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We explore the science, the stories, and the strategies of navigating challenge and discomfort. This is a mental wellbeing and performance podcast aimed at improving our ability to step outside our comfort zones and take on challenges, whether they be in pursuit of our goals, or the ones life hands to us from time to time. Join Chris Desmond and guests for some fascinating discussions.
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UIOK 316: Dave Wood, pushing back against stress
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UIOK 315: Improving our collective intelligence with Ian Harvey
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UIOK 314: Getting strategic about your resolutions for 2023 with James Brummer-Taylor
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Happy 2023 Expert business consultant, venture capitalist and my good mate James Brummer-Taylor joins the podcast for the first episode of 2023. It's that time of year when a lot of us are thinking about making change in our lives. We often do it at this time of year. And research shows us that usually those changes don't tend to stick around longe…
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Hey everyone - I have Covid so no new episode this week BUT we do have a fantastic past episode for you fro back in 2018. It's with the author of "Atomic Habits", James Clear. James's work has had a big influence on how I shape my behaviour, and with the work I do with my clients. It's a great refresher coming into the new year and thinking about c…
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The end of the year is fast approaching, as is the time we start thinking about the changes we want to make in 2023. Change is hard, so once you've figured out the changes you'd like to make, here are some idea to help make them stick.By Chris Desmond
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UIOK 311: Jennifer Young, learning and unlearning
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UIOK 310: Brad Dixon, building holistic humans
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Brad Dixon, holistic physio, author, and expansive wellness practitioner joins the podcast. Our conversation centres on the concept of expansive wellness. How we can adopt health practices that are not only good for ourselves but good for our communities, the environments we live in, and the world at large. And they're not as hard to do as you migh…
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Author and behavioural science expert Dr Kris Lee joins the podcast to talk about micro-dosing bravery and the importance of taking strategic risks and building sustainable resilience. We talk in depth about What resilience is - not just the "ability to bounce back" The adaptability of the human brain and all our human systems Partying at universit…
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UIOK 308: Richard Bowles, embrace the dark side
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Richard Bowles joins the podcast today. Richard is a multi world record adventurer and founder of Adventure Alchemy which is dedicated to helpingleaders lean into the challenges of the modern world. Richard takes perverse joy in doing the things he doesn't like, watching his reactions in real time, and synthesising that information into practical l…
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UIOK 306: Kane Brisco, tools from the top paddock
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Kane Brisco farmer, father, partner, authour of "Tools from the top paddock", and founder of FarmFit joins the podcast. Kane is a dude from the 'Naki just trying to inspire others to be better. He is open and real, and has conversations about lots of important stuff that most of us keep hidden. His ability to do this comes firstly from his lived ex…
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UIOK 305: Ant Williams, a deep dive into discomfort
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Ant Williams, world record freediver, leadership expert, keynote speaker joins the podcast. Ant worked as a Sport Psychologist coaching big wave surfers, motoGP riders, rock climbers and other risk takers on how to break through mental barriers when he realised, according to him, he was a fraud. He hadn’t done anything risky in his life. He wanted …
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UIOK 304: Portia Bing, you're never too cool to try
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Portia Bing, counter fraud advisor and international track and field athlete joins the podcast. Our conversation explores the complexities of life, of performance, leadership, identity and personal growth with the lens of sportplaced over the top. We chat through - Experimentation and refining processes - Watching for gaps that you can leverage or …
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Recently I put together a short e-book helping people to craft an individualised health plan. This episode is the audio version of the book plus occasional off script commentary around part of the topic This episode is proudly brought to you be www.healthmentors.nzBy Chris Desmond
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UIOK 302: Belinda Morgan, solving the part time puzzle
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What does the future of work look like? How does it look for organisations? How does it look for you and me? They way we work is evolving and at times it's butting up against a lot of the social constructs we've previously held tight about what work is. Belinda Morgan, flexible work expert and author of "Solving the part time puzzle" joins the podc…
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UIOK 301: Callum McKirdy, thinking different about thinking different
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Callum McKirdy joins us un the podcast. Callum is all about amplifying the power of ADHD+ minds. He is a speaker, author, facilitator host of the "You, Me and ADHD podcast" and author of the the upcoming book "Tilt: thinking differently about thinking differently" This is a conversation about understanding ourselves, and our superpowers and wading …
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UIOK 300: James Brummer-Taylor, the business of high performance
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Wahoo 300 episode's not out In this special episode I'm joined by James Brummer-Taylor. International business consultant, Venture Capitalist, entreprenuer, and best man at my wedding. James has spent over a decade inside a multitude of companies helping them to perform better across all aspects of their business. He has seen the themes that drive …
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UIOK 299: Luke McFarlane Kiwi Dude's talking mental health
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This week on the podcast I'm joined by an old High School mate, Luke McFarlane. Luke and a couple of his mates have set up The Lighthouse Project Charitable Trust which aims to raise money for local legends doing their bit to improve men's mental health here in New Zealand. Earlier this year, Luke and his mates road tripped 6000km around New Zealan…
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UIOK 298: Responding to pressure - transcending the crisis interview with Si Alhir
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This episode flips the usual switch and I'm interviewed by Si Alhir. Our conversation was recorded back in early 2020 as Covid was ramping up for an event si organised called "Transcending the Crisis" Our conversation is all about pressure, it's effect on us, and how we can respond. We talk through - How we can become overloaded by pressure without…
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UIOK 297: Chase Hughes influencing behaviour
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In this episode we're joined by Chase Hughes Chase Hughes is a leading behavior expert in the United States and the #1 bestselling author of two books on tactical behavior skills. He is the author of the worldwide #1 bestselling book on advanced persuasion, influence and behavior profiling. Chase teaches elite groups, government agencies and poli…
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UIOK 296: 5 ways to live more positively with Dr David Keane
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Dr David Keane, Founder and CEO at The 10 Behaviours of Successful People joins us for a conversation around increasing positivity and meaning in our lives. This conversation was originally recorded in 2020 at the kick off of Covid, so contextually we're having this dicussion with all that was going on at the time, AND the points David discusses wi…
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It's been a little over two years since the last episode of Uncomfortable is OK went to air. Today it's officially back! Apologies for the abrupt finish. Hopefully this episode helps to clear some of that up for those of you who are still listening. Today Chris will talk through - What was going on two years ago - What's been happening since - Why …
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Thomas Maharaj returns to the podcast for Round two. We catch up with what Tommie has been up to in the last few years and his exciting new project "I'm in" We chat through the challenges he is facing, what scares him the most, why he is doing it, and what is the hope that keeps him going.By Chris Desmond
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Tom Ahern returns to the podcast for our annual-ish chat. It doesn't disappoint We talk through - Tommy's books - fatherhood - self identity - dealing with overwhelm - Tools for managing our mental state - Dogs - Finding wonder in the world - self development - learning - and getting uncomfortableBy Chris Desmond
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UIOK 292: Put on your raincoat and head towards the storm
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JP Tocker joins us on the show today to chat through - getting started - going against what others think - the difficulty of getting over that first hump - dealing with FOMO - the power of perspective and mindset - and of course, getting UNCOMFORTABLE This one has been on the cards for a while and very happy to get it finally up and going. JP's bro…
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