KATIE Page is managing director of Mind Training for Sport, which she founded to help athletes achieve peak performance through improving their mental skills. Katie, who lives in Lymington, is currently working with a number of Olympic and Paralympic athletes ahead of the Olympic Games this summer.

MY PASSION for the mind and body connection began when I was diagnosed with a virus 16 years ago.

At the age of 19 I was paralysed and informed that there was a possibility I would be a quadriplegic for the rest of my life.

Prior to this I had always been involved with competitive sports. I qualified for the GB trials for rowing and had been placed in the top three at the Junior Nationals for horse-eventing.

During this time, I began researching the association between the mind and body. Against all odds I made a full recovery after nine months. My recovery baffled many doctors and inspired me to qualify in multiple mind-and-body techniques from all over the world.

In 2000 I moved to America and developed corporate mind coaching programmes with Dr Spencer Johnson, an international bestselling author working with over half of the Fortune 500 companies.

I returned to the UK in 2006 and formed Mind Training for Sport. In the last two years I have primarily focused on the Olympics and Paralympics working with a number of athletes including double gold Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes and also the Jaguar Academy of Sport to prepare the next generation of British sporting talent for the 2016 Olympics.

I believe everyone can improve. I work with people from a wide variety of sports and at all levels to maximise their strengths to create positive, focused and decisive mind sets which generate confidence and consistency.

By changing the way the individual uses their mind when they approach their sport and their life, this naturally improves their performance outcome. When you have determination, passion, mental strength and the right support, anything is possible – I’m the walking proof.

For further information visit the website www.mindtrainingforsport.co.uk.