Slice of PIE
What is a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE)? And what does it look like across the worlds of sport, business, the military, education, the performing arts and many other performance fields? With 17 years working in marketing strategy for blue chip companies and 11 years training towards Sports and Performance Psychology chartership (CPsychol - achieved in Jan 2024), I am seeking to find what each domain can learn from the other. To do so, I'm speaking to high performance experts, psychologists and those at the forefront of leadership, teamwork and organisational psychology research. #SliceofPIE Website: www.petejackson.co.uk
Slice of PIE
#32 The Psychology of Endurance - Stuart Holliday
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 Mind Coaching called Endurance Mind Coaching for runners, swimmers, cyclists and triathletes. He has co-written ‘The Psychology of Running’ with Dr Noel Brick, and in the music industry, the ‘Touring Manual’.
In this conversation we really lean into the endurance side of his practice, and I was very fortunate to catch Stuart late at night after we’d put each of our two kids to bed. Despite being two tired Dads I am delighted with the conversation and look forward to hearing what people take from it.
Details about Stuart, his company, his book and other various recommendations from the podcast:
Websites:
Focused mind coaching: https://www.focusedmindcoaching.co.uk/
Endurance mind coaching: https://www.endurancemindcoaching.com/
Stuart’s social presence:
linkedin.com/in/stuartholliday
Focused Mind Coaching:
https://www.instagram.com/focusedmindcoaching/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/focusedmindcoaching/
Podcast:
https://www.focusedmindcoaching.co.uk/podcasts/
Endurance mind courses:
https://www.endurancemindcoaching.com/sport-psychology/online-courses/
Referenced papers:
Integrating sport psychology work:
- McHugh, Mason & Jeffreys (2022) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366988120_Psychosocial_coaching_practices_An_interim_report_on_UKSCA_stakeholders%27_perception
- Ford, Masters & Vosloo (2022) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17479541221101226 - trying to get it from ResearchGate
A 2022 paper by the R.E.S.I.S.T working group on psychological strategies to employ to resist slowing down: https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpssepr/18/1/4
The book ENDURE by Alex Hutchinson, reviewed by chartered sport psychologist Josephine Perry: https://performanceinmind.co.uk/2018/06/09/review-endure-alex-hutchinson/
The Psychology of Running, by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday
Other Misc. Recommendations:
- Podcast - Finding Mastery with Des Linden: https://findingmastery.com/podcasts/des-linden/
