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Play Awake is an elite coaching and consulting business that brings a holistic approach to performance in sport and life within any arena

Play Awake is a simple yet powerful process that assists high performers from any field, reach their peak potential. However, the process is not just about accumulating results, making money, putting “wins on the board”, or becoming famous; but rather a lifestyle, a WAY of living life with depth and a profound sense of fulfillment. The play awake movement isn’t focused on external gratification, its about human evolution!

07/11/2026

MEET MARNIE | Releasing the Pressure

How much of the pressure we experience comes from the expectations we place on ourselves?

Marnie explores how beliefs about success, self-worth and achievement shape how we show up in sport, business and life.

Through awareness, inquiry and self-understanding, we can begin to question those beliefs, loosen the pressure and reconnect with the enjoyment of what we do.

Your worth isn't determined by the outcome.

Play Awake | Perform With Freedom.

Discover more about Marnie: https://playawake.com.au/work-with-us/

03/11/2026

Mental preparation doesn't begin when the first ball is struck.

I remember walking back from the coin toss, having prepared the night before, and feeling ready to simply engage with the match.

Not because I knew what would happen, but because I'd done the preparation and could allow myself to play.

That's a big part of what we practise through Play Awake: becoming present, getting clear and learning to trust our preparation.

When does your mental preparation begin?

I'd love to hear how you approach it.

24/10/2026

Some of my most meaningful moments in tennis came after losing.

Walking to the net, shaking hands and knowing I’d given myself fully to the performance.

Winning still mattered. Of course it did.

But I started seeing success differently.

Less about the result defining me, and more about how I showed up, how I competed and whether I’d been fully engaged in the experience.

That’s a freedom worth exploring.

What does success mean to you? 🤔

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22/10/2026

One mistake doesn’t define you. Neither does one performance.

Whether you’re competing, leading a team or navigating everyday challenges, it’s easy to attach too much meaning to a single result.

Give yourself time to settle. Reflect on what happened, take what you can learn and move forward.

There’s more to you than the result.

12/10/2026

Big day on the Sunshine Coast filming with Peter Clark from Coach Life! 🎥

Bringing over 20 years of playing and coaching experience to life through Play Awake.

We covered everything from the technical and tactical side of tennis, including return of serve, volley work and the four phases of play: Defence, Rally, Force and Attack, to the mental side of performance.

Confidence, overthinking, between-point routines, pre-match preparation and learning to trust yourself under pressure.

These are lessons I’ve been sharing with athletes for years. Now we’re bringing them into Play Awake Mind, helping performers train their mental game, prepare, reflect and reconnect with themselves.

Great collaborating with Peter and Coach Life. Excited to share what’s coming!

02/10/2026

Everyone talks about the mental game. 🧠

Confidence. Focus. Pressure. Overthinking.

But how are we actually training it?

We invest so much into the physical and technical sides of performance. The mental side deserves deliberate work too.

That’s why I built Play Awake.

A place to train your mental game.

Prepare. Perform. Reflect. Notice.

The mental game deserves training too.

24/09/2026

24 hours of silence.

No phone. No screens. No music. No podcasts. No distractions. 🤫

Just space to slow down, notice what was going on inside, and reconnect with life’s simple things.

What stood out most was how much noise we live with every day, often without even realising it.

LESS IS MORE 👇

Less stimulation. More clarity.
Less distraction. More presence.
Less noise. More connection.
Less doing. More being.
Less irritability. More stability.

Less expecting a situation to be what I want, need or think it should be. More accepting. More noticing. More allowing life to lead.

For elite performers, the instinct is often to keep adding: more training, more analysis, more information, more recovery tools, more input.

But performance isn’t only about what you add. It’s also about what you remove.

Less mental noise can mean clearer decisions, better emotional regulation, stronger focus and more capacity to respond under pressure.

Maybe the edge isn’t doing more.

Maybe it’s creating enough space to hear what you already know.

The Challenge:

Find 24 hours and try it for yourself.

Turn off the screens. Remove the unnecessary stimulation. Give yourself some space. Walk. Sit. Breathe. Notice.

❇️ 30 minutes of meditation
❇️ Thought release. Write freely and fill as many pages as you need
❇️ 15 minutes of visualisation
❇️ Write down 3 things you’re grateful for

Then see what’s there when the noise disappears.

You might be surprised by what you find. 💚

Comment below if you are up for the challenge 👇

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23/09/2026

Digital detox challenge. 📵

No phone. No computer. No TV.

A chance to quieten the noise, go inward and check back in with myself.

I’m moving through the P.A.V.E. process as part of it too. Ground. Notice. Create. Trust. 🌿

I’ll share what I notice on the other side.

20/09/2026

Term 3 wrap 🔥

A little tennis. A lot of growth. Plenty of energy.

This term we explored more than forehands and backhands. Being present. Standing tall. Finding your voice. Trusting yourself.

I am strong. I am powerful. I am brave. I am a warrior.

Proud of these young people becoming more confident, more connected and more themselves, on and off the court. 💚

Person before performer.

Address

Wyong, NSW

Telephone

+61419692456

Website

http://www.playawake.com.au/

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