Episode 252: The Emotional Decompression Model: A Powerful Framework for Post-Event Analysis ft. Dr. Danielle Adams Norenberg & Sarah Cecil

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Purple Patch Podcast, instead of focusing on the training, planning, mindset, and tactics that go into the lead-up to a race or major event, Matt explores the equally critical yet often undervalued process of post-event decompression and assessment.

Post-event is a huge part of the fabric of your athletic journey. Win, lose or draw, the experience can be a confusing and destabilizing time filled with distractions and complex emotions, both positive and negative. There is a natural desire to analyze your performance, find answers, process and move on to the next big thing.

In today’s discussion, Matt Welcomes Sports Psychologists Sarah Cecil and Danielle Adams Norenberg for an in-depth discussion around Emotional Decompression, a model around navigating the emotions following a major race or event.

Danielle and Sarah both have extensive experience working with British Olympic athletes across various sports and set out to create a process for athletes to properly digest the experience and re-engage with the athletic journey and life in a healthy way.

With their help, Matt takes a closer look at the evolving role of psychology in sport through the lens of their work with world-class athletes and the essential need to structure the process around the post-event experience.

Together they break down the model of decompression step by step to deliver a highly accessible and actionable process that is sure to become an essential part of your performance journey.

GUEST BIOS:

Sarah Cecil

Sarah is a Chartered Sport Psychologist and has worked in Olympic and Paralympic sports for over 20 years. She has extensive experience in helping athletes reach their ultimate goals. She was the psychologist for British Athletics in London 2012. Post 2012 she worked at the Team GB Intensive Rehabilitation Unit and on UK Sports coach education programs. Sarah was the UK Team psychologist at 4 Invictus Games from London to Sydney. She was the Team GB psychologist in Beijing in 2022. She has an extensive record of developing coaches, leaders, and staff in elite sports. Sarah sits on the UK Sports Mental Health Steering Group. Sarah also runs a private consultancy in addition to her role as Lead Sports Psychologist for the English Institute of Sport.

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:07.1	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:12.9	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:16.4	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life.
0:24.9	Hi there, Matt Dixon with Purple Patch, and in today's show, we're going to talk about a part of the athletic journey, which is often ignored.
0:32.6	And I think a big part of that is that this performance journey that we go on is really complex. There's so much to
0:39.5	think about. Just think about all of the subjects that we could talk about under the banner of
0:44.3	endurance training, strength and conditioning, nutrition, recovery, sleep. And the world goes on. And so how do
0:51.8	you gain focus? How do you get to really build around the boulders rather
0:57.7	than get distracted by the sand? One of the tools that we use at Purple Patch is Inside Tracker,
1:03.6	because by taking a look inside at your biometrics, as well as combining with the advice and
1:08.6	counsel from the team of experts inside tracker,
1:11.7	you get to focus on the components that are going to yield performance for you.
1:15.7	It's one of the tools that we leverage for our more elite athletes as well as our very
1:19.8	busy time-starved athletes.
1:21.3	And guess what?
1:22.2	You can too.
1:23.1	You don't even need to be a Purple Patch athlete.
1:26.0	In fact, if you want to get involved, all you need to do is head toinsidracker.com slash purple patch.
1:32.0	That's insidetracker.com slash purple patch.
1:35.8	And we even have a sneaky code for you.
1:38.3	It's Purple Patch Pro 20.
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