Welcome to Slice of PIE episode 32. Stuart Holliday (CPsychol) is a Sport Psychologist for GB Olympic Swimming, and runs his own practice Focused Mind Coaching with clients in sport, music, and business. He has worked in elite sport environments for over 10 years at Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth, and Premiership experience for Archery, Swimming, England Netball, and Liverpool Football Club. His real passion and area of expertise is Endurance sport, which is why he has a subsidiary of Focused...
Mar 28, 2025•58 min
In the fourth Slice of PIE of 2024, we get the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Will McConn Palfreyman, Head of Psychology at Scottish Golf , and lecturer in Sport Psychology at the University of Sterling. A chartered sport & exercise psychologist through the British Psychological Society – Will has worked with a number of sporting organisations including sportscotland Institute of Sport, Scottish Golf, Scottish Cycling, the Scottish Rugby Union, Racing Welfare, the National Trainers Federation, ...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 31
In the third Slice of PIE of 2024, we get the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Duncan Simpson. Duncan joined IMG from Barry University in Miami in 2017 - providing mental conditioning services for tennis, golf, and soccer. Originally from England, he received his Ph.D in Sport Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He’s a Certified Consultant with the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and has been conducting mental skills training with athletes and coaches since 2005 -...
Aug 10, 2024•57 min•Ep. 30
In the second Slice of PIE of 2024, we get the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Martin Turner. Martin is a very experienced academic, researcher and practitioner – with specific interests in challenge and threat states in athletes, and the use of REBT with athletes. On the applied side Martin has worked across football, cricket, rugby, cycling, archery, shooting, and equestrian. He also provides performance psychology to business professionals. He’s the Lead Sport Psychologist for England Futsal an...
May 27, 2024•37 min
Another year, and another Slice of PIE first. We get to speak to Niels Feddersen, Associate Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Science - and we get to speak to him at two points in time ! First in 2020, during his move from Denmark to Norway, and then again in 2023 - where we have a conversation and reflection on the first conversation ! I can't take credit, it was Niels' idea... We talk about some of his important research studying sporting organisations and their cultures, and slingsho...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Slice of PIE is back with some exciting personal and professional news. We also get to speak to Dr. Jamie Barker, former chair of the British Psychological Society's (BPS) Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (DSEP) and 'Pracademic' with over 20 years of experience. In this episode we dig into his experience working with the British Paralympics team in Rio, and from working in sport to business to the military and many other performance environments. Jamie is also the author of multiple boo...
Aug 06, 2023•43 min
It's Part Two time ! A chance to return to our conversation with Elliott Newell, former Pathway Scientist at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and now Senior Athlete Support Advisor at UK Sport. You can hear the first part of our conversation here: https://www.sliceofpiepodcast.com/987202/5419588-sport-psychology-on-the-road-elliott-newell-part-one You can find Elliott here: Elliott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElliottSportPsy EIS - Performance Pathway Learning Hub: https://pphub.eis2win.co...
Feb 06, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Slice of PIE has been shortlisted in the 'Wellbeing and Performance' category in the 2022 Sports Podcast Awards . You can help by voting for Slice of PIE here: https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/11 In this episode we speak to Jack Apperley, a London based choral conductor. Jack studied at the University of Birmingham where he was mentored by Simon Halsey CBE, and then went on to train at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Patrick Russill (Patrick Russill founded the Roy...
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 11
Join me for the second in a two-parter we recorded last year - a conversation about Social Identity. In fact, with the Euros in full swing, this is a great time to revisit the first part ( here ) as well as Gareth Southgate's recent interview on the High Performance Podcast ( here ). Dr. Matt Slater from Staffordshire University and Chris Hartley from the University of Stirling spend a lot of time thinking about groups, identity and leadership. Dr. Matt Slater is Associate Professor of Sport &am...
Jun 17, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In this episode we speak to someone who has worked, and is currently working in professional football and rugby. Joe Dixon is a fellow graduate of the MSc Sport & Exercise Psychology Masters as Staffordshire University and now performance psychologist at Stoke City Football Club and Bath Rugby. Joe had a career in Occupational Psychology before he pivoted into sport, working in HR and as a consultant. This took him as far away as Western Australia and the buzzing industries circulating aroun...
May 31, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 9
I am joined in this episode by chartered Sport Psychologist Jo Davies. Jo runs a sport psychology consultancy, based out of Reigate in Surrey, and is the sport psychology lead at The Army Elite Athlete Performance Centre, working with the Army Target Shooting and Army Boxing Teams. She is also a sport psychologist for TASS (the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) and previously worked with the academy athletes at Surrey County cricket. She also supports several scholars at British Universities ...
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 8
My guest this week is Ismael Pedraza, or 'Isma'. Isma is a performance psychologist working as a practitioner and researcher in Germany, who has come via Finland, Australia and his home country of Colombia where he played a high standard of football. He’s currently the performance coach for Rogue, a professional eSports team in Europe that participates in the League of Legends European Championship. He is also on the managing council of ENYSSP, the European Network of Young Specialists in Sport ...
Dec 06, 2020•59 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode I speak to Cath Bishop. A speaker, consultant, executive coach and author on developing success in leadership. Cath is also a former diplomat and former elite rower for Great Britain, representing at 3 Olympic games, achieving World Champion status twice as well as an Olympic Silver Medal in partnership with Dame Katherine Grainger in the coxless pair in Athens. A cursory glance at Cath’s Wikipedia or LinkedIn might give you the impression of one word… SUCCESS. Yet it’s the notio...
Nov 16, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In the spirit of speaking to different types of experts I have been wanting to a) speak to people in the world of consulting that help companies improve team effectiveness and develop leaders, and b) speak to people that have worked in teams in the furnace of the military environment. With this episode's guest Richard Waddell, I am fortunate to get 2 for the price of 1 … ! After passing through officer training at Sandhurst, Richard was in the UK one moment, and 48 hours later on the ground in B...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In episode 4 of season 2, we speak to Jenna Woolven. Jenna has got a very impressive list of experiences across many environments, both as an athlete and a sport psychology consultant. She played national level and junior international level hockey before transitioning into sports marketing, and then into her sport and exercise psychology. Jenna then went on to work for sports and management consultancy Lane4, where she worked with various businesses and sports organisations, including a year wh...
Sep 27, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In the third episode of Season 2 I get to talk to Pathway Scientist at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) - Elliott Newell. Elliott's conversation with Dan Abrahams on The Sport Psych Show was the first time I had heard of the 'PIE' so you can largely credit Elliott with the title of the podcast. Elliott is a sport and performance scientist (BASES Accredited/Science Council Chartered) with specialism in psychological support. He works in high performance sport with a focus on talent developmen...
Sep 13, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In the second episode of season two we talk to Sport Psychologist in Training Louise Byrne. As well as training towards psychology chartership, Louise also works in finance, and we touch upon the interesting cross-application of performance psychology and wellbeing strategies in the corporate sector. The first 30-35 minutes is also a great deep-dive in to that mystical notion of 'balance' we're all striving for. Training as a psychologist whilst working another job is no mean feat, and this cont...
Sep 08, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Season TWO of the Slice of PIE podcast kicks off with former chair of the British Psychological Society's (BPS) Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (DSEP) and 'Pracademic' with over 20 years of experience. That's experience in consultancy, lecturing, research, presenting and working in all manner of domains from premier league football and academy cricket to supporting the British Paralympics team in Rio, and from working in sport to business to the military and many other performance envi...
Aug 16, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Ahead of Season 2 of Slice of PIE, I thought it would be first worth looking back and reflecting on the recurring themes in Season 1. If you want to read the associated blog post, you can find that here: https://medium.com/@petejackson/the-psychologically-informed-environment-p-i-e-59e3b7814c35 If you want to follow the guests mentioned in this end of season summary, you can find them here: https://twitter.com/MusSarkar https://twitter.com/LeonLloyd13 https://twitter.com/Josephineperry https://t...
Aug 06, 2020•12 min
In this last episode of Season 1 we put the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) under the microscope with Dr Jonathan Katz. He's a former fencer turned fencing coach, a former counselling psychologist turned sport psychologist, and a veteran of 4 Paralympic games, Team England Head Coach for the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Fencing Championships, BPS accredited supervisor and Business & Executive Coach as well. That’s some CV. It was great to hear a first-hand perspective from som...
Jun 30, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Hannah Stoyel is a HCPC registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist, and the founder of Optimise Potential, a sport psychology consultancy based in London. She wears many hats: As well as doing her PHD at University College London looking at athletes and eating disorders - She is also the lead sport psychologist for Swim England, she works as a sport psychology consultant for Millfield school, delivers sport psychology content for UK Athletics, and is a Sport Psychologist for the Reading FC Aca...
Jun 25, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Dr. Matt Slater from Staffordshire University and Chris Hartley from the University of Stirling spend a lot of time thinking about groups, identity and leadership. Dr. Matt Slater is Associate Professor of Sport & Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University, a chartered Psychologist and an active researcher with interests in the psychology of leadership and team functioning in performance contexts. He is also the Author of the book ‘Togetherness: How to Build a Winning Team’, published i...
Jun 17, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Paul McVeigh left his home town of Belfast at the age of 16 to sign for Tottenham Hotspur. He made his first start for Spurs up front with Teddy Sheringham, scoring on his debut in 1997, and going on to represent Tottenham as well as Norwich City, Burnley, Luton Town and Northern Ireland. Since then he has worked in the media for the BBC, SkySports, BeinSports and TalkSport amongst many others… he’s authored a book ‘The Stupid footballer is dead’, got his Masters in Sport & Exercise Psycholo...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Dr. Emma Vickers is the research lead for TASS – (The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) …an organisation at the heart of supporting athletes managing dual careers, but also at the heart of developing and pulling together research to understand how these different demands impact, affect, conflict or compliment each other. Emma was an elite student-athlete herself, amongst the top 3 nationally in her sport by the age of 15, and soon competing in junior Olympics and international senior competit...
May 25, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Kris Soutar. He’s coached tennis for 27 years. He's a coach consultant for tennis Scotland and a performance tutor for the LTA… he runs his own consultancy called the Service Box and produces his own podcast The Tennis Journal ... he's also a project manager for the Judy Murray foundation – which aims to bring tennis into rural and disadvantaged areas in Scotland. In between all of this he's also managed to take his skills in to other industries like Oil and Gas. What a perfect guest then, to ta...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Halfway in to the first season of Slice of PIE it's time for a pause and reflection on what we've heard so far. Please feel free to reach out with any questions, ideas, reflections, challenges, or anything you'd like to discuss. You can find me in the following places: Email: [email protected] Website: https://petejackson.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/petejackson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksonpete/...
May 16, 2020•8 min
Helen worked in education for 25 years, before a mixture of itchy feet, curiosity, passion for sport... and some chance discussions with elite level athletes at her triathlon club - prompted her to pivot into her new career. Now Helen is a fully chartered and HCPC registered Sport Psychologist, working with Swim England, the Cambridge Women's University Rowing Team and various commonwealth and Paralympic medalists. Together with collaborator Lucy Gossage, Helen has also developed IRON-MIND, a 6-...
May 11, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Marc Jones is a Professor of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as a consultant and researcher in performance settings working in both sport and business. He also runs a very helpful website called Sporting Bounce, which aims to connect sport psychology support with the world's sport performers and teams. Marc has done lots of work around the impact of stress on health, wellbeing and performance, and this is where we focus the majority of our conversation - as well as disc...
May 04, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Dr. Josephine Perry worked in journalism, marketing, public relations and crisis communications across private corporations and government - before making the career transition to qualifying as a chartered Sport Psychologist. She now runs her own consultancy, Performance in Mind, as well as being a columnist, speaker and author. Her first book 'Performing Under Pressure' was published last year (2019) by Routledge, and contains 64 strategies with evidence as to why they work and instructions on ...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 4
Leon Lloyd dreamt of playing for Coventry City, but winded up playing rugby for Leicester Tigers and England. Now, he's a CEO, author and speaker, as well as in the final stages of completing an MBA. As a former athlete that has moved from 'boot room to boardroom' he's the perfect man to skipper the Switch the Play Foundation - the UK's only charity dedicated to supporting all sportspeople to successfully transition into life outside of sport. We discuss the trade-off between focusing on your pr...
Apr 19, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3
