Cathy Brown

Topics covered

• mental health
• women in sports
• boxing
• life coaching
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Keywords

• mental health
• boxing
• Cathy Brown
• life coaching
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• women empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, women empowerment workshops

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