The Focused Mind Podcast

The Focused Mind Podcast is presented by Psychologist Stu Holliday who has worked in music, elite sport and top 100 companies. The interviews aim to help us more deeply understand the psychology of human performance to understand the mindset of guests in their area of expertise to help you develop yours to achieve your goals.

The Focused Mind Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by focusedmindcoaching, with 38 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #4

  Interview with Kriss Hendy

  Aug 3, 202657 minS4

  Kriss Hendy, a former ice hockey player, has been working within the endurance community for over 15 years, studying, coaching, supporting and now helping other coaches and athletes as a qualified S&C and run coach. He is the founder of Strength For Endurance, whose multi-disciplinary approach ensures athletes take a comprehensive approach to endurance training; in order to overcome injury, prevent overtraining and keep doing what they love for many years to come. I've worked in a multi-disciplinary approach with Kriss and his team with some SFE clients and been on their podcast. After a long spell of having a number of clients of my own dealing with injury and rehab, so it felt like a good time for us to hold an open session with my EMC clients, ask some questions and share many endurance athletes concerns with Kriss' expertise. Even if you are fully fit and thriving, Kriss holistic approach (covered in this podcast) holds advice that you will definitely find helpful. Kriss can be found @https://www.instagram.com/strengthforendurance/ Contact me directly on endurancemindcoaching @ gmail.com to get Kriss' foundation test SFE Standard tests!

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  Episode #5

  Interview with Jenny Hartley

  Jul 15, 202652 minS4

  In this episode of The Focused Mind Podcast , Stu Holliday is joined by ultra-runner and doctor Dr Jenny Hartley , fresh from her victory at the legendary Summer Spine Race and a career that also includes multiple Invictus Games gold medals . Together, they explore the psychology behind thriving in some of the world's toughest endurance events. Jenny shares the mental strategies that have shaped her journey—from a 20-year military career to becoming one of Britain's leading ultra-runners—and how she developed the confidence to continually step outside her comfort zone and pursue new challenges. The conversation covers: How she prepared mentally to win the Summer Spine Race. Managing her inner critic using the Chimp Model (and why she calls her chimp "Stan"). Coping with extreme endurance pain and fatigue. Maintaining focus, motivation and optimism during races lasting more than 100 hours. How psychological skills influence not only her running, but also her work as a doctor and everyday life. Jenny also discusses her experience using The Psychology of Running , explains why cold-water swimming has become such a powerful mental training tool, and shares how she helps both athletes and patients overcome fear, embrace discomfort, and build lasting resilience. Whether you're an endurance athlete, healthcare professional, or simply interested in the psychology of high performance, this episode is packed with practical insights into developing a stronger, more resilient mindset. We hope you enjoy the conversation!

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  Episode #2

  Interview with Scott Frey

  Jun 19, 202645 minS4

  Scott Frey is an experimental Psychologist from Colorado, who rose through academia to become a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience with a lab that conducted leading edge brain imaging research. Throughout his fascinating life, Scott has been a runner, participating and being a fan of the sport, and now works as an independent consultant for his own consultancy: Cerebral Performance. Like myself with Endurance Mind Coaching, he doesn't limit himself to running, though, his brain training techniques have been used with all kinds of endurance sport at all levels of ability. In this talk that compares our 2 worlds and digs into Scott's practice and what all endurance athletes can do to work on their performance 'above the shoulders', we discuss: Scott's background growing up; in academia, and as an athlete. The role of running and endurance and how it helped him become a professor and his beliefs about how confidence and projects compound. The role of neuroplasticity in learning and adaptations via deliberate training can aid performance. What can and can't be trained, how these methods came in to practice and how athletes can incorporate brain training into their existing training.

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  1:59:30 WR London Marathon review w/ Si Freeman & Alex Hutchinson

  Apr 28, 20261h 3mS4

  After the huge news of the first Sub 2 marathon by Sabastian Sawe in Sunday's London Marathon, this emergency, or as was rightfully said, a celebratory episode of the Focused Mind Podcast has been released to get the reflections of both Simon Freeman (Founder and editor of Like the Wind magazine) and Alex Hutchinson (Writer of 'Endure' and Outside Magazine scribe). 2 people whose expertise is called on to reflect and digest the race itself, the performance of Sawe, and their own personal reflections.

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  Interview with Alex Hutchinson

  Feb 6, 202656 minS4

  <p>Alex Hutchinson is a former professional Canadian Athlete (a 1500m runner) and is now an award-winning writer specializing in the intersection of science and athletic performance. Holding a Physics PhD, he brings an exacting scientific mind to endurance performance and much more to his work for Outside magazine, Runner's World, The New York Times, and his own books, 'Endure' and 'The Explorers Gene.'</p><p><br></p><p>For serious endurance athletes and practitioners, Alex's work can be trusted for rigorous research, analysis, and extrapolation. His first interview with a Sport Psychologist, we explore his own athletic experience...

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