Miranda Banks is a performance psychologist. Having trained in Australia as a psychologist, she took PhD studies in neuropsychology, then practised extensively as a sports performance psychologist with Australian Olympic athletes, Australian Rugby, Queensland Rugby, Queensland Netball, Surf Lifesaving and numerous other sports, before expanding into corporate performance coaching. She also lectured in Sports Psychology at Queensland University of Technology and was a regular expert commentator for Brisbane’s talkback radio 4BC. Just prior to her return to her native UK in 2008, her first book was published by Wiley: ‘Fitter, Faster, Stronger, Smarter: Training for the performance of life’.

In the UK, Miranda continued to work as a performance psychologist in sport, including Bath Rugby and professional polo. She expanded her corporate leadership coaching practice as well as individual life coaching work, developing change programmes to include residential periods for clients in South-West France. Miranda works with adults as well as teenagers. For information on Miranda’s exam preparation programmes for GCSE and A Level, please visit www.excelinexams.com.

Miranda’s coaching expertise includes performance enhancement for individuals or teams; leadership coaching; career/life planning; anxiety management; development of self-belief; relationship coaching; recovery coaching; lifestyle coaching; building presence and public-speaking.

Mags:  Mags is resident in France and is cook and general nutritional dispensary on Leading Revitality retreats! Mags is self-taught, travelling extensively around the world and adapting tastes and recipes to create a delicious and extensive list of meals. As a result of her love for India and Indian food, she built and sold a very successful business selling Indian spices and spice mixes in France. Mags is a wonderful, capable member of the team who always contributes a happy vibe in the kitchen and an even happier vibe when we all eat her splendid food around the table!