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Mhairi-Bronté Duncan

Press Services International

  • Mhairi-Bronté Duncan plays Curling for New Zealand and uses her experiences as an athlete to inspire her writing.

  • Who are you playing for?

    Colossians chapter 3, verses 23 to 24, ‘Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.’

  • Achilles Heel

    The phrase ‘Achilles heel’ refers to a point of vulnerability or weakness, originating from the Greek myth of Achilles.

  • Why is your body a temple?

    Scrambling for motivation for the next training session it is hard to resist the bright colours and edgy fonts of the latest trending instagram quote “The body is a temple”. Is it not just the perfect excuse to justify losing yourself in preparing your body to perform to perfection?

  • Pyramid of Performance

    New Zealand has a proud sporting history, known for consistently producing elite, high-performance athletes in Rugby, Netball, Cricket, Rowing and Sailing. The Black Ferns' recent win of the Rugby World Cup has once again placed New Zealand in global sporting headlines.

  • Are you hustling?

    Hustle culture is the ‘go hard or go home’’ mentality, selling millions of books, motivational conferences and sports products. In the world of sports, the temptation to buy into the hustle culture is almost undeniable.

  • Still Relevant?

    As covid lockdowns slowly peeled back the layers on the glamorous world of elite sport exposing the cutthroat industry and mismanaged athletes' mental health, the rapid decline in sports participation comes as no surprise as people argue over whether sports are still relevant today.

  • Prepare to Proclaim

    Opportunities can slip out of our hands in an instant but they can also be thrust upon us out of nowhere. The question is are you ready to let them go whilst simultaneously being prepared to catch them?

  • Values worth more than gold

  • Visualising Success

    The concept of visualisation evolved out of the self-empowering 1960s, the ability to manifest one's own success through thought alone appealed to the masses in its simplicity.

  • Undeserved

    What do you do when you’re given something you didn’t earn?