Best Jonny Wilkinson Podcasts (2024)

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I Am... On Training to be an All Rounder 40:38

42m ago40:38

40:38

In this episode Sparks and Jonny look into how some physical training can help us to become more energised, open and prepared for what life throws at us. What are some of the things to consider when looking at trying to improve your health and fitness as well as potentially prolonging your life at the same time? The conversation also explores the l…

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Olympic Champions are NORMAL people, 'Success' does not actually change you in any fundamental way: Eve Muirhead 49:04

1h ago49:04

49:04

My guest this week is a titan in the world of British sport – Eve Muirhead, who of course won curling gold for Team GB at the last winter Olympics. Curling is that sport that absolutely grips the attention when the winter Olympics is on – and then doesn’t get quite the same level of coverage the rest of the time. This episode is really about unders…

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How To Embrace Rules To Rise Above Destructive Impulses: Former Spy Shane Parrish 8:49

4h ago8:49

8:49

Human beings are animals, and as such we have typical mammalian impulses, like being tribal and territorial. These base impulses can get us in trouble, but in this bitesize episode Shane Parrish shares a brilliant way to embrace the power of self-imposed rules to stop you from doing or saying something you will later regret. The advice in this epis…

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I Am... Richard Rudd 1:19:17

1d ago1:19:17

1:19:17

I AM with Richard Rudd founder and author of Gene Keys. In this episode Jonny and Sparks sit down with Richard Rudd and discuss how to unlock and access the purpose and wisdom inside ourselves. The discussion explores the art of contemplation, patience and courage and Richard’s beautiful insights into how we create the conditions for our potential …

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7: Why buying things makes us sad….materialism and mental health with Dr Louise Lambert 34:04

2d ago34:04

34:04

Dr Louise Lambert, employee wellbeing specialist and positive psychologist explores the issue of materialism, the high valuation of material goods. Louise unpicks the way in which our focus on buying thing negatively impacts our mental health. Louise describes the consistent inverse relationship between materialism and wellbeing; such that as mater…

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I Am... Purpose and Potential 38:48

4d ago38:48

38:48

In this episode Jonny and Sparks take a deeper look at the roles we play in our lives and how identifying ourselves too strongly with what we do and our goals can limit our understanding and experience of potential. How do we uncover our calling in life? How do we follow it without becoming consumed by it and losing touch with the immensity in who …

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Recognising Your Attachment Style - and rethinking the 'Anxious-Avoidant trap': Relationship expert Adam Lane-Smith 55:17

4d ago55:17

55:17

Do you know what attachment style you are? Whether you are secure, anxious, avoidant or a bit of a mix – your attachment style developed in childhood as a result of your relationships with your parents and primary caregivers, which then likely shapes what type of relationships you have for the rest of your life. That is, unless you can become aware…

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How To Develop True Resilience By Embracing Being Over Continual Doing: Steve Magness 8:39

7d ago8:39

8:39

“All of humanity's problems, stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal This bitesize episode is with Steve Magness, best-selling author of Do Hard Things. It's all about developing genuine resilience, but the beauty of this conversation is in recognising that one of the best ways of truly 'toughening up' is to sit s…

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I Am... Bjorn Lomborg 1:20:33

8d ago1:20:33

1:20:33

In this episode I AM welcomes political scientist, president of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank and author of Best Things First: The 12 Most Efficient Solutions for the World's Poorest and Our Global SDG Promises, Bjorn Lomborg. Bjorn spends his time deeply exploring how to most positively impact the world we know in the most cost effective way…

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6: How to Manage Fear with Carey Munro 50:09

9d ago50:09

50:09

Listen to Carey as she explains how fear and anxiety, common emotions that overwhelm so many of us are detrimental to our health. Carey describes how these powerful emotions extract energy from us and alter our daily experiences, mood and reactions. This podcast helps us to understand how we can begin to cognitively understand, detect and manage fe…

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I Am... Training for Health 41:30

11d ago41:30

41:30

This week on the podcast Jonny and Sparks discuss some recently published research on the efficacy of resistance training as a tool for health and longevity. The conversation covers research that compares resistance and cardiovascular training and a combination of the two which, for some, may bring some surprises! As always we would love to know yo…

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Finding Calm Amid the Chaos: Jason Fox 49:58

11d ago49:58

49:58

Jason Fox is a former Special Forces soldier, an adventurer, TV personality and author. This is Foxy's second appearance on the show, and in this conversation he shares what he perceives as the four life cycles we all go through, including periods of chaos and calm. How can we embrace and thrive in the former, while maximising our recovery in the l…

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How To Develop Your Acceptance Muscle: Jenna Ashford - elite athlete, hardcore meditator and psychologist 10:47

14d ago10:47

10:47

There are few skills as important to develop as acceptance. Psychological flexibility – which is described as our ability to make contact with the present moment fully and without defence, is all about acceptance. When we feel uncomfortable – our thoughts typically try and drag us away from the source of apparent discomfort. But discomfort is a par…

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I Am... David Robson 1:16:01

15d ago1:16:01

1:16:01

In today’s episode Jonny and Sparks are joined by David Robson, an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. David speaks brilliantly about the power we possess over our genes and over our past experiences. This conversation really does explore how we can allow our challenge to support us towa…

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5: How we can imagine ourselves into a better place. Visualisation and mental health with Maya Raichoora 50:04

16d ago50:04

50:04

Maya Raichoora, expert in mental fitness and TEDx speaker describes the power of visualisation to reverse a medical condition in her own life. Maya discusses how the power of imagination led to an empowered journey to take charge of her own health. Maya illustrates the way our own thoughts and beliefs limit us and describes how we can begin to use …

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I Am... On Healing vs Stressing 40:26

20d ago40:26

40:26

In this episode Jonny and Sparks investigate the power to we possess to actively influence our own healing and how this leads directly to influencing growth, performance, creativity and joy. Perhaps we are all a bit more accustomed to getting involved in our stress and helping ourselves towards more of it but are we not equally capable of leading o…

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Why You Need To Embrace Slow Productivity: Professor Cal Newport 1:45:43

18d ago1:45:43

1:45:43

Rates of burnout are higher than ever before, and continue to head in the wrong direction. We have more inputs in a week than many people had in a lifetime 100 years ago. We have prehistoric brains in a futuristic world. So what's the answer? Professor Cal Newport argues that we need to embrace slow productivity. Instead of getting lost in busy-nes…

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How To Communicate Clearly: BBC master communicator Ros Atkins 8:34

21d ago8:34

8:34

If you want to get along with other people, and therefore be able to get ahead, being able to communicate clearly is a fundamental skill. In this age of chatbots and remote work, one thing that cannot be outsourced to machines are decent communication skills. And yet, so many people in so many industries speak in a language and jargom that makes it…

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I Am... Dr Aditi Nerurkar 1:13:00

24d ago1:13:00

1:13:00

Jonny and Sparks are immensely grateful to have Harvard stress and resilience expert Dr Aditi Nerurkar with them to explore and explain stress. In this episode Dr Nerurkar offers brilliant perspectives for how we can relate to stress to aid our mental health and use it for our growth and evolution. She also provides powerful, simple and effective p…

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4: How culture, art and history can help us think differently with Dr Louise Lambert 34:04

24d ago34:04

34:04

In this interesting conversation Dr Louise Lambert, employee wellbeing specialist and positive psychologist describes how art and history can support positive mental health. Louise discusses how art evokes emotion. This is the role of art. Within this there is room for contemplation and reflection. We can examine what we feel and why. Art and cultu…

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I Am... On Supercompensation 32:22

27d ago32:22

32:22

In this episode Jonny and Sparks look at the sports science theory of supercompensation. This theory shows how the physical body – through rest and recovery – can adapt positively to stress induced by training sessions. This conversation explores how “supercompensation” (first put forth by Russian scientist Nikolai N. Yakovlev in 1949–1959) might p…

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How To Recognise You are Innately 'Enough', And Its Relationship With Having Enough And Doing Enough: Becky Hall 1:19:22

25d ago1:19:22

1:19:22

Enough is an underrated word. If more people recognised we are all innately 'enough', then the world would likely look very different. Becky Hall is the author of 'The Art of Enough', and she explains the relationship between being enough, having enough and doing enough. The sense of not being enough is so prevalent and drives so many fear-based be…

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A New Way of Being 1:53

27d ago1:53

1:53

A New Way of Being is about recognising that we are all innately enough. Most of us don’t always feel that way, but it’s an illusion largely created by identifying with the outdated voice in our heads. And so much stuff out there, including much of the so-called high performance culture, comes from a place of inadequacy. If we are not enough as we …

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I Am... John Amaechi OBE 1:18:10

1M ago1:18:10

1:18:10

Professor John Amaechi is a respected psychologist and transformational leadership expert who focuses his work upon behavioural change and creating honest, authentic and thriving cultures all in alignment with sustainable growth, high performance and well-being. He also previously played a full basketball career in the world’s most competitive leag…

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Climate Volatility: From Green Swans to Antifragility | Managing Climate Stress-tests and Financial Risk 20:59

29d ago20:59

20:59

Abraham Lincoln once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”. So why do well-known risk managements models fail to predict major events? Is it possible to know when and where the next crisis will come from? And how can we be better prepared? In this episode of 2050 Investors, host Kokou Agbo-Bloua explores the theory of Black Swans…

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I Am... On Resilience 32:27

1M ago32:27

32:27

Jonny and Sparks respond to some questions sent in by listeners that focus upon the topic of resilience. How do we come back after our confidence gets knocked? How do we reinvent ourselves after heartbreak and disappointment especially when it keeps coming at us? This episode aims to offer alternative and more inspiring perspectives upon what is po…

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2007 #50 - The Squidge Rugby World Cup Retrospective Retrospective 2:00:57

1M ago2:00:57

2:00:57

We bring down the curtain on the 2007 series with our awards ceremony: team of the tournament, players of the tournament, dicks of the tournament and tries of the tournament. We also tell a few funny stories and tell all about our next plans for the podcast... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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I Am... Alison Heaslewood 1:14:42

1M ago1:14:42

1:14:42

This episode is all about movement and sound therapy for releasing stuck energy and transcending limits. Jonny and Sparks are joined by specialist practitioner Alison Heaslewood who uses her own inspiring journey of personal transformation to explain the power of sound baths and ecstatic dance as a means for creating safe space, enriching communiti…

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I Am... On Confidence 28:16

1M ago28:16

28:16

For this episode Jonny and Sparks investigate confidence, what it is and how we might be able to generate more of it in our lives. How do we become friends with the unknown instead of seeing it as a threat? How do we find the freedom to fully perform? This is a big topic and we hope that you enjoy the discussion. Any questions you might have for us…

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2007 #49 - The Squidge Rugby Draft 2024 1:26:45

1M ago1:26:45

1:26:45

It's back! We once again take it in turns to pick players for our dream Rugby World Cup XVs. Last time Robbie was in luck as he took Superboot in the first round, who will take the big boys this time? Theme tune is Allez Allez/La Pena Baiona. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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3: For every back problem..... there is a back story. How our bodies and minds are interlinked with Rachel Wilkinson 51:34

1M ago51:34

51:34

A chiropractor for over 20 years, Rachel Wilkinson has an intuitive understanding of the way the body reflects so much of our mental health and trauma. In this podcast she describes how so many problems relating to our back and body have a root in mental health. Rachel illustrates with real -life example clients who present with pain and dysfunctio…

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I AM... LOVE with Matt Kahn 1:26:43

1M ago1:26:43

1:26:43

In this episode Jonny and Sparks exchange with Matt Kahn. A spiritual teacher and intuitive healer who provides incredible heart centred perspectives as solutions to all stresses and struggles. This discussion takes on some pretty big subjects including how we handle intense challenge in our lives and how we can heal our wounds by coming to love th…

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I Am... On Mental Health and Movement 34:02

2M ago34:02

34:02

In this episode and in support of Mental Health Awareness Week Jonny and Sparks explore their own mental health, how they have been impacted by it and how they understand the role of plays in their lives. In this discussion the brothers look into how we can help ourselves and each other through challenge and the importance of opening up. Another ke…

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2007 #48 - The Final: South Africa 15-6 England 2:45:47

2M ago2:45:47

2:45:47

It's the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final, at long last! We analyse South Africa's day, as they lift the trophy for the second time. We also rank the trophy lifts, play hot take tennis and dissect Jonny Wilkinson's music tastes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I Am... Dan Brulé 1:18:25

2M ago1:18:25

1:18:25

This week Jonny and Sparks hand over the microphone to Dan Brulé, one of the world’s most renowned breath teachers and experts. In an episode absolutely filled to the brim with transformational wisdom, Dan offers powerful practices, explanations and clear inspired guidance around breathwork and its power to transcend limitations. His engaging perso…

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I Am... Freedom 37:07

2M ago37:07

37:07

In this episode of the I AM podcast Jonny and Sparks investigate freedom and how it sits at the heart of our potential, our performance and our power. Will we ever find it where we are looking? Does the system want us to find it? How do we break free of our conditioning so that what has been no longer gets to tell us how everything has to be? We ho…

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I Am... Matthew Syed 1:04:43

2M ago1:04:43

1:04:43

In this episode Matthew Syed, innovative thinker and author of Black Box Thinking, Rebel Ideas, You Are Awesome and many more brilliant books, shares his ideas and research on the subject of how we get the best out of ourselves and out of each other. Also a former British number 1 ranked table tennis player, Matthew joins Jonny and Sparks in discus…

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I Am... Living My Truth 37:35

2M ago37:35

37:35

This week’s Monday discussion episode between Jonny and Sparks focuses upon the concept of living authentically and what it may mean to live one’s truth. What is our truth? How do we uncover it, connect to it, find the courage to express it in the things we do that we love, the things we do that we don’t and with everyone else’s truth and their opi…

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2007 #47 - Bronze Final: Argentina 34-10 France (with Josh Gardner) 1:54:28

2M ago1:54:28

1:54:28

Blood & Mud's Josh Gardner once again joins us to discuss his favourite aspect of rugby: the bronze final. We discuss Rugby 08, Bernard Laporte and Radiohead's In Rainbows at length. Thanks to Josh (@joshgardner) for joining us. You all listen to the Blood & Mud podcast already, but you can find him on there every week on all good podcast apps. The…

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I Am... Dr Eben Alexander 1:16:04

2M ago1:16:04

1:16:04

How does a top neurosurgeon process a full on trip to the afterlife? In this episode Jonny and Sparks hear from neurosurgeon Dr Eben Alexander who found himself in a week long coma suffering from E. coli meningoencephalitis having been given 2% chance of survival and zero chance of recovery by his doctors. Dr Eben’s return to health is miraculous e…

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2: You are not 'broken'.....why anxiety is doing exactly what it should and how to embrace it for change, with Jonny Ward 58:27

2M ago58:27

58:27

Why your anxiety is serving a purpose and how you can reframe it". Content descriptor: Jonny Ward aka 'The Anxious Firefighter' brings a fresh perspective on anxiety. A station manager in the Fire and Rescue Service in the North of England he describes his own raw and traumatic journey with anxiety across his career. He explains how he learnt to ma…

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I Am... Energy Vibration 38:53

2M ago38:53

38:53

In this episode Jonny and Sparks look into the powerful idea behind seeing ourselves as energy vibrations. They explore what it means to raise our energy vibration so that we can become more receptive to new levels of performance, well-being and life experience. Can this help transform the way we prepare for respond to big or challenging events? Th…

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Improve Your Emotional Intelligence: Daniel Goleman 12:25

2M ago12:25

12:25

"If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships - then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far." That is one of Daniel Goleman’s quotes about emotional intelligence, which was also…

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I Am... Judy Suzanne, Reis Tsafrir MD 1:08:11

3M ago1:08:11

1:08:11

Listen in this episode to Judy Tsafrir MD, Holistic adult and child psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and astrologer, as she explains brilliantly the importance of a spiritual practise in life, and how this can often be the missing piece for intensely transforming our experience and journeys. Simpler than you think and available in everything from kickin…

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I Am... Playing Life at the Line 30:18

3M ago30:18

30:18

In this episode Jonny and Sparks use a big sporting performance analogy to look into how we cease blindly reacting in our daily lives and begin consciously responding. How do we go somewhere new? The two brothers share some ideas on what it might really take to break free from this “reality” we have become accustomed to and settled for. We hope you…

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Letting Go Of Outcomes: Kevin Clifton 1:00:00

3M ago1:00:00

1:00:00

"Letting go is one of the most efficacious tools by which to reach spiritual goals." - David Hawkins This conversation is about the power of letting go of outcomes, identity and attachments. It is paradoxically incredibly hard, and easy, at the same time. Letting go allows us to free ourselves from the burdens of the past and live fully in the pres…

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