The Tree That Bends: How a Flexible Mind Can Help You Thrive

The Tree That Bends brings fresh ideas into the psychology of high performance.

In this book, the award-winning psychologist Dr Ross G. White describes how anyone can maintain the high-performance habits that elite athletes, CEO’s and performers have. The Tree That Bends focuses on the importance of having a flexible mind by telling personal anecdotes and inspirational stories from a range of flexible thinkers from the worlds of business, sport and innovation. It is individuals with mental toughness and grit who are able to succeed at the highest levels in every area and Dr White is an expert at teaching you how they do it. Insights, tips and strategies are sprinkled throughout the book, providing multiple practicable ways for you to develop habits that last.

Professor Ross White is an award-winning clinical psychologist who specialises in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of adults working in high-performance environments, Including elite-level athletes in rugby, football, athletics and tennis. He is also an expert in global mental health and has conducted research in collaborations with the World Health Organization and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on interventions for reducing distress experienced by refugees in the aftermath of humanitarian crises. He is currently Professor of Clinical Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast, and is a director of Strive2Thrive, a training and consultancy.