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 N

#27 Reflections from Rio - Dr. Jamie Barker (Part Two)

Aug 6th, 2023 42m 38s

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 ov

#26 Performance is a Human Endeavour - Elliott Newell (Part Two)

Feb 6th, 2022 38m 47s

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 conversatio

#25 Performance in the Performing Arts - Jack Apperley

Jan 9th, 2022 59m 45s

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/11In this episode we speak to Jack Appe

#24 Social Identity (Part Two!) - Dr Matt Slater & Chris Hartley

Jun 17th, 2021 38m 27s

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

#23 Working in elite football & rugby - Joe Dixon

May 31st, 2021 50m

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 psych

#22 ACT in sport psychology - Jo Davies

Feb 7th, 2021 1h 5m

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

#21 High performance in eSports - Ismael Pedraza

Dec 6th, 2020 59m 15s

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 foot

#20 The long win - Cath Bishop

Nov 16th, 2020 48m 48s

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 W

#19 What we can learn from the military - Richard Waddell

Oct 19th, 2020 1h 10m

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

#18 Sport and management consultancy - Jenna Woolven

Sep 27th, 2020 48m 12s

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 hoc

#17 Sport psychology on the road - Elliott Newell (Part One)

Sep 13th, 2020 39m 58s

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 ca

#16 Searching for balance - Louise Byrne

Sep 8th, 2020 53m 24s

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 psy

#15 Self-care and collaboration - Dr Jamie Barker (Part One)

Aug 16th, 2020 47m 49s

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

#14 S1 - End of season review

Aug 6th, 2020 11m 38s

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-psych

#13 Insulating performance from the packaging - Dr Jonathan Katz

Jun 30th, 2020 55m

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 vet

#12 There’s always opportunity if you look - Hannah Stoyel

Jun 25th, 2020 57m 10s

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 athle

#11 Social Identity - Dr Matt Slater & Chris Hartley (Part One)

Jun 17th, 2020 50m 36s

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 Staffor

#10 Performance, perspective and balance - Paul McVeigh

Jun 1st, 2020 1h 1m

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 Ci

#9 Dual careers and transitions - Dr Emma Vickers

May 25th, 2020 53m 23s

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 understa

#8 Be motivated to be the best version of yourself...and help others - Kris Soutar

May 19th, 2020 1h 7m

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

#7 S1 - Mid season review

May 16th, 2020 7m 56s

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

#6 From the classroom to the Boat Race - Helen Davis

May 11th, 2020 50m 50s

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 full

#5 Stress, rest and recovery - Professor Marc Jones

May 4th, 2020 44m 21s

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

#4 Performance psychology and wellbeing - Dr Josephine Perry

Apr 27th, 2020 59m 33s

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 o