NEWS
Stuff happening with Fit To Dive.
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Metabolising Experience: When Trauma is Too Much to Process
Notes from the HF in Diving Conference Continue reading
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Chatting with Gareth Lock about my talk at the Human Factors in Diving Conference
Ahead of my talk at the Human Factors in Diving Conference, I had a short conversation with Gareth Lock — the founder of The Human Diver and one of the world’s leading voices on human factors in diving. We recorded… Continue reading
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Why the Guided Practices for Scuba Divers
Over the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how what is known about human behaviour can help us as divers, and also how scuba diving and our experiences there can help us as humans. Divers… Continue reading
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The Plan for 2026: Flow via regulation
Yesterday, I was out walking near sunset. The sky was pink and blue at the same time, and the water was the most extraordinary blue. It is hard to describe. I am in the northeast of England, and it is… Continue reading
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Productive Failure: Reflections on Fit to Dive in 2025
This year, I wanted to do my end-of-year reflection a little differently. Rather than sitting down to write a traditional review, I asked an AI platform to act as an interviewer and talk me through the year. I answered the… Continue reading
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Fit Enough to Dive: New logo, why it had to change and surface stuff!
There was always a problem with the Fit To Dive logo. When I set up the company in December 2020, I did it quickly. The idea had been in my mind for a long time: scuba divers want to be… Continue reading
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2024 Review
“Getting into the sea on days when the temperature hovered around zero was an act of defiance against our own woes. By doing a resilient thing, we felt more resilient. That circular process of being resilient and feeling resilient kept… Continue reading
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2023 Reflections on “experience”
It is December, and time to look back over the previous year. This is a post I write every year to check what I’ve done against the intentions set for Fit To Dive. I would forgive you for thinking there… Continue reading
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Intentions for 2023
Every year I pick a theme for Fit To Dive’s work. There are so many ways psychology can improve diving, and vice versa, it’s easy to get lost while chasing ideas. It helps to have a little bit of a… Continue reading
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Review of 2022
In December 2021 I asked: …is it okay if we talk about what happens when dives go wrong? Is that something you would talk about with your buddies, or instructors? The rest of the newsletter read: Diving Psychology can help scuba divers… Continue reading
