Welcome to Psychologist on the Move! This was originally set up as Psychologist on the Run, recording my running exploits and training, and providing hopefully helpful advice to other runners and would-be runners. It focused on some of the psychological aspects of running, such as motivation and the role of thinking processes. It grew out of my professional training as a clinical psychologist and my attempts in later life to become a marathon runner.
Fuller autobiographical information can be found on my psychology self-help site. As the old joke goes, how do you know if someone has run a marathon? They tell you! I think the same probably applies to psychologists.
For health reasons, my running exploits came to an end and so the focus moved to, well, movement. This encapsulates moving to Bulgaria and other aspects of travel – see, for example, the day by day account of my 1973 hitch-hike across Europe under the Big Trip category.
We run to escape, we run to embrace, and we run in the moment. Hindsight, foresight and insight. All conscious movement reinforces our agency in the world.
Run free. Move free. And enjoy.
Derek Lee
Psychologist on the Move 